Modify news items with the Fluent API

Use the code example below to modify a news item by the ID of its master version with the Fluent API.

NOTE: The example below modifies a news item by the IDof its master version. For more information about working with the ID of the live version, see For developers: Edit content.

In the example below, you perform the following:

1. Check whether an item with the specified ID exists.

2. Get the singular news item facade of the master version with the specified ID.

3. To get the facade of the temp version, call the CheckOut method.

4. Make all the modifications in the Do method of the temp facade.  In this example, you update the title and the URL of the news item.

5. To transfer the changes to the master version of the item, call CheckIn.

6. To you save the changes, call SaveChanges.

7. To publish the news item, call the MessageWorkflow method of the WorkflowManager class and pass the required parameters.

8. Modify a news item with the Fluent API

9. C#

    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Text;
    using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;
    using Telerik.Sitefinity.News.Model;
    using Telerik.Sitefinity.Workflow;
    
    namespace Telerik.Sitefinity.Documentation.CodeSnippets.DevGuide.SitefinityEssentials.Modules.News
    {
        public partial class NewsSnippets
        {
            private void ModifyNewsItemFluentAPI(Guid masterNewsId, string newTitle)
            {
                var count = 0;
    
                App.WorkWith().NewsItems().Where(newsItem => newsItem.Id == masterNewsId).Count(out count);
    
                if (count > 0)
                {
                    //Modify the news item.
                    App.WorkWith().NewsItem(masterNewsId).CheckOut().Do(item =>
                    {
                        item.Title = newTitle;
                        item.LastModified = DateTime.UtcNow;
                        item.Urls.Clear();
                        item.UrlName = Regex.Replace(newTitle.ToLower(), @"[^\w\-\!\$\'\(\)\=\@\d_]+", "-");
                    }).CheckIn().Publish().SaveChanges();
                }
            }
        }
    }