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Daniel Rogers 139 posts 717 karma points

Sep 29, 2023 @ 03:32
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programmatically create content not working
This seems to be an old issue that I are having trouble with.

Asking again as all the posts are for old version of umbraco.

I'm running v12.2.0 )Latest version.

Have followed this documentation https://docs.umbraco.com/umbraco-cms/reference/management/services/contentservice/create-content-programmatically witch was last updated 16hrs ago at time of writing this post.

The only difference I are running the code from server side in a hangfire scheduled task.
1. I get the parent document
  
  IPublishedContent catFolder = query.ContentAtRoot().DescendantsOrSelfOfType("IBDExypnosLandingPage").FirstOrDefault().FirstChildOfType("IBDExypnosCategoriesFolder");
2. create the IContent
  
  // assign parent id. Guid parentId = catFolder.Key;
  
  // create content var newCatagory = _contentService.Create(Name, parentId, "IBDExypnosCategoriesPage");
Up until here everything is working fine. 1st issue
```
newCatagory.SetValue("onPageTitle", "hello");
newCatagory.SetValue("titleAndDescription", jsonConvert.SerializeObject(seo));
```
these line generate this error: Variation null,null is not supported by the property type.

have also tried:

newCatagory.SetValue(propertyTypeAlias: "onPageTitle", "hello", segment: null);

2nd issue
```
_contentService.SaveAndPublish(newCatagory);
```
this line generate this error: Cannot save content with an empty name.

Anybody with some ideas
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Billy 55 posts 266 karma points c-trib

Sep 29, 2023 @ 10:55
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Are you sure that the 'Name' variable is not empty here?
```
var newCatagory = _contentService.Create(Name, parentId, "IBDExypnosCategoriesPage");
```
If the document type is variable by culture don't forget to add the name for each culture.
```
newCatagory.SetCultureName("english name", "en-us");  newCatagory.SetCultureName("dutch name", "nl");
```
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roli81 7 posts 58 karma points

Oct 20, 2023 @ 08:50

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I have the exact same problem on 12.2.0. Have you found a solution yet?

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Huw Reddick 1929 posts 6697 karma points MVP 2x c-trib

Oct 20, 2023 @ 09:40
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I think you need to pass a udi not id for the parent
```
    var parent = _contentService.GetById(model.ParentId);
    var forum = _contentService.CreateContent(model.Title, parent.GetUdi(), "forum");
```
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roli81 7 posts 58 karma points

Oct 20, 2023 @ 10:04

Hi Hew thanks for your quick reply. But I have solved my problem in the meantime. It was because it is a multilanguage solution and I have to make sure that all language versions exist. Yes, we Swiss people have a hard time with our languages ;-).

public void CreatePage(IMember member, TeacherProfile profile)
{
    var itemName = $"{profile.Name}";

    IPublishedContent? parent = null;

    if (ContextAccessor.TryGetUmbracoContext(out var ctx))
    {
        parent = ctx.Content.GetAtRoot().FirstOrDefault(c => c.ContentType.Alias == Constants.DocumentTypes.MsHomePage.Alias)?
            .Children.FirstOrDefault(c => c.ContentType.Alias == Constants.DocumentTypes.MsSchoolOverview.Alias);
    }



    if (parent != null)
    {
        var content = _contentService.Create(itemName.ToLowerInvariant(), parent.Id, Constants.DocumentTypes.MsMusicTeacherPage.Alias);

        foreach (var lang in _localizationService.GetAllLanguages())
        {
            content.SetCultureName(itemName, lang.CultureInfo.Name);
            content.SetValue(Constants.DocumentTypes.MsMusicTeacherPage.Fields.TeachingType, profile.Subtitle, lang.CultureInfo.Name, string.Empty);
            content.SetValue(Constants.DocumentTypes.MsMusicTeacherPage.Fields.State, profile.State, lang.CultureInfo.Name, string.Empty);
            content.SetValue(Constants.DocumentTypes.MsMusicTeacherPage.Fields.Style, profile.Style, lang.CultureInfo.Name, string.Empty);
            content.SetValue(Constants.DocumentTypes.MsMusicTeacherPage.Fields.InstrumentLocations, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(GetInstrumentLocationBlockList(profile.InstrumentLocations)), lang.CultureInfo.Name, string.Empty);
        }

        content.SetValue(Constants.DocumentTypes.MsMusicTeacherPage.Fields.Website, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new List<Link>() {
            new Link()
        {
            Url = profile.Website,
            Type = LinkType.External
        }
        }));

        content.SetValue(Constants.DocumentTypes.MsMusicTeacherPage.Fields.LessonsForAge, profile.LessonsFrom);
        content.SetValue(Constants.DocumentTypes.MsMusicTeacherPage.Fields.Name, member.Name);
        content.SetValue(Constants.DocumentTypes.MsMusicTeacherPage.Fields.Email, member.Email);
        content.SetValue(Constants.DocumentTypes.MsMusicTeacherPage.Fields.Lon, profile.Lon.ToString());
        content.SetValue(Constants.DocumentTypes.MsMusicTeacherPage.Fields.Lat, profile.Lat.ToString());
        content.SetValue(Constants.DocumentTypes.MsMusicTeacherPage.Fields.Address, profile.Address);
        content.SetValue(Constants.DocumentTypes.MsMusicTeacherPage.Fields.City, profile.City);
        content.SetValue(Constants.DocumentTypes.MsMusicTeacherPage.Fields.ZipCode, profile.ZipCode);
        content.SetValue(Constants.DocumentTypes.MsMusicTeacherPage.Fields.Member, member.Id);
        _contentService.SaveAndPublish(content);
    }
}

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Huw Reddick 1929 posts 6697 karma points MVP 2x c-trib

Oct 20, 2023 @ 10:23

That was going to be my next suggestion :D

            post = _contentService.Create(postName, parent, "forumPost");
            if (post.AvailableCultures.Any())
            {
                foreach (var language in languages)
                {
                    post.SetCultureName(postName,language.IsoCode);
                }
            }

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