SharePoint 2010 change page content data through Object Model / API – Console Application

This took me some time on google / msdn sdk to find out, I like to share it. It is supposed to programmatically change content to existing pages.

First make a console application, set it to .NET Framework 3.5 and the build properties to x64.

This is an example that can be used to get some information about pages in the root site.

If somebody has some improvements or suggestions to make it better, I’d like to hear it.

static void ProcesPageData(string pageName, string contentType, string pageData) {     using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://localhost"))     {         using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())         {             //Create,retreive the publishingweb             PublishingWeb pw = PublishingWeb.GetPublishingWeb(web);             //Retreive all the pages             List<PublishingPage> pages = pw.GetPublishingPages().ToList();             //Print the page titles             foreach (PublishingPage item in pages)             {                 Console.WriteLine(item.Title);             }             //Retreive a specific page             PublishingPage thePage = pages.Find(delegate(PublishingPage pp) { return pp.Title.Equals(pageName); });             //If the page exists, go on             if (thePage != null)             {                 //If the document already is checkout to you for some reason, check it in                 try { thePage.CheckIn("Checked in through object model " + DateTime.Now.ToString()); }                 catch { }                 //Check the page out                 thePage.CheckOut();                 //For the safety check for the correct contenttype                 if (thePage.ContentType.Name.Equals(contentType))                 {                     //Write the current data, the SiteColumns here are hardcoded: Page_Content and BottomContent in my case                     Console.WriteLine("Page_Content: " + thePage.ListItem["Page_Content"].ToString());                     Console.WriteLine("BottomContent: " + thePage.ListItem["BottomContent"].ToString());                     //Overwrite the existing data                     thePage.ListItem["Page_Content"] = pageData;                     //Update and check it in                     thePage.Update();                     thePage.CheckIn("Checked in through object model " + DateTime.Now.ToString());                     //Publish and approve the page                     SPFile pageFile = thePage.ListItem.File;                     pageFile.Publish("Published through object model " + DateTime.Now.ToString());                     pageFile.Approve("Approved through object model " + DateTime.Now.ToString());                 }             }            Console.ReadKey();                            }     } }