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YTItemInfo ytItemInfo = (YTItemInfo) item Public override IDList GetPublishQueue(DateTime from, DateTime to, CallContext context) All I need to do is to get list of IDs of our items in GetPublishQueue method. But what if we make main data provider know about our items and just publish them as a real items.

One option is to add our data provider to web database to get it working on front-end. But we cannot do anything with them on front-end. We got YouTube video items in our content tree. YTItemInfo ytItemInfo = GetYTItemInfo(itemDefinition.ID) įoreach (var field in templateItem.Fields)įields.Add(field.ID, GetFieldValue(field, ytItemInfo)) Īs you can see it's simply iterates through template fields and maps data from YouTube Entry to Sitecore YouTube video item. TemplateItem templateItem = ContentDB.Templates String originalID = GetOriginalRecordID(itemDefinition.ID) If (CanProcessYouTubeItem(itemDefinition.ID, context)) Public override FieldList GetItemFields(ItemDefinition itemDefinition, VersionUri versionUri, CallContext context) Information from YouTube video is mapped in GetItemFields method. If (item != null & (ID.Parse(rootTemplateID) = item.TemplateID))Īfter we get our items, we have to fill out their fields to finish our integration process. If it indicates that it is then we start processing our child items that are YouTube videos.īool CanProcessParent(ID id, CallContext context) If (CanProcessParent(itemDefinition.ID, context))ĬanProcessParent method checks if the item is our YouTube branch item. Public override GetChildIDs(ItemDefinition itemDefinition, CallContext context)

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For GetChildIDs we had to use different code because we had to work with parent item. The same technic is used for GetItemFields, GetParentID and GetItemVersions methods. If (IDTable.GetKeys(prefix, id).Length > 0) Here is the code for the method:īool CanProcessYouTubeItem(ID id, CallContext context) This method uses IDTable API to find out if an item comes from YouTube rather than SQL database. That's what CanProcessYouTubeItem method for.

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The first thing we need to think of is how to determine if the item we are getting from data provider is our YouTube item. If (CanProcessYouTubeItem(itemId, context)) Public override ItemDefinition GetItemDefinition(ID itemId, CallContext context) Now let's look at implementation of first method: That's what we need ' prefix' variable for. Since we need to use some sort of mapping between YouTube videos and Sitecore items, I'm going to use existing functionality of IDTable. _items is a temporary cache for our YouTube videos. VideoOwnerFieldName is a field name of YouTube branch template where you specify an owner of YouTube videos. ResourceTemplateID contains an ID of YouTube video templateĬontentDatabase is a source database for our YouTube provider (it's master database) RootTemplateID contains an ID of YouTube branch template Public YouTubeDataProvider(string rootTID, string resourceTID, string videoOwnerField, string contentDB) This is how constructor looks for the data provider: I created a couple of templates for this approach so that we can skip implementation of the 'GetTemplates' method.Īlso I made this data provider publish its items by implementing one publishing method: I'm going to use master database as a source for YouTube video items.

We can avoid implementing this method if required templates already exist in our data source. You can find a detailed explanation on SDN. I'm not going to describe what they are for. There is a required list of methods you must implement to get data provider working. Preview is an iframe field that will show us the preview of YouTube video. Url is obviously intended for a YouTube video url. YouTube video template extends Flash media template and adds two additional fields: Url and Preview.

Unlike usual folders it has a field that determinates videos of what YouTube author to show beneath it. YouTube branch is going to be a folder for YouTube video items. First one is called 'YouTube branch' and the other one is 'YouTube video'. I created two templates that will represent root item for YouTube videos and YouTube video item itself. If you want to extend this solution, you're welcome to do so. This data provider works in read-only mode. One of the challenges was to integrate YouTube videos on the fly when an editor wants to add videos from one or other YouTube author. We decided to have items in CMS that would represent YouTube videos. We've been thinking about different approaches and have chosen Sitecore Data Provider approach. Only those parts I consider the most interesting. I finished that task and I'm willing to share my experience with public. Recently I got a quite interesting task to build an integration between Sitecore CMS and YouTube repository.

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