Get all the site content types in SharePoint 2010 using ECMAScript In this article you will see how to get all the site content types in SharePoint 2010 using ECMAScript.
Introduction: In this article you will see how to get all the site content types in SharePoint 2010 using ECMAScript
(Navigate to the site, click on Site Actions. Click on Site Settings. In the Galleries section, click on Site Content Types).
Steps Involved:
1. Navigate to the SharePoint site (I have a site page created in my
site where I am going to add the content editor web part).
2. Go to
Site Actions, click on
Edit Page.
3. Click on
Insert tab in the ribbon interface and then click on
Web Part button.
4. Select
Media and Content in the
Categories section and then click on
Content Editor.
5. Click on
Add.
6.
Content editor web part will be added to the site page.
7. Click on down arrow and then click on
Edit Web Part.
8. Click on
“Click here to add new contentâ€Â. 
9. Click
on Format Text tab in the ribbon interface and then click on
HTML drop down.
10. Click on
Edit HTML source.
11.
HTML source window will pop up.
12. Copy and paste the following script.
<script language="ecmascript" type="text/ecmascript">
var contentTypeCollection;
function getSiteContentTypes() {
var clientContext = new SP.ClientContext.get_current();
if (clientContext != undefined && clientContext != null) {
var web = clientContext.get_web();
this.contentTypeCollection = web.get_contentTypes();
clientContext.load(this.contentTypeCollection);
clientContext.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQuerySucceeded), Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQueryFailed));
}
}
function onQuerySucceeded() {
var contentType = 'Site Content Types:\n '
var contentTypeEnumerator = this.contentTypeCollection.getEnumerator();
while (contentTypeEnumerator.moveNext()) {
var content = contentTypeEnumerator.get_current();
contentType += content.get_name() + '\n';
}
alert(contentType);
}
function onQueryFailed(sender, args) {
alert('Request failed. ' + args.get_message() + '\n' + args.get_stackTrace());
}</script>
<input id="btnGetSiteContentTypes" onclick="getSiteContentTypes()" type="button"
value="Get Site Content Types" />
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13. Click on Ok.
14. In the ribbon interface click on
Save & Close button.
15. In the content editor web part you could find a button named
“Get Site Content Typesâ€Â, click on that button.
16. Alert will pop up displaying all the site content types.
Reference: SP.Web.contentTypes Property - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554839.aspx
Summary: Thus in this article you have seen how to get all the site content types in SharePoint 2010 using ECMAScript.