Tag Archives: MediaItem

Sitecore – what is the hash property in the image query string?

Posted on April 16, 2018 by briancaos

Have you also wondered why Sitecore adds a “hash=” property to the image query string? https://yourwebsite.com/-/media/image.jpg?w=200&hash=A1FFA19B634EDF53A3AB3B757887E671F1C452A0 The hash key will protect your images from being scaled by others than your own server. The image above will only render if the … Continue reading →

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Stream Sitecore media items to HttpResponse

Posted on January 28, 2014 by briancaos

Here is a small tip for you who is doing API’s based on Sitecore. How to get an item from the Sitecore Media Library and stream it to the HttpResponse of a page. This is an example of an .ashx … Continue reading →

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Replacing mediaitems in Sitecore

Posted on April 20, 2011 by briancaos

This tip is from one of my colleagues Frederik Örnfelt who read my post about Adding a file to the Sitecore Media Library. But instead of adding files, he simply wanted to replace one item with another. Replacing media items … Continue reading →

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Get Media Item file size

Posted on October 31, 2008 by briancaos

I recently worked at a project where I need to return the file size of the selected media item. It is actually very simple, as Sitecore has encapsulated the media item in a Sitecore.Data.Items.MediaItem class. This class contains the default … Continue reading →

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