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  • Keith Boynton 19 posts 61 karma points
    May 30, 2020 @ 18:36
    Keith Boynton
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    How to get a media item when in a publishing event handler

    I have a custom publishing component that I use for some custom validation.

    In this handler I'm applying some validation to some simple fields such as checked publishing dates and keywords.

    Here's a snippet of the code:

    private void ContentService_Publishing(IContentService sender, ContentPublishingEventArgs e)
        {
            // Handle any blog articles being published
            var blogArticleEntitiesBeingPublished = e.PublishedEntities.Where(x => x.ContentType.Alias.Equals("blogArticle")).ToList();
            foreach (var blogArticleEntity in blogArticleEntitiesBeingPublished)
            {
                // Check keywords (must have a minimum of 3)
                var keywords = blogArticleEntity.GetValue<string>("keywords");
                var keywordsList = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<string>>(keywords);
                if (keywordsList != null && keywordsList.Count() < 3)
                {
                    e.CancelOperation(new EventMessage("Keywords", "The article needs at least 3 keywords", messageType: EventMessageType.Error));
                    break;
                }
    
                // Force articles with a future publish date to use the scheduled publish feature
                var publishDate = blogArticleEntity.GetValue<DateTime>("publishDate");
                if (publishDate != null && publishDate > DateTime.Now)
                {
                    e.CancelOperation(new EventMessage("Publish Date", "The article has a publish date in the future, please use the Schedule feature to publish the article on the publish date", messageType: EventMessageType.Error));
                    break;
                }
    
                // Make sure there is alt text on the main image
                var mainImage = blogArticleEntity.GetValue("newMainImage");
                if (mainImage != null)
                {
                    // Hmmm?
                }
            }
        }
    

    The keywords and publish date validation is working fine, but I can't work out for the life of me how to get the newMainImage media item.

    enter image description here

    As you can see I can get something for the newMainImage property value but I have no idea how to get at the media item so I can access my custom alternativeText property on it.

    Hopefully this is something pretty simple, but I'm drawing a blank everywhere I look....?

  • Keith Boynton 19 posts 61 karma points
    May 30, 2020 @ 19:23
    Keith Boynton
    0

    I've found something that seems to work, I'm just not sure if it's a good way to do it...

                // Make sure there is alt text on the main image
                var mainImage = blogArticleEntity.GetValue("newMainImage");
                if (mainImage != null)
                {
                    var mainImageUdi = Udi.Parse((string)mainImage);
                    using (var contextReference = _contextFactory.EnsureUmbracoContext())
                    {
                        var mainImageMediaItem = contextReference.UmbracoContext.Media.GetById(mainImageUdi);
                        if (mainImageMediaItem != null)
                        {
                            var mainImageAltText = mainImageMediaItem.Value<string>("alternativeText");
                            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(mainImageAltText))
                            {
                                e.CancelOperation(new EventMessage("Main Image", "The main image is missing alternative text", messageType: EventMessageType.Error));
                                break;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
    

    Is there a better way to do it or does this look like a sensible way?

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