public string CreateSiteCollection(SiteData site)
{
string siteUrl = string.Empty;
uint siteLcIdint = 1033;
Guid siteId = SPContext.Current.Site.ID;
// Elevation - would not actually be neeeded if we call this by using specific account with the right permissions, but is also one option.
SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate()
{
using (SPSite elevSite = new SPSite(siteId))
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(site.LcId))
{
siteLcIdint = Convert.ToUInt16(site.LcId);
}
siteUrl = SPUrlUtility.CombineUrl(elevSite.Url, site.Url);
if (!SPSite.Exists(new Uri(siteUrl)))
{
using (SPSite newSite = elevSite.SelfServiceCreateSite(siteUrl, site.Title, site.Description,
siteLcIdint, site.WebTemplate,
site.OwnerLogin, string.Empty, string.Empty,
site.SecondaryContactLogin, string.Empty, string.Empty))
{
//create the default groups
newSite.RootWeb.CreateDefaultAssociatedGroups(newSite.Owner.LoginName, newSite.SecondaryContact.LoginName, site.Title);
}
}
else
{
//TODO - site already existed... abort abort!
}
}
});
return siteUrl;
}
/// <summary>
/// Method to get list of site collections under specific web application
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public List<SiteData> ListSiteCollections()
{
List<SiteData> lstSites = new List<SiteData>();
Guid siteId = SPContext.Current.Site.ID;
SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate()
{
//Create new elevated instances of the site collection
using (SPSite elevSite = new SPSite(siteId))
{
foreach (SPSite site in elevSite.WebApplication.Sites)
{
try
{
if (site.RootWeb != null)
{
SiteData siteData = new SiteData()
{
Title = site.RootWeb.Title,
Description = site.RootWeb.Description,
LcId = site.RootWeb.Language.ToString(),
OwnerLogin = site.Owner.LoginName,
Url = site.Url,
WebTemplate = string.Format("{0}#{1}", site.RootWeb.WebTemplate, site.RootWeb.Configuration)
};
if (site.SecondaryContact != null)
{
siteData.SecondaryContactLogin = site.SecondaryContact.LoginName;
}
lstSites.Add(siteData);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//TODO - Log exception and move to next
}
finally
{
if (site != null)
site.Dispose();
}
}
}
});
return lstSites;
}
