sitereactor · February 25, 2016 09:35 · Feb 25, 2016
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+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using Umbraco.Web.WebApi;
+
+namespace Example.Controllers
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Protectec Backoffice controller - Users must be logged in to call this
+    /// Url: /umbraco/backoffice/api/bulk/PostPerformBulkUpdate
+    /// </summary>
+    public class BulkController : UmbracoAuthorizedApiController
+    {
+        //Add a model to pass in details like ContentType alias, PropertyType alias
+        //and value to update
+        public HttpResponseMessage PostPerformBulkUpdate()
+        {
+            //Find a ContentType with a specific alias
+            var contentType = this.Services.ContentTypeService.GetContentType("myAlias");
+
+            //Here we get all content items based on the above ContentType
+            var contentService = this.Services.ContentService;
+            var contentOfType = contentService.GetContentOfContentType(contentType.Id);
+            //If you know the Ids of the content items 
+            //var contentItems = contentService.GetByIds(new List<int> {1241, 1242, 1243});
+
+            //Iterate the content items based on the "myAlias" ContentType
+            foreach (var content in contentOfType)
+            {
+                //Update the value of a specific property 
+                //(a check could have been done before this to ensure that the property exists and previous value was "X")
+                content.Properties["myPropertyAlias"].Value = "a different value then before";
+
+                //Save and publish the updated content item
+                var status = contentService.SaveAndPublishWithStatus(content);
+            }
+
+            return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
+        }
+    }
+}
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