nopCommerce API

I couldnt find any api documentation online so i had a look at what classes are in the dlls.

I found using NopSolutions.NopCommerce.BusinessLogic.Products allows me to create a product like so:

Product p = new Product();
                p.Name = "test product";
                p.ShortDescription = "test description";
                p.FullDescription = "full test description";
                p.TemplateId = 4;
                p.ShowOnHomePage = false;
                p.AllowCustomerRatings = false;
                p.AllowCustomerReviews = false;
                p.Published = true;
                p.CreatedOn = DateTime.Today;
when i run this i get no errors but it doesnt look like the product gets created. Is there a save method or anything im missing???

philis wrote:


If you look under the folder "Administration\Modules\ProductAdd.ascx.cs"

The code refered to create a product is
            var product = new Product()
            {
                Name = name,
                ShortDescription = shortDescription,
                FullDescription = fullDescription,
                AdminComment = adminComment,
                TemplateId = templateId,
                ShowOnHomePage = showOnHomePage,
                AllowCustomerReviews = allowCustomerReviews,
                AllowCustomerRatings = allowCustomerRatings,
                Published = published,
                CreatedOn = nowDT,
                UpdatedOn = nowDT
            };

            this.ProductService.InsertProduct(product);

Although you seem to be creating the 'variable' product, I think the stuff in bold is what actually commits it to the website.
Also, don't forget about the product variant!

thanks for the reply. i think im on a different version though because my productadd.ascx.cs doesnt have that method. im on v 1.90. what does the 'this' refer to in your example? should there be a using method wrapped around it?

i found the insertproduct method in the product services class. i created a productservices object, which required a 'NopObjectContext' to construct it...

var dbContext = IoC.Resolve<NopObjectContext>();

                ProductService ps = new ProductService();
                ps.InsertProduct(product);

so i tried creating a NopObjectContext object and i got:
              
               var dbContext = IoC.Resolve<NopObjectContext>();

                ProductService ps = new ProductService(dbContext );
                ps.InsertProduct(product);

Compilation Error

Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately.

Compiler Error Message: CS0012: The type 'System.Data.Objects.ObjectContext' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'System.Data.Entity, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'.

Source Error:


Line 176:                };
Line 177:
Line 178:                var dbContext = IoC.Resolve<NopObjectContext>();
Line 179:
Line 180:                ProductService ps = new ProductService(dbContext);


:(

i dont understand, visual studio seems to recognise it.

philis wrote:

I'm on 1.90 also, strange that you don't see the code in your source.  That method i think is referenced elsewhere, but the function is called in the productadd.ascx.cs

I tried finding the actual code behind that function and couldn't (to see how it's actually adding the information to the database).

the 'this' is what was in the code already, i just copy/pasted from the file to help give you a reference to how nopcommerce was doing what you are trying to do.

weird! can you paste your full cs code so i can take a look at it?

thanks for your help!

philis wrote:

opps, my bad, it's ProductInfoAdd.ascx.cs that has the code

Let me know if you don't see the code in there and i'll pm it to you.

fantastic, thats everything i needed!

I'm trying to do pretty much the same thing but from an external library.


       public void InsertProducts()
        {
            Product OP = new Product();
            OP.Name = "Bla";
            OP.ShortDescription = "efwfewf";
            DependencyResolverFactory oDRF = new DependencyResolverFactory();
            IoC.InitializeWith(oDRF);
            var dbContext = IoC.Resolve<NopObjectContext>("NopObjectContext");
            ProductService oPSvc = new ProductService(dbContext);
            oPSvc.InsertProduct(OP);
        }

I keep crashing when I try to Resolve.
with the following Inner Exception:
"The type NopObjectContext has multiple constructors of length 1. Unable to disambiguate."


Is there an easier wat to pass the ObjectContext to the product service?

I have modified my code after reading a few posts to the following: but I'm getting the error mentioned bellow.


        public void InsertProducts()
        {
            Product OP = new Product();
            OP.Name = "Bla";
            OP.ShortDescription = "efwfewf";

            NopConfig.Init();
            IoC.InitializeWith(new DependencyResolverFactory());
            var oPSvc = IoC.Resolve<IProductService>();
            oPSvc.InsertProduct(OP);
        }


Resolution of the dependency failed, type = "NopSolutions.NopCommerce.BusinessLogic.Products.IProductService", name = "(none)".
Exception occurred while: while resolving.
Exception is: InvalidOperationException - The type NopObjectContext has multiple constructors of length 1. Unable to disambiguate.
-----------------------------------------------
At the time of the exception, the container was:

  Resolving NopSolutions.NopCommerce.BusinessLogic.Products.ProductService,(none) (mapped from NopSolutions.NopCommerce.BusinessLogic.Products.IProductService, (none))
  Resolving parameter "context" of constructor NopSolutions.NopCommerce.BusinessLogic.Products.ProductService(NopSolutions.NopCommerce.BusinessLogic.Data.NopObjectContext context)
    Resolving NopSolutions.NopCommerce.BusinessLogic.Data.NopObjectContext,(none)