Get item by Display name in sitecore

Question

How can I fetch the item by display name?

The below code is not working:

string url = string.Concat("fast:/sitecore/content/KeenanDirect/#" + string.Format(blogtype) + "#//*[@@Display name='",  displayname + "']");
sitecoreItem = database.Items.GetItem(url);

Answer 1

First of all I do not recommend using FastQuery, because it can be really slow and many people have had problems with it: https://blog.coates.dk/2014/11/19/sitecore-fast-query-syntax-can-kill-your-sql-server-or-website/

But if you still want to use here is the trick:

The field in Sitecore is not Display Name, it is "Display Name". All the standard fields are prefixed by "" 2 underlines char.

Your fast query should look like this:

fast:/sitecore/content//*[@#__Display Name#='homedisplayname']

The Display Name for my home item is: homedisplayname

I added #field name# because multi word names should be encoded with "#"

I tried fast query in Developer Center and here are the results.

You need to change a bit of your code to have same pattern like my query from Developer Center.