How to consume XML Files Into Sitefinity 7.3 Search - Sitefinity - Front- & Back-End Development

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Posted by Community Admin on 09-Jul-2015 00:00

Looking to add\update an index with xml information. The parsing of the xml I can take care of, but whenever I try to run UpdateIndex featured here http://docs.sitefinity.com/for-developers-index-external-content it throws back an error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" I'm not changing anything about the code and using the name I use when implementing a custom search widget and I'm not getting anywhere. Any suggestions on why its not working or what information I am missing.

Posted by Community Admin on 14-Jul-2015 00:00

Hi Andres,

You can try the following code sample in order to add additional information in your search index. This is extended sample that includes url and multilingual support, if needed:

public void AddSearchDocument()

var fields = new List<IField>();

// The identity field

var identityFld = new Telerik.Sitefinity.Services.Search.Publishing.Field();

identityFld.Name = "Id";

identityFld.Value = "Some unique identifier3";

fields.Add(identityFld);

var myTitleField = new Telerik.Sitefinity.Services.Search.Publishing.Field();

myTitleField.Name = "Title";

myTitleField.Value = "My title";

fields.Add(myTitleField);

var myContentField = new Telerik.Sitefinity.Services.Search.Publishing.Field();

myContentField.Name = "Content";

myContentField.Value = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.";

fields.Add(myContentField);

// In case of multilingual

var myLanguageField = new Telerik.Sitefinity.Services.Search.Publishing.Field();

myLanguageField.Name = "Language";

myLanguageField.Value = "en";

fields.Add(myLanguageField);

// Include the Url of the item

var myUrlField = new Telerik.Sitefinity.Services.Search.Publishing.Field();

myUrlField.Name = "Link";

myUrlField.Value = "http://www.sitefinity.com";

fields.Add(myUrlField);

var mySummaryField = new Telerik.Sitefinity.Services.Search.Publishing.Field();

mySummaryField.Name = "Summary";

mySummaryField.Value = "Summary text";

fields.Add(mySummaryField);

var lastModifiedField = new Telerik.Sitefinity.Services.Search.Publishing.Field();

lastModifiedField.Name = "LastModified";

lastModifiedField.Value = DateTime.UtcNow;

fields.Add(lastModifiedField);

// Create the document, containing the fields that we constructed

var doc = new Telerik.Sitefinity.Services.Search.Model.Document(fields, "Id");

// index the created document

ServiceBus.ResolveService<ISearchService>().UpdateIndex("testindex", new List<IDocument>() doc );

please also check the Using you have (for example Field and Document) if corresponds to the mentioned in the above sample.

Regards,
Svetoslav Manchev
Telerik

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