SiteDefinition.StartPage returns ID 0 in InitializableModule

Zsolt Nemeth

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Hi,

I am trying to write a migration system which on startup creates all the new pages automatically. I use IInitializableModule for this, and in only one of our two projects I cannot access the StartPage inside Initialize() method. Later it is accessible.

[InitializableModule]
[ModuleDependency(typeof(InitializationModule))]
public class MigrationTasksInitializableModule : IInitializableModule
{

public void Initialize(InitializationEngine context)

{

/* here EPiServer.Web.SiteDefinition.Current.StartPage returns:
ID = 0, WorkID = 0, ProviderName = null
GetPublishedOrLatest: false
ID: 0
IsExternalProvider: false
IsReadOnly: true
ProviderName: null
WorkID: 0

}

public void Uninitialize(InitializationEngine context)
{
}

}

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Zsolt

#254500

Edited, May 07, 2021 19:45

Tomas Hensrud Gulla

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Do you have only one start page, or is it a multi site solution?

#254501

May 07, 2021 19:48

Zsolt Nemeth

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In the project where I only get ID=0, it is a single site solution with a single start page. In StartPage's controller later for instance I can access it.

I can access it through ISiteDefinitionRepository, but still strange.

#254502

Edited, May 07, 2021 19:55

Tomas Hensrud Gulla

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Looks like what you are experiencing is expected:

If you in one project get the StartPage-value, maybe you are just lucky with the order of initialization.

The quick-and-dirty solution would be adding the content id to your start page to appsettings, and use that id in your initialization module.

#254537

May 08, 2021 7:58

Stefan Holm Olsen

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Hi Zsolt

Do your site have a host definition with a wildcard ("*") for a hostname?

A site with this wildcard will be returned when the site cannot be determined.

#254604

May 10, 2021 4:50

Zsolt Nemeth

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Thank you for your answers, it explains the behavior. I will use SiteDeinifitonRepository in all cases to fetch the start page with the expected type, it works in all cases.

#254605

May 10, 2021 6:40

Praful Jangid - May 10, 2021 12:01

If this issue is resolved, can you please mark it as ANSWERED?
Thanks :)