Update catalog content

allrameest

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When I try to run this code I get an exception on the last row.

    var referenceConverter = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance();
    var contentRespository = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance();

    var catalog = contentRespository.GetDefault(referenceConverter.GetRootLink());
    catalog.Name = "Snafu";
    catalog.DefaultCurrency = "SEK";
    catalog.DefaultLanguage = "en";
    catalog.WeightBase = "kgs";
    var link = contentRespository.Save(catalog, SaveAction.Publish, AccessLevel.NoAccess);

    catalog = (CatalogContent) contentRespository.Get(link).CreateWritableClone();
    contentRespository.Save(catalog, SaveAction.Publish, AccessLevel.NoAccess);

Message is: "The provided content link does not have a value. Parameter name: contentLink"

What am I doing wrong?

#112707

Nov 04, 2014 11:17

Quan Mai

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Your code looks correct. Did you try to see if the catalog is created and displayed corrected?

#112714

Nov 04, 2014 12:05

allrameest

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Yes, the catalog is saved and is correct. I just can't update it...

#112723

Nov 04, 2014 13:23

Johan Book

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Does it work if you do the changes interactively through the Catalog UI?

#112769

Nov 05, 2014 11:56

allrameest

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Yes, it's just when updating using the API that it doesn't work.

#112784

Nov 05, 2014 13:40

Johan Petersson

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I actually have the same error.

2014-10-22 17:48:22,165 [956] ERROR EPiServer.DataAbstraction.ScheduledJob: Job xxx.xxx.ScheduledJobs.LinkMediaToCatalogItems failed
System.ArgumentNullException: The provided content link does not have a value.
Parameter name: contentLink
   at EPiServer.Core.DefaultContentLoader.Get[T](ContentReference contentLink, LoaderSettings loaderSettings)
   at EPiServer.Commerce.Validation.MissingStartingPointLanguageValidator.<>c__DisplayClass2.<ShouldShowWarning>b__1(ICommerceRouter route)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.Any[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 predicate)
   at EPiServer.Commerce.Validation.MissingStartingPointLanguageValidator.ShouldShowWarning(CatalogContentBase content)
   at EPiServer.Commerce.Validation.MissingStartingPointLanguageValidator.Validate(CatalogContentBase instance)
   at EPiServer.Validation.ValidationService.ValidateRecursively(Object instance, HashSet`1 visitedInstances)
   at EPiServer.Core.ContentProvider.Validate(IContent content, SaveAction action)
   at EPiServer.Core.DefaultContentRepository.Save(IContent content, SaveAction action, AccessLevel access)

We have tracked down this method, it might be releated, one of the routers returns null for RoutingStartingPoint:

private IEnumerable<ICommerceRouter> GetCommerceRouters()
{
    if (_commerceRouters == null)
    {
         commerceRouters = partialRouteHandler.GetIncomingRouters(typeof(PageData))
                                    .OfType<PartialRouter<PageData, CatalogContentBase>>()
                                    .Select(x => x.Router)
                                    .OfType<ICommerceRouter>();
    }

    return _commerceRouters;
}

#112817

Nov 05, 2014 20:19

Quan Mai

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Interesting. Do you have a test case to reproduce the bug?

Thanks.

#112829

Nov 06, 2014 7:42

Johan Petersson

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Not really. Everything fails, even just updating the name of a catalog item from code. Everything works fine from the Catalog Manager though.

#112834

Nov 06, 2014 8:10

Quan Mai

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In this case my vague suggestion would be a close look on how routes are registered. Can you post your code here?

#112835

Nov 06, 2014 8:21

Johan Petersson

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Wer're just calling CatalogRouteHelper.MapDefaultHierarchialRouter(RouteTable.Routes, false); in a IConfigurableModule

#112838

Nov 06, 2014 8:35

Jens Lundström

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Hi,

We're also experiencing this when trying to update catalog content from a scheduled job. Same code more or less.

BR Jens

#113211

Nov 15, 2014 9:23

Quan Mai

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In that case I highly recommend you to contact our Developer service, so we can properly diagnose your problem. This sounds serious enough to take action, but without a reproducable case we won't be able to fix.

Thanks.

#113297

Nov 18, 2014 10:51

Maris Krivtezs

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Is this solved? What is solution?

#116123

Edited, Jan 23, 2015 13:33

allrameest

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Seems like the problem was regarding the routing. Two workarounds seemed to work.

One was to remove:
CatalogRouteHelper.MapDefaultHierarchialRouter(RouteTable.Routes, false);
from the initialization.

The other was to add the host "*" in "Manage Websites".

I don't know if EPiServer has done anything more about this. It seems like a weird error and the error message is pretty bad at telling you what you're doing wrong.

#116139

Jan 23, 2015 14:40

Maris Krivtezs

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Thanks. Wildcard works.

P.S. But it is weird that if you want to save some existing catalog entry, you need routing to work.

#116140

Jan 23, 2015 14:48

Quan Mai

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@Erik: We have bug 120803 http://world.episerver.com/support/Bug-list/bug/120803 to make the error message more meaningful/helpful.

The bug is likely to be released in Commerce 8.9

Regards.

#116165

Jan 26, 2015 4:16