I have a class which is supposed to import an xml file to a List< T >, it does this successfully, the class is also supposed to store the content from the new List< T > into the Umbraco as Content utilizing the content service.

Here is my code where I am going wrong somewhere:

var contentService = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentService;
                var blogNode = Umbraco.TypedContent(1053);

                foreach (var post in lstblogs)
                {
                    var newBlog = contentService.CreateContent(post.Title, 1053, "umbNewsItem", 0);

                    newBlog.SetValue("title", post.Title);
                    newBlog.SetValue("bodyText", post.BodyText);
                    newBlog.SetValue("publishDate", post.PublishDate);
                    newBlog.SetValue("author", post.Author);

                    if (newBlog == null)
                    {
                        throw new Exception("Object is null.");
                    }
                    if (contentService == null)
                    {
                        throw new Exception("contentService is null.");

                    }

                    contentService.SaveAndPublish(newBlog, 0, true);
                    Console.WriteLine(newBlog);
                }

The exception is thrown on this line:

contentService.SaveAndPublish(newBlog, 0, true);

and the exception reads:

{"Object reference not set to an instance of an object."}

Any suggestions as to where I'm going wrong?

Update

So basically it looks like contentService is coming up null. However it doesn't throw the error when the check is done? Whenever I use .Save(newBlog) instead of

.SaveAndPublishWithStatus(newBlog, 0, true) the code compiles and adds the content to the database but not the backoffice. What is the reason behind this. There is a lack of documentation on the ContentService methods and how they work.

Thanks in advance!