Sitecore Context at Event Method

Question

I have an Sitecore (v8.1) Event and method that processing this event but Sitecore.Context is not available.

I am try to use call SiteContextSwitcher but it does't help.

SiteContext siteContext = SiteContext.GetSite(site);
                using (new SiteContextSwitcher(siteContext))
                {
                    Sitecore.Context.SetActiveSite(site);
                    ....
}

What is the best option to get context in event ?

Answer 1

You can do it in the next way:

1. First take the current item when the event was triggered

   Item item = Event.ExtractParameter(args, 0) as Item;
   

2. Get the current site of the item :

   Sitecore.Web.SiteInfo siteInfo = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetSiteInfoList()
   .FirstOrDefault(x => item.Paths.FullPath.StartsWith(x.RootPath));
   
   var siteContext=Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetSite(siteInfo.Name)
   using (new SiteContextSwitcher(siteContext))
           {
              //your logic 
           }
   

Answer 2

similar to @sitecoreClimbers answer. I have written an extension method for item to do this.

Get Item from Event arguments:

var item = (Item)Event.ExtractParameter(args, 0);

Extension method of item to get siteInfo:

public static SiteInfo GetSiteInfo(this Item item)
    {
        var siteInfoList = Factory.GetSiteInfoList();

        SiteInfo currentSiteinfo = null;
        var matchLength = 0;
        foreach (var siteInfo in siteInfoList)
        {
            if (!item.Paths.FullPath.StartsWith(siteInfo.RootPath, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || siteInfo.RootPath.Length <= matchLength)
                continue;
            matchLength = siteInfo.RootPath.Length;
            currentSiteinfo = siteInfo;
        }
        return currentSiteinfo;
    }

Setting site context:

    var context = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetSite(item.GetSiteInfo().Name);
    context.SetActiveSite(item.GetSiteInfo().Name);
    using (new SiteContextSwitcher(context.Site))
    {
        //Logic
    }