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  • Connie DeCinko 931 posts 1160 karma points
    Aug 04, 2016 @ 15:37
    Connie DeCinko
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    How to create content via C# Usercontrol

    Extending Umbraco and using the API
    Umbraco 6

    Sorry if this has been asked a hundred times, but while I dig through several years old posts, I am hoping someone can jump in with the answer.

    We used to use the Doc2Form package in Umbraco 4.x which would allow a visitor to the website to fill out a form and have the data automatically create a content node. Doc2Form was never updated for Umbraco 6.

    I currently have a c# .Net usercontrol that is a simple suggestion box form. It gathers a few text fields, saves them to a database and sends and email. I now need to extend it to automatically create an Umbraco document. I know it can be done, but what is the current recommended way? Can I do this via a usercontrol or must I change it to something else?

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  • Alex Skrypnyk 6132 posts 23951 karma points MVP 7x admin c-trib
    Aug 04, 2016 @ 15:59
    Alex Skrypnyk
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    Hi Connie,

    You can create content with ContentService since 6 version was introduced.

    Read more about ContentService - https://our.umbraco.org/documentation/reference/management/services/contentservice

    Example:

    private void createComment(string userName, string comment, int parentId)
    {
        int userId = 0;
        ContentService cs = new ContentService();
        var content = cs.CreateContent(DateTime.Today.ToString("yy/MM/dd"), parentId, "BlogComments", userId);
        content.SetValue("userName", userName);
        content.SetValue("comment", comment);
        cs.SaveAndPublishWithStatus(content);
    }

    Thanks,

    Alex

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  • Connie DeCinko 931 posts 1160 karma points
    Aug 04, 2016 @ 16:52
    Connie DeCinko
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    Thank you! Kept finding docs for older or newer versions. I got it working well pretty easily. Now just have to deal with a couple issues.

    How to specify the parentId without having to hard code the value. How to get the userId for the currently logged in user.

    Time to Google!

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