Get a single content

The requested resource can be any content in the repository that is permitted for the current user. The resource may be addressed with a content's Path or Id. It returns one entity and all its properties.

If the requested resource is not found, the server returns a 404 Error status code.

Get a single content by Id

In this case the URL must satisfy a strict rule: the service path followed by /content (case insensitive) and content Id wrapped in parentheses without white-spaces.

https://dev.demo.sensenet.com/OData.svc/content(1284)

Get a single content by Path

In this case the URL is the service path followed by the path of the parent and an entity name wrapped by apostrophes and parentheses.

https://dev.demo.sensenet.com/OData.svc/Root/Content('IT')

Addressing a single property of a content

Any property of a content entity can be addressed in the following way:

https://dev.demo.sensenet.com/OData.svc/Root/Content('IT')/DisplayName

This returns the following response:

{
  "d": {
    "DisplayName": "Document Workspaces"
  }
}

Addressing a property value

Raw value of a property can be accessed if the request is extended with the /$value parameter.

https://dev.demo.sensenet.com/OData.svc/Root/Content('IT')/DisplayName/$value

This returns the following response:

Document Workspaces

Accessing binary stream

Binary data (value of a binary field) is represented by an OData Named Resource Stream Value stream value. The media_src and content_type properties are filled with proper values, while the edit_media and media_etag properties are not supported. Check the "Binary" property of the following response as an example:

{
  "d": {
    "__metadata": {
      "uri": "/OData.svc/Root/Content/IT/Document_Library('Aenean semper.doc')",
      "type": "File"
    },
    ...
    "Binary": {
      "__mediaresource": {
        "edit_media": null,
        "media_src": "/Root/Content/IT/Document_Library/Aenean semper.doc",
        "content_type": "application/msword",
        "media_etag": null
      }
    },
    ...