public void ConnectToCatalog(string newUrlTemplate, string taxonomyFieldManagedProperty, bool isCustomCatalogItemUrlRewriteTemplate)
{
using (SPSite publishingPortalSite = new SPSite(this.portalSiteUrl))
{
// Get the connection manager for the site where the catalog content will be rendered.
CatalogConnectionManager manager = new CatalogConnectionManager(publishingPortalSite);
// Use "Contains" to check whether a connection exists.
if (manager.Contains(this.publishingCatalogUrl))
{
throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("A connection to {0} already exists", this.publishingCatalogUrl));
}
// Get the catalog to connect to.
CatalogConnectionSettings settings = PublishingCatalogUtility.GetPublishingCatalog(publishingPortalSite, this.publishingCatalogUrl);
manager.AddCatalogConnection(settings,
// If the items in the catalog should have rewritten urls, specify what properties should be used in rewriting the url.
newUrlTemplate,
this.subscribingWebServerRelativeUrl,
// The managed property which contains the category for the catalog item.
// Typically starts with owstaxid, when created by the system.
taxonomyFieldManagedProperty,
isCustomCatalogItemUrlRewriteTemplate);
// Perform any other adds/Updates
// ...
// Finally commit connection changes to store.
manager.Update();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Method to get a CatalogConnectionSettings from the site
/// </summary>
/// <param name="site">The SPSite to get the connection from</param>
/// <param name="webAbsoluteUrl">The full absolute url of the catalog</param>
/// <param name="catalogWebRelativeUrl">The root url of the catalog.</param>
/// <returns>A catalogConnectionSettings object</returns>
public CatalogConnectionSettings GetCatalogConnectionSettings(SPSite site, Uri webAbsoluteUrl, Uri catalogWebRelativeUrl)
{
var tokens = catalogWebRelativeUrl.ToString().Split(new[] { "/" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).ToList();
CatalogConnectionSettings catalogConnectionSettings = null;
try
{
catalogConnectionSettings = PublishingCatalogUtility.GetPublishingCatalog(site, SPUtility.ConcatUrls(webAbsoluteUrl.AbsoluteUri, string.Join("/", tokens)));
}
catch (InternalQueryErrorException exception)
{
this.logger.Error("Publishing Catalog with tokens {0} was not found on site {1}", string.Join(", ", tokens.ToArray()), site.Url);
this.logger.Exception(exception);
}
return(catalogConnectionSettings);
}
/// <summary>
/// Connect without any settings
/// A result source will be created and the catalog will be available for content search webparts
/// but item urls will have the original path to the source catalog library.
/// </summary>
public void ConnectToCatalog()
{
using (SPSite publishingPortalSite = new SPSite(this.portalSiteUrl))
{
// Get the connection manager for the site where the catalog content will be rendered.
CatalogConnectionManager manager = new CatalogConnectionManager(publishingPortalSite, createResultSource: true);
// Use "Contains" to check whether a connection exists.
if (manager.Contains(this.publishingCatalogUrl))
{
throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("A connection to {0} already exists", this.publishingCatalogUrl));
}
// Get the catalog to connect to.
CatalogConnectionSettings settings = PublishingCatalogUtility.GetPublishingCatalog(publishingPortalSite, this.publishingCatalogUrl);
settings.ConnectedWebServerRelativeUrl = this.subscribingWebServerRelativeUrl;
manager.AddCatalogConnection(settings);
// Perform any other adds/Updates
// ...
// Finally commit connection changes to store.
manager.Update();
}
}
