Finding root of a current index

Question

Is there a way to get the index root.

I am able to find the current index using the following code

indexService.GetContentIndexName()

How can I get the current Root defined inside the index ?

Answer 1

The simplest code would be like that:

var crawler = Sitecore.ContentSearch.ContentSearchManager.GetIndex(indexName).Crawlers.First() as SitecoreItemCrawler;
string rootString = crawler.Root;
Item rootItem = crawler.RootItem;

It assumes that there is one crawler defined only.

You should add some null checks, but I skipped them for clarity.