One would not typically create a new content service. IIRC, getting the content service usually works something like this:

var cs = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentService

Thanks, but no luck. Same error.

For what it's worth, the "sample" that I was using was here, which apparently worked for one person ... but not me :)

Hi,

The following will create content : Assuming 1054, is a valid node in your content tree, and you have a Alias called ContentPage

var _contentService = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentService;

var content = _contentService.CreateContent(name, 1054, "ContentPage");
if (content != null)
{
    _contentService.SaveAndPublishWithStatus(content);
}

if this isn't working i would check the node number and that the doctype Alias is what you think it should be

you can check the node id by calling get content

var node = _contentService.GetById(1054);

and you can see if you are getting the right content type using the ContentType service

var _contentTypeService = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentTypeService;
var contentType = _contentTypeService.GetContentType("ContentPage");

also to double check with these you could create content by passing the node

_contentService.CreateContent(name, node, contentType.Alias);

Kevin

Neither of these lines are working:

var _contentService = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentService;
var _contentTypeService = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentTypeService;

They're both giving a NullReferenceException (Object reference not set to an instance of an object). Am I possibly missing a using? I have these:

using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web;
using Umbraco.Core;
using Umbraco.Core.Models;
using Umbraco.Core.Services;
using Umbraco.Web.WebApi;

Any other ideas?

Hi

you should only need using Umbraco.Core for the code to work.

where are you running the code from ? (Partial/Macro, App_Code or an external DLL?)

I just pasted the example above directly from a class in App_Code.

Umbraco.Core is indeed the only one that's "lit up" in Visual Studio, so that makes sense.

It's an external DLL. I've put the "umbracoDbDSN" connection string in app.config and that's sufficient to get prevalues from a different part of the code, but do I possibly need something else to access the ContentService?

Apologies; it seems that I wasn't as forthcoming with information as I should've been - that's what happens when you're rushing to post before dashing out of the office! :)

I already have the NuGet package so I should have all the necessary DLLs. Thanks for the links to that documentation. I'll post back with success/failure once I've taken a look.

OK, I've been through the console example and now have everything working :)

Thanks again for the help!

I keep getting this error when trying to save content ....

Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: Sequence contains no elements

Here's my code:

var content = contentService.CreateContent("My Post", parentId, "ExternalGroup");

if (content != null)
     {
         post.SetValue("name", "Post Title");
         post.SetValue("bodyText", "Testing this Test");

         contentService.SaveAndPublishWithStatus(content);
     }

First of all, what is post? Is it supposed to be content?

I've found my working code and - assuming that post is content - I've set the properties a bit differently:

content.Properties["propertyName"].Value = value;

Does that help at all?

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