Question

I see in the API there is a way to grab the UpdateDate field. Is there a way to determine WHO made the last update to a particular content node? In other words, the user ID of the person that last edited a particular node?

Here’s some of the code I’m attempting to use:

Document[] releaseDocs = Document.GetRootDocuments();
User currentUser = User.GetCurrent();

foreach (var doc in releaseDocs)
{ 
   docPermissions = currentUser.GetPermissions(doc.Path);
   if ((docPermissions.Contains("F")) && (docPermissions.Contains("U")))
   {
      if (doc.HasPendingChanges())
      {
         if (doc.ParentId > -1)
         {
              lblPageContent += doc.Writer.Name;
         }
      }
   }
}

Answer 1

I did some more research on this and, while writerID and writerName are supposed to store the last editor, there appears to be a bug in Umbraco. Their support suggested creating a hidden field that updates with the editor user data, so that’s my temporary work around for now.