create blog post from API

Hi

i try to create using the below code it is working fine first time if no blogpost available.then i try to create blog post second time it shows error(Telerik.Sitefinity.Utilities.MS.ServiceModel.Web.WebProtocolException: An item with the URL '/blogPostTitle/2011/02/09/' already exists.) .

CODE
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Guid DynamicGuid = Guid.NewGuid();
App.WorkWith()
               .Blog(parentID)
               .CreateBlogPost()
                    .Do(bP =>
                    
                        bP.Title = blogPostTitle + DynamicGuid.ToString();
                        bP.Content = content;
                        bP.Description = description;
                        bP.DateCreated = DateTime.Today;
                        bP.PublicationDate = DateTime.UtcNow;
                    )
                .Publish() 
                .SaveChanges();

please let me know the solution
thanks

Hi Jmr,

Try setting bP.AutoGenerateUniqueUrl = true;

Kind regards,
Ivan Dimitrov
the Telerik team

Thanks for Quick reply,

if i do like that it shows me : cannot be assigned to -- it is read only.

please explain me more may be i placed wrong place.

App.WorkWith()
               .Blog(parentID)
               .CreateBlogPost()              
                    .Do(bP =>
                    
                        bP.AutoGenerateUniqueUrl = true;  // cannot be assigned to -- it is read only.
                        bP.Title = sblogPostTitle + gDynamicGuid.ToString();
                        bP.Content = scontent;
                        bP.Description = sdescription;
                        bP.DateCreated = DateTime.Today;
                        bP.PublicationDate = DateTime.UtcNow;
                        bP.ExpirationDate = DateTime.Today.AddDays(200);    
                    )
                .Publish() 
                .SaveChanges();

Hi

Some one help me please.

Hi Jmr,

You have to use the code below. You should set the parent inside the Do. There is a bug in the method you use

var parentID = new Guid("2230ac16-4cd1-4e8f-b45b-51ac13c7c968");
           var fluent = App.WorkWith();
           Guid DynamicGuid = Guid.NewGuid();
           var blog = fluent.Blog(parentID)
                                     .Get();
              fluent.BlogPost().CreateNew()
                                       .Do(bp =>
                                          
                                               bp.Parent = blog;
                                               bp.Title = DynamicGuid.ToString();
                                               bp.Content = "somecontent";
                                               bp.Description = "somedesc";
                                               bp.DateCreated = DateTime.UtcNow;
                                               bp.PublicationDate = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(10);
                                           )
                                           .SaveChanges();


Regards,
Ivan Dimitrov
the Telerik team

thank you very much its working.

Hi Ivan Dimitrov,

Using fluent API 
1) how do i set create permission (New Blog Post and New Blog) to Everyone.
2) Is there any possible to add more colums in blog.if so please provide us API

Thanks
jmr

Hi Jmr,

1. The blog post is ISecurdObject, so you can call GrantActions and Permissions.Add. Please check Permissions section from our dev manual.

2. Owner is a property of BlogPost, so you can use an EVAL to display it.

Best wishes,
Ivan Dimitrov
the Telerik team

Hi Ivan Dimitrov,
yes dev manual veru usefull.
now

Using fluent API 
Is there any possible to add more colums in blog.if so please provide us API

Thanks
jmr

Hi Jmr,

You can add additional columns from the UI - Sitefinity/Administration/Settings/Advanced

Blogs >> Controls >> BackendViews >> blogsBackendList >> View Modes >> Grid >> Columns

Best wishes,
Ivan Dimitrov
the Telerik team

Hi
I'm trying this method for adding Blog posts, and while they do get added to the database, they are not visible in the administration backend, nor on the blog front end page.

Ah, nevermind, I forgot the .Publish() before .SaveChanges()
Ryan

HI evryone!

I am running this code to change the publish date of the news more than 200.

Hi Waqar,

Try using something like this and make sure that you are working with the latest SP of Sitefinity

App.WorkWith().NewsItems().Where(ni => ni.Id == newsItemId).ForEach(ni =>
                                                                               
                                                                                    ni.LastModified = DateTime.Now;
                                                                                    ni.Author = NewsFluentApiTests.TestAuthorEdit;
                                                                                    ni.Content = NewsFluentApiTests.TestContentEdit;
                                                                                    ni.Title = "Editted news item";
                                                                                ).SaveChanges();

You can replace some of the variables with the relevant one from the main news object.

Kind regards,
Ivan Dimitrov
the Telerik team

Is it also possible to change the 'LastModified' property?
I want to initially change it to the 'PublicationDate'.

I've migrated my blog from 3.7 to 4.4 but in the backend the posts are not sorted in any way, because of a DateTime min value inside the database.

Regards,
Daniel

Hello,

There shouldn't  be a problem. This is a property with getter and setter. We use it inside the migration tool.

Regards,
Ivan Dimitrov
the Telerik team

That's what I thought, but it doesn't seem to have effect.
It stays on 1-1-1001. I change the CreateDate and PublicationDate and that works well.

Regards,
Daniel

Hello,


If you use the API you should be able to set it

App.WorkWith().NewsItems().Where(ni => ni.Id == newsItemId).ForEach(ni =>
                                                                               
                                                                                    ni.LastModified = DateTime.Now;
                                                                                    ni.Author = "admin";
                                                                                    ni.Content = "content";
                                                                                    ni.Title = "Editted news item";
                                                                                ).SaveChanges();

All the best,
Ivan Dimitrov
the Telerik team