EPiServer.Core.CategoryList GetCategoryName Returns Value With No

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EPiServer.Core.CategoryList GetCategoryName Returns Value With No Spaces

ian.coleman

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Hi There,

I'm trying to get the "human-readable" values for Category for a given page. If I use the CategoryName(Int32) method to retrieve a category with spaces, it's being returned with no spaces.

So for example, the Category in the page is defined as "About Us". Its id is '2'.

When I get currentPage.Category.CategoryName(2) the return value is "AboutUs". In contrast, when I view the category in the EPiServer admin interface for the page, it's showing as "About Us".

http://world.episerver.com/documentation/Class-library/?documentId=cms/7.5/76099C8

What's the expected behavior?

Thanks!

--Ian

#114315

Dec 09, 2014 21:21

valdis

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If you define category in UI setting Name and DisplayName, they actually in API are mixed up a bit - Name is Name and DisplayName is Description. Maybe you are misusing them on API side?

#114349

Dec 10, 2014 14:31

ian.coleman

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There doesn't seem to be any way of getting at that information based on the EPiServer API documentation.

Ah, okay I think I found the magical incantation.

            var categories = currentPage.Category;
            this.CategoryString = string.Join(", ", 
                categories.ToList<Int32>()
                    .Select(i => Category.Find(i).LocalizedDescription));

I wonder why on Earth there's no currentPage.Category.CategoryDescription(2) method.

#114356

Dec 10, 2014 16:24

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