karlstal/serializeAPage.aspx

## serializeAPage.aspx
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

<%@ Import Namespace="EPiServer.Find.Framework" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="EPiServer.Find.Helpers" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="EPiServer" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="EPiServer.ServiceLocation" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="EPiServer.Core" %>


<!DOCTYPE html>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title>Serialize a Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Output:</h1>
    <%
        // When having a message like @RD234437s72F6: An exception occurred while indexing content [Link 538] [GUID ebf..." you should have contentId=538 in your URL
        string contentLink = Request.QueryString["contentId"];

        var lang = "en";
        // Could be en-GB or any language variant you need
        if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(Request.QueryString["lang"]))
        {
            lang = Request.QueryString["lang"];
        }


        // Let's say you have something like this in your model:
        // public virtual string Foo => HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.ToString();
        // That will render great while testing and for visitors, but not while indexing.
        // Therefore, we turn off HttpContext temporarily
        var httpContext = HttpContext.Current;
        HttpContext.Current = null;


        var languageSelector = new LanguageSelector(lang);

        var contentLoader = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<IContentLoader>();

        var document = contentLoader.Get<IContent>(new ContentReference(contentLink).ToReferenceWithoutVersion(), languageSelector);


        // JsonRequest contains a HttpRequest object, so we need an URL in the constructor. Nothing will be sent, so the URL can be random.
        var request = new EPiServer.Find.Connection.JsonRequest("http://example.com/", EPiServer.Find.Connection.HttpVerbs.Post, null);

        // Get and customize a serializer to work as if it were a Find indexing.
        var serializer = EPiServer.Find.Json.Serializer.CreateDefault();
        var conventions = SearchClient.Instance.Conventions;
        serializer.ContractResolver = conventions.ContractResolver;
        var customizeSerializer = conventions.CustomizeSerializer;
        if (customizeSerializer.IsNotNull())
        {
            customizeSerializer(serializer);
        }

        // Add a trace writer to the serializer to be able to trace all it does.
        ITraceWriter traceWriter = new MemoryTraceWriter();
        serializer.TraceWriter = traceWriter;

        // Serialize
        try
        {
            EPiServer.Find.Json.Serializer.SerializeToJsonRequest(serializer, request, document);
        }
        catch(Exception e) {
            Response.Write(string.Format("<strong>An exception:</strong> {0}<br /><br />", e.ToString()));
        }
        finally
        {
            HttpContext.Current = httpContext;
            Response.Write(string.Format("<strong>The trace writer:</strong> {0}<br /><br />", traceWriter.ToString()));
        }


    %>
</body>
</html>
	<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

	<%@ Import Namespace="EPiServer.Find.Framework" %>
	<%@ Import Namespace="EPiServer.Find.Helpers" %>
	<%@ Import Namespace="Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization" %>
	<%@ Import Namespace="EPiServer" %>
	<%@ Import Namespace="EPiServer.ServiceLocation" %>
	<%@ Import Namespace="EPiServer.Core" %>



	<!DOCTYPE html>

	<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<head runat="server">
	<title>Serialize a Page</title>
	</head>
	<body>
	<h1>Output:</h1>
	<%
	// When having a message like @RD234437s72F6: An exception occurred while indexing content [Link 538] [GUID ebf..." you should have contentId=538 in your URL
	string contentLink = Request.QueryString["contentId"];

	var lang = "en";
	// Could be en-GB or any language variant you need
	if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(Request.QueryString["lang"]))
	{
	lang = Request.QueryString["lang"];
	}


	// Let's say you have something like this in your model:
	// public virtual string Foo => HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.ToString();
	// That will render great while testing and for visitors, but not while indexing.
	// Therefore, we turn off HttpContext temporarily
	var httpContext = HttpContext.Current;
	HttpContext.Current = null;


	var languageSelector = new LanguageSelector(lang);

	var contentLoader = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<IContentLoader>();

	var document = contentLoader.Get<IContent>(new ContentReference(contentLink).ToReferenceWithoutVersion(), languageSelector);


	// JsonRequest contains a HttpRequest object, so we need an URL in the constructor. Nothing will be sent, so the URL can be random.
	var request = new EPiServer.Find.Connection.JsonRequest("http://example.com/", EPiServer.Find.Connection.HttpVerbs.Post, null);

	// Get and customize a serializer to work as if it were a Find indexing.
	var serializer = EPiServer.Find.Json.Serializer.CreateDefault();
	var conventions = SearchClient.Instance.Conventions;
	serializer.ContractResolver = conventions.ContractResolver;
	var customizeSerializer = conventions.CustomizeSerializer;
	if (customizeSerializer.IsNotNull())
	{
	customizeSerializer(serializer);
	}

	// Add a trace writer to the serializer to be able to trace all it does.
	ITraceWriter traceWriter = new MemoryTraceWriter();
	serializer.TraceWriter = traceWriter;

	// Serialize
	try
	{
	EPiServer.Find.Json.Serializer.SerializeToJsonRequest(serializer, request, document);
	}
	catch(Exception e) {
	Response.Write(string.Format("<strong>An exception:</strong> {0}<br /><br />", e.ToString()));
	}
	finally
	{
	HttpContext.Current = httpContext;
	Response.Write(string.Format("<strong>The trace writer:</strong> {0}<br /><br />", traceWriter.ToString()));
	}



	%>
	</body>
	</html>