Some sample helper extension methods to be used in custom Episerver import processing to get Episerver properties.

BlogCustomImport-PropertyExtensionMethods.cs

/// <summary>
/// Sets the content status to draft.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rawProperties">Import raw properties</param>
/// <returns>True if the status was set to draft otherwise false.</returns>
public static bool SetAsDraft(this Dictionary<string, RawProperty> rawProperties)
{
	bool isSet = false;

	// TODO: should we add the properties if missing?
	// should we remove the return value and just log a message?

	if (rawProperties.HasEntries())
	{
		// set pending publish
		if (rawProperties.ContainsKey(MetaDataProperties.PagePendingPublish))
		{
			rawProperties[MetaDataProperties.PagePendingPublish].Value = bool.TrueString;
			isSet = true;
		}

		if (rawProperties.ContainsKey(MetaDataProperties.PageWorkStatus))
		{
			// value 2, CheckOut, The version is currently in progress
			// valie 3, CheckedIn, A writer has checked in the version and waits for the version to be approved and published
			// the import doesn't actually at the moment care about this value, only the PagePendingPublish
			// set it CheckOut and if someday the import uses VersionStatus this should be changed to 3, so that the page is in Ready for publish status
			rawProperties[MetaDataProperties.PageWorkStatus].Value = ((int)VersionStatus.CheckedOut).ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
		}

		if (rawProperties.ContainsKey(MetaDataProperties.PageDeleted))
		{
			rawProperties[MetaDataProperties.PagePendingPublish].Value = bool.TrueString;
		}

		if (rawProperties.ContainsKey(MetaDataProperties.PageDeletedBy))
		{
			rawProperties[MetaDataProperties.PageDeletedBy].Value = null;
		}

		if (rawProperties.ContainsKey(MetaDataProperties.PageDeletedDate))
		{
			rawProperties[MetaDataProperties.PageDeletedDate].Value = null;
		}

		if (rawProperties.ContainsKey(MetaDataProperties.PageStartPublish))
		{
			rawProperties[MetaDataProperties.PageStartPublish].Value = null;
		}

		if (rawProperties.ContainsKey(MetaDataProperties.PageStopPublish))
		{
			rawProperties[MetaDataProperties.PageStopPublish].Value = null;
		}
	}

	return isSet;
}

/// <summary>
/// Sets the content type id.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rawProperties">Raw properties dictionary.</param>
/// <param name="guidString">Value for the content type id.</param>
/// <returns>True if the property was set otherwise false.</returns>
public static bool SetContentTypeId(this Dictionary<string, RawProperty> rawProperties, string guidString)
{
	// we don't validate the "arguments", done by the SetRawPropertyValue method
	return rawProperties.SetRawPropertyValue(MetaDataProperties.PageTypeID, guidString);
}

/// <summary>
/// Gets the content name value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rawProperties">Raw properties dictionary.</param>
/// <returns>Content name value or null if the property doesn't exist..</returns>
public static string GetContentName(this Dictionary<string, RawProperty> rawProperties)
{
	string contentName = null;

	if (rawProperties.HasEntries() && rawProperties.ContainsKey(MetaDataProperties.PageName))
	{
		contentName = rawProperties[MetaDataProperties.PageName].Value;
	}

	return contentName;
}

/// <summary>
/// Gets the content type name value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rawProperties">Raw properties dictionary.</param>
/// <returns>Content type name value or null if the property doesn't exist..</returns>
public static string GetContentTypeName(this Dictionary<string, RawProperty> rawProperties)
{
	string contentTypeName = null;

	if (rawProperties.HasEntries() && rawProperties.ContainsKey(MetaDataProperties.PageTypeName))
	{
		contentTypeName = rawProperties[MetaDataProperties.PageTypeName].Value;
	}

	return contentTypeName;
}

/// <summary>
/// Gets the language branch identifier (like en, sv, fi, etc) value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rawProperties">Raw properties dictionary.</param>
/// <returns>Language branch identifier value or null if the property doesn't exist</returns>
public static string GetLanguageId(this Dictionary<string, RawProperty> rawProperties)
{
	string languageId = null;

	if (rawProperties.HasEntries() && rawProperties.ContainsKey(MetaDataProperties.PageLanguageBranch))
	{
		languageId = rawProperties[MetaDataProperties.PageLanguageBranch].Value;
	}

	return languageId;
}

/// <summary>
/// Gets the content guid value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rawProperties">Raw properties dictionary.</param>
/// <returns>Content guid value or null if the property doesn't exist.</returns>
public static string GetContentGuid(this Dictionary<string, RawProperty> rawProperties)
{
	string contentGuid = null;

	if (rawProperties.HasEntries() && rawProperties.ContainsKey(MetaDataProperties.PageGUID))
	{
		contentGuid = rawProperties[MetaDataProperties.PageGUID].Value;
	}

	return contentGuid;
}

/// <summary>
/// Gets the content type id value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rawProperties">Raw properties dictionary.</param>
/// <returns>Content type id value or null if the property doesn't exist.</returns>
public static string GetContentTypeId(this Dictionary<string, RawProperty> rawProperties)
{
	string contentTypeId = null;

	if (rawProperties.HasEntries() && rawProperties.ContainsKey(MetaDataProperties.PageTypeID))
	{
		contentTypeId = rawProperties[MetaDataProperties.PageTypeID].Value;
	}

	return contentTypeId;
}

/// <summary>
/// Gets the content url segment value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rawProperties">Raw properties dictionary.</param>
/// <returns>Content url segment value or null if the property doesn't exist.</returns>
public static string GetUrlSegment(this Dictionary<string, RawProperty> rawProperties)
{
	string urlSegement = null;

	if (rawProperties.HasEntries() && rawProperties.ContainsKey(MetaDataProperties.PageURLSegment))
	{
		urlSegement = rawProperties[MetaDataProperties.PageURLSegment].Value;
	}

	return urlSegement;
}