SP.ContentTypeCollection object

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08/29/2016

Represents a collection of Web site or list content types.

Applies to: apps for SharePoint | SharePoint Foundation 2013 | SharePoint Server 2013

var object = new SP.ContentTypeCollection()

Members

The ContentTypeCollection object has the following members.

Constructor

The ContentTypeCollection object has the following constructor.

Constructor	Description
ContentTypeCollection	Initializes a new instance of the SP.ContentTypeCollection object.

Methods

The ContentTypeCollection object has the following methods.

Method	Description
add	Adds a new content type to the collection.
addExistingContentType	Adds the specified content type to the collection.
getById	Returns the content type with the specified ID from the collection.
itemAt	Gets the element at the specified index of the collection.

Properties

The ContentTypeCollection object has the following properties.

Property	Description
childItemType
item	Gets the element at the specified index of the collection.

Example

The following example creates an input button on an application page that initializes a custom content type, adds it to the collection of content types, and displays the names of the current Web site's content types.

<asp:Content ID="Main" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderMain" runat="server">
<script type="text/ecmascript" language="ecmascript">

var contentTypeCollection;

function runCode() {
    var clientContext = new SP.ClientContext.get_current();
    if (clientContext != undefined && clientContext != null) {
        var webSite = clientContext.get_web();

        this.contentTypeCollection = webSite.get_contentTypes();

        // Initialize a new content type.
        var contentInfo = new SP.ContentTypeCreationInformation();
        contentInfo.set_name('myContentType2');
        contentInfo.set_description('My custom content type 2');
        this.contentTypeCollection.add(contentInfo);

        clientContext.load(this.contentTypeCollection);
        clientContext.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQuerySucceeded), Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQueryFailed));
    }
}

function onQuerySucceeded() {
    var contentTypeinfo = '';
    var contentTypeEnumerator = this.contentTypeCollection.getEnumerator();
    while (contentTypeEnumerator.moveNext()) {
        var content = contentTypeEnumerator.get_current();
        contentTypeinfo += 'Content Type Name: ' + content.get_name() + '\n';
    }
    alert(contentTypeinfo);
}

function onQueryFailed(sender, args) {
    alert('Request failed. ' + args.get_message() + '\n' + args.get_stackTrace());
}
</script>

    <input id="Button1" type="button" value="Run Code" onclick="runCode()" />

</asp:Content>

REST resource endpoint

Endpoint URI structure

http://<sitecollection>/<site>/_api/web/lists(listid)/contenttypes

HTTP requests

This resource supports the following HTTP commands:

GET syntax

GET http://<sitecollection>/<site>/_api/web/lists(listid)/contenttypes

POST syntax

POST http://<sitecollection>/<site>/_api/web/lists(listid)/contenttypes

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