In this post I will show you how to create scheduled services that could be executed on a certain period of time - hourly, daily, weekly, monthly etc. The post will expose web service that runs a Sitefinity search index. The implementation requires
1.Creating a web service in Sitefinity
2. Creating a console application that will be used to call the service
3. Using Windows Task Scheduler.
Creating a web service.
- Leave the generated asmx in project's root.
- Make sure that the generated class is located in App_Code folder
In the WebMethod I'm adding getting all services using IndexDataManager object. Then I am looping through all indexes and if the name of the index that I am going to pass exists in the IndexingServiceInfo I run the index programmatically using IndexingService object
| using System; |
| using System.Collections.Generic; |
| using System.Linq; |
| using System.Web; |
| using System.Web.Services; |
| using Telerik.Search; |
| using Telerik.Search.Data; |
| using System.Collections; |
| using Telerik.Search.Engine; |
| /// <summary> |
| /// Summary description for IndexingService |
| /// </summary> |
| [WebService(Namespace = "http://tempuri.org/")] |
| [WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo = WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)] |
| // To allow this Web Service to be called from script, using ASP.NET AJAX, uncomment the following line. |
| // [System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptService] |
| public class IndexingService : System.Web.Services.WebService |
| { |
| public IndexingService() |
| { |
| //Uncomment the following line if using designed components |
| //InitializeComponent(); |
| } |
| [WebMethod] |
| public void StartIndex(string indexName) |
| { |
| IndexDataManager dataManager = new IndexDataManager(); |
| IList indexes = dataManager.GetServices(); |
| IndexingServiceInfo indexServiceInfo = null; |
| foreach (IndexingServiceInfo service in indexes) |
| { |
| if (service.Name == indexName) |
| { |
| indexServiceInfo = service; |
| break; |
| } |
| } |
| if (indexServiceInfo != null) |
| { |
| Telerik.Search.Engine.IndexingService service = |
| new Telerik.Search.Engine.IndexingService(indexServiceInfo); |
| int timeout = this.Context.Server.ScriptTimeout; |
| this.Context.Server.ScriptTimeout = 4800; |
| service.Index(false); |
| this.Context.Server.ScriptTimeout = timeout; |
| } |
| else |
| { |
| throw new ApplicationException("not found name"); |
| } |
| } |
| } |
.
Creating Console Application
- Create the console application
- Add Web reference to the WebService that is located in Sitefinity website
- Implement the logic in the console application to call the WebService method, pass the name of the index and finally run it.
| namespace IndexConsoleApplication |
| { |
| class Program |
| { |
| static void Main(string[] args) |
| { |
| StartIndex("RunFromConsole"); |
| } |
| public static void StartIndex(string indexName) |
| { |
| IndexingService client = new IndexingService(); |
| client.StartIndex(indexName); |
| Console.Write("the website was indexed at" + DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime().ToString()); |
| Console.Write("next index is scheduled for" + DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime().AddDays(1).ToString()); |
| Console.Read(); |
| } |
| } |
| } |
Using Windows Task Scheduler
- Open My Computer >> Management >> System Tools >> Task Schedler
- Click Create New Task
- Triggers tab - set the time you want to run the index
- Actions tab - set the path to the exe generated by the console application.