Question

Is it possible to get all files by content type in the whole site collection? This is the code I currently have:

//Get list of subsites to traverse
            List<string> subsites = getSubSiteList();
            foreach (string siteUrl in subsites)
            {
                using (SPWeb web = new SPSite(siteUrl).OpenWeb())
                {
                    if (web.GetFolder("Pages").Exists)
                    {
                        //Get Pages Folder from subsite                    
                        SPFolder folderCol = web.Folders["Pages"];

                        //Set files in Pages folder
                        SPFileCollection fileCol = folderCol.Files;
                        foreach (SPFile file in fileCol)
                        {
                            //Debug.WriteLine("File in site: " + siteUrl + " file: " + file.Name);
                        }
                    }
                    web.Dispose();
                }
            }

In this code I am iterating through all the subsites and going to the “Pages” folder to get a certain page, but I would like to be able to just pull all these files without having to go through each subsite, and getting it by content-type instead of going inside the “Pages” folder and parsing from there. How would the code look? Thanks!

Answer 1

What you’re looking for is a site data query.

Other options would be to programmatically leverage the search functionality, but I don’t think it’s as good as an option; the site data query is literally designed for exactly this.