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Sitefinity CMS Content Item

Schema for a Sitefinity CMS content item as returned by the Content REST API

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Properties

Name Type Description
Id string Unique identifier of the content item (GUID)
Title string Title of the content item
Content string Main content body in HTML format
Summary string Short summary or lead paragraph
Status string Publication lifecycle status
PublicationDate string Date and time when the item was or should be published
LastModified string Date and time of the last modification
Author string Username of the content author
UrlName string URL-friendly slug used in page routing
Tags array Free-form tags associated with the content item
Category array Taxonomy category IDs assigned to the content item
Provider string Sitefinity content provider name for multi-site configurations
Language string Language code of the content version (e.g., en, fr-FR)
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JSON Schema

sitefinity-cms-content-item-schema.json Raw ↑ 
{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "$id": "https://github.com/api-evangelist/sitefinity-cms/blob/main/json-schema/sitefinity-cms-content-item-schema.json",
  "title": "Sitefinity CMS Content Item",
  "description": "Schema for a Sitefinity CMS content item as returned by the Content REST API",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "Id": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "description": "Unique identifier of the content item (GUID)"
    },
    "Title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Title of the content item",
      "maxLength": 500
    },
    "Content": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Main content body in HTML format"
    },
    "Summary": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Short summary or lead paragraph"
    },
    "Status": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Publication lifecycle status",
      "enum": ["Draft", "Published", "Unpublished"]
    },
    "PublicationDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "Date and time when the item was or should be published"
    },
    "LastModified": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "Date and time of the last modification"
    },
    "Author": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Username of the content author"
    },
    "UrlName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "URL-friendly slug used in page routing",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9-]+$"
    },
    "Tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Free-form tags associated with the content item"
    },
    "Category": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "uuid"
      },
      "description": "Taxonomy category IDs assigned to the content item"
    },
    "Provider": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Sitefinity content provider name for multi-site configurations"
    },
    "Language": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Language code of the content version (e.g., en, fr-FR)",
      "pattern": "^[a-z]{2}(-[A-Z]{2})?$"
    }
  },
  "required": ["Id", "Title", "Status"],
  "additionalProperties": true,
  "examples": [
    {
      "Id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
      "Title": "Sitefinity 15.0 Release Announcement",
      "Content": "<p>We are excited to announce the release of Sitefinity 15.0...</p>",
      "Summary": "Major release with headless improvements and new REST API features.",
      "Status": "Published",
      "PublicationDate": "2026-01-15T09:00:00Z",
      "LastModified": "2026-01-14T16:30:00Z",
      "Author": "[email protected]",
      "UrlName": "sitefinity-15-release",
      "Tags": ["release", "platform-update"],
      "Category": ["xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"],
      "Language": "en"
    }
  ]
}