Steven Galton
Apr 3, 2018
  1804
(2 votes)

Indexing extra Episerver Find properties onto a single variant for Episerver Commerce using Extension Methods

I have been working on a project that uses Episerver Find heavily on Episerver Commerce Items. Previously I have posted about indexing extra properties on a single variant and got some responses back about using extension methods to index the information. Previously I had some issues with approaching the problem this way, but I have been able to do this now.

First, I needed to make an Initialization Module with a reference for the Search Client. Next, I created a variable that has the Search Client Conventions. From this, I was able to make it that every Supplier Product in my Commerce catalogue had an extra field that is only needed in the search result. This was the variant URL that we need for the search pages.

    [InitializableModule]    [ModuleDependency(typeof(EPiServer.Web.InitializationModule))]
    public class EpiserverFindInitilizationModule : IInitializableModule
    {
        public void Initialize(InitializationEngine context)
        {
            var conventionIndexer = SearchClient.Instance.Conventions;
            conventionIndexer.ForInstancesOf<SupplierProduct>().IncludeField(x => x.VariantUrl());
         }
     }

After this, I had an Extension Method that would use our resolver to pass in the current Supplier Product and then return the Variant URL for the Search Results.

public static string VariantUrl(this SupplierProduct supplierProduct)
{
    var contentLoader = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<SupplierProductSummaryResolver>();
    var variant = contentLoader.GetViewModel(supplierProduct);
    return variant.Url;
}

Before, I could not figure out how to retrieve this value from the Index and return it in my search results. I got some help and all I needed to do was call the extension method again on the search item.

private List<ShopItemInformationModel> PopulateShopItems(IEnumerable<SupplierProduct> shopResults)
{
   var shopResponseList = new List<ShopItemInformationModel>();

    foreach (var supplierProduct in shopResults)
    {
        var item =  new ShopItemInformationModel
        {
            Title = supplierProduct.Name,
            Code = supplierProduct.Code,
            Url = supplierProduct.VariantUrl()
        };

        shopResponseList.Add(item);
    }

   return shopResponseList;
}

One thing to note with this method though. This does call the extension method again and recalls the logic. We will be exploring this over the coming weeks and will get an update up over the next couple of weeks.

Hope this helps someone!

Apr 03, 2018

Comments

Please login to comment.
Latest blogs
CMS + CMP + Graph integration

We have just released a new package https://nuget.optimizely.com/package/?id=EPiServer.Cms.WelcomeIntegration.Graph which changes the way CMS fetch...

Bartosz Sekula | Nov 5, 2024

Block type selection doesn't work

Imagine you're trying to create a new block in a specific content area. You click the "Create" link, expecting to see a CMS modal with a list of...

Damian Smutek | Nov 4, 2024 | Syndicated blog

.NET 8 FAQ

I have previously written about .NET compatibility in general and .NET 8 in particular, see blog posts here , here and here . With the end of suppo...

Magnus Rahl | Nov 4, 2024

Dynamic packages in Commerce Connect

In Optimizely Commerce Connect, you can group different items using packages and bundles. Package: A package has one or more versions of a product...

K Khan | Nov 1, 2024

Efficient Catalog Metadata Management and Product Updates Using DTOs in Optimizely Commerce

This post explores ways to manage and update catalog metadata in Optimizely Commerce by utilizing Data Transfer Objects (DTOs). DTOs provide a...

Sujit Senapati | Oct 31, 2024

Effortlessly Resize Images with Cloudflare's On-the-Fly Solution

Resizing images in C# has traditionally been a complex and time-consuming task, often requiring intricate code and handling various image processin...

Manoj Kumawat | Oct 31, 2024 | Syndicated blog