Lets try creating a sitecore item through powershell script.
$itemName = "new-item-name"
$itemPath = "master:/sitecore/content/" + $itemName
$newItem = New-Item -Path $itemPath -ItemType "template-name"
$newItem.Editing.BeginEdit()
$newItem["fieldname"] = "fieldvalue"
$newItem.Editing.EndEdit()
This way of creating Sitecore items using powershell api comes in handy when we want to import Sitecore items from a static source of data i.e., a csv file or json.
Lets see how to import sitecore item when we have the relevant records in a csv file.
$importedData = Import-Csv -Path csv-path.csv
foreach($data in $importedData){
$itemName = $data.Name
$itemPath = "master:/sitecore/content/" + $itemName
$newItem = New-Item -Path $itemPath -ItemType "template-name"
$newItem.Editing.BeginEdit()
$newItem["fieldname"] = $data.fieldvalue
$newItem.Editing.EndEdit()
}
A Sample import of complete content migration.
#Define path you want to create sitecore Items
$parentPath = "master:/sitecore/content/ctscareers/Home/ArticleListing"
#Read CSV file
$importList = Import-CSV "C:\\CSV\\SampleFileToImport.csv"
foreach($row in $importList) {
$name = $row.Name
#Check if Title is not empty
if ($name.Trim() -eq "")
{
write-host "Item name should not be blank: " $name
continue
}
$itemPath = $parentPath + "/" + $name #Create Item path
$mediaitemCreated = UploadImageIntoMediaLibrary($row.ImageUrl)
$currentItem = Get-Item -Path $itemPath -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue #Get the sitecore Item
if ($currentItem -eq $null) #Check if Item is null then create new Item
{
try {
$item = New-Item -Path $itemPath -ItemType "/sitecore/templates/Feature/CTSTraining/ArticleDetail"
write-host "Item created: " $itemPath
}
catch
{
write-host "Failed to create Item: " $itemPath
write-host $_.Exception.Message
continue
}
}
#Assign Field values to the Sitecore Item
$item.Editing.BeginEdit()
$item["PageTitle"] = $row.PageTitle
$item["ArticleTitle"] = $row.ArticleTitle
$item["ArticleBrief"] = $row.ArticleBrief
$item["MetaTitle"] = $row.MetaTitle
[Sitecore.Data.Fields.ImageField]$imageField = $item.Fields["OGImage"]
$imageField.MediaID = $mediaitemCreated.id
$item.Editing.EndEdit()
}
function UploadImageIntoMediaLibrary{
[CmdletBinding()]
param([Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[string]$filePath)
$mediaPath = "/sitecore/media library/Images"
$mediacreatoroptions = New-Object Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreatorOptions
$mediacreatoroptions.AlternateText = "$([System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($filePath))"
$mediacreatoroptions.Database = [Sitecore.Configuration.Factory]::GetDatabase("master");
$mediacreatoroptions.Language = [Sitecore.Globalization.Language]::Parse("en")
$mediacreatoroptions.Versioned = [Sitecore.Configuration.Settings+Media]::UploadAsVersionableByDefault;
$mediacreatoroptions.Destination = "$($mediaPath)/$([System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($filePath))";
$mediacreator = New-Object Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreator
$newmediaitem = $mediacreator.CreateFromFile($filePath, $mediacreatoroptions)
return $newmediaitem
}
