ContentService.Created in vNext?

andersbrohall · March 18, 2025, 12:49pm

In v8 we’ve got an event for ContentService.Created.
I can’t find it in vNext as a ContentNotification though, specificly v12 that i’m working with ATM.

Is it suppose to be there? Can I find it somewhere else?
Cheers’

patrickdemooij9 · March 18, 2025, 12:59pm

Hi Anders,

If I remember correctly, you’ll want to use either the ContentSavingNotification or the ContentSavedNotification and check if the Id is 0 (indicating a new content item).

KevinJump · March 18, 2025, 12:59pm

Hi,

you can use the ContentSaving and ContentSaved notifications and then check if the id has been updated.

andersbrohall · March 18, 2025, 1:06pm

Ok,

Well we inherit loads of property data from ancestors on create. That the editor can edit straight away. I need to figure out another solution.

That said, if we create a blank node, waiting fo the saving/saved event to populate, we’re way to late.

KevinJump · March 18, 2025, 2:04pm

Hi,

You might need the EditorModel Notifications then - which are before the content is sent to the backoffice.

but note : these do not exist on v14+ (see ongoing discussion)

andersbrohall · March 18, 2025, 2:05pm

@markusjoha is on it!
We’ve figured it out, will post a solution shortly

andersbrohall · March 18, 2025, 2:06pm

… everyone should have a MVP two meters to their right.

markusjoha · March 18, 2025, 2:18pm

I’m working with @andersbrohall on this.

Checked the source of v7, v8, and vNext and it seems like v7 and v8 had a way to hook into this on the service level:

v7:

github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS

src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs

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          public IContent CreateContent(string name, int parentId, string contentTypeAlias, int userId = 0)

          {

              var contentType = FindContentTypeByAlias(contentTypeAlias);

              var content = new Content(name, parentId, contentType);

              var parent = GetById(content.ParentId);

              content.Path = string.Concat(parent.IfNotNull(x => x.Path, content.ParentId.ToString()), ",", content.Id);

          

              using (var uow = UowProvider.GetUnitOfWork())

              {

                  var newEventArgs = new NewEventArgs<IContent>(content, contentTypeAlias, parentId);

                  if (uow.Events.DispatchCancelable(Creating, this, newEventArgs))

                  {

                      uow.Commit();

                      content.WasCancelled = true;

                      return content;

                  }

          

                  content.CreatorId = userId;

                  content.WriterId = userId;

                  newEventArgs.CanCancel = false;

                  uow.Events.Dispatch(Created, this, newEventArgs);

v8

github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS

src/Umbraco.Core/Services/Implement/ContentService.cs

816ec66aa


      
          var saveEventArgs = new ContentSavingEventArgs(content, evtMsgs);

This disappeared in vNext.

The SendingContentNotification can indeed be used, however, it would only work when content is created from the backoffice and it also operates on the “view model” (ContentItemDisplay).

Maybe I should submit an issue in the Github-repo?

Update:
The use case here is to copy data from one node (IContent) into the newly created node so it’s populated when the editor starts to work on the node. I got it to work for property editors that work with strings and also for the Block Grid Editor - might be that we’re missing some code from potential DataEditors that processes the the raw data from IContent into the format in ContentItemDisplay - it works for our use case but it for sure feels like a real hack

Created this issue: Bring back Creating notification for Content · Issue #18716 · umbraco/Umbraco-CMS · GitHub

system · April 17, 2025, 2:19pm

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