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Hi Mafalda

URLProviders only works for one part of the url - parts are seperated by /. So in your case 'us' is one part and 'ca' is another part and you cannot handle those as one with URL providers.

So if you change it to Default.aspx?ID=123&country=US&State=CA and create 2 urlproviders, you can achieve it.

Alternatively you can use the newer UrlDataProvider instead you can control the entire URL and querystring relationship.

BR Nicolai

Hi Nicolai,

I believe the new UrlDataProvider is what I'm using in the second example. And that's what's turning my country/state into coutry-state.

With the UrlProvider it actually worked fine and only passing the State=CA it built the correct URL as country/state, the only problem was that I couldn't limit it to that one page.

I read only half your post!! 

Use PathExact instead of PathName when creating that

I also tried that, but if I use PathExact I lose the rest of the information, my full path is actually this:

https://qa.winnebago.com/shopping-tools/dealer-directory?state=CA&selectedState=California&vehicleType=Motorhomes&Group=81&Motorhomes=True&Towables=False

Which I need to convert to be:

https://qa.winnebago.com/shopping-tools/dealer-directory/us/ca?selectedState=California&vehicleType=Motorhomes&Group=81&Motorhomes=True&Towables=False

It doesn't seem like I can use the PathExact without losing the rest of the information in the query string.

Well - those are the options available.

If you use pathexact you have to put the entire path in: /shopping-tools/dealer-directory/us/ca  along with setting QueryStringExact to ID=123&state=ca

The simplest for you is to make it country=us&state=ca and then either add 2 urlproviders or use the UrlDataProvider to add nodes in that order.

BR Nicolai

I tried adding a parameter for country and handling country and state parameter in separate nodes. But it's only resolving the first one.

So when I pass:

http://rapido.localtest.me/Default.aspx?ID=216&Country=US&State=CA

It resolves to:

http://rapido.localtest.me/frontpage/test/us?State=CA

What am I doing wrong?

Here's the code:

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Dynamicweb.Core;
using Dynamicweb.Ecommerce;
using Dynamicweb.Extensibility.AddIns;
using Dynamicweb.Extensibility.Editors;
using Dynamicweb.Frontend.UrlHandling;

namespace Dna.Winnebago.UrlProviders
{
    [AddInName("Dealer Directory")]
    [AddInOrder(1000)]
    public class DealerDirectoryNew : UrlDataProvider, IDropDownOptions
    {
        public override IEnumerable<UrlDataNode> GetUrlDataNodes(UrlDataNode parent, UrlDataContext dataContext)
        {
            var nodes = new List<UrlDataNode>();

            foreach (var country in Services.Countries.GetCountries())
            {
                nodes.Add(new UrlDataNode()
                {
                    Id = $"DealerDirectory_{country.Code2}",
                    ParentId = parent.Id,
                    PathName = $"{country.Code2}",
                    IgnoreInChildPath = false,
                    IgnoreParentPath = false,
                    QueryStringParameter = "Country",
                    QueryStringValue = country.Code2,
                    QueryStringExact = string.Empty,
                    IgnoreParentQuerystring = false
                });

                foreach (var state in country.Regions)
                {
                    nodes.Add(new UrlDataNode()
                    {
                        Id = $"DealerDirectory_{state.RegionCode}",
                        ParentId = parent.Id,
                        PathName = $"{state.RegionCode}",
                        IgnoreInChildPath = false,
                        IgnoreParentPath = false,
                        QueryStringParameter = "State",
                        QueryStringValue = state.RegionCode,
                        QueryStringExact = string.Empty,
                        IgnoreParentQuerystring = false
                    });
                }
            }

            return nodes;
        }

        public Hashtable GetOptions(string dropdownName)
        {
            var options = new Hashtable();
            return options;
        }
    }
}

You have to set the parentid of your state nodes to the id of the country node ($"DealerDirectory_{country.Code2}").

Alright, that worked, thanks!

How do I get the UrlDataProvider to activate? 

The UrlProvider you can activate in Customized URLs but the new UrlDataProvider i can't find.

Hi Magnus

They work a bit differently. You set them up on the pages where you want the ecommerce URLs to be. See this section:

https://doc.dynamicweb.com/documentation-9/platform/platform-tools/customized-urls#8707

BR Nicolai

Hi Nicolai,

Thanks!

So its only for ecommerce for now. We need it for rewrite the url for details page on Extranet users, we list our Customer Centers like this https://rental.skanska.se/kontakta-oss.

But when going to the details page the URL has ObejctId instead of Friendly URL https://rental.skanska.se/kontakta-oss?ObjectID=6&Action=Detail. I managed to rewrite it with the UrlProvider so it looks like this https://rental.skanska.se/kontakta-oss/borlange?Action=Detail, https://rental.skanska.se/kontakta-oss/malmo?Action=Detail.... But is it possible to get rid of the Action=Detail?

Hi Nicolai,
 

It worked perfectly.

Thanks for the help!

Best regards, Magnus

Cool!

If you do not mind, please post your code bit here for others to get inspiration for!

Thanks, Nicolai

Here is the code, enjoy :

using System.Collections.Generic;
using Dynamicweb.Content.Items;
using Dynamicweb.Extensibility.AddIns;
using Dynamicweb.Frontend.UrlHandling;
using Dynamicweb.Security.UserManagement;

namespace Mindflower.SomeNameSpace
{
    [AddInName("Kundcenter URL Rewrite")]
    public class CustomerCenterFriendlyUrl : UrlDataProvider
    {
        public override IEnumerable<UrlDataNode> GetUrlDataNodes(UrlDataNode parent, UrlDataContext dataContext)
        {
            var nodes = new List<UrlDataNode>();
            var users = User.GetUsersByGroupID(4);
            var parentPathName = EncodePathName(parent.PathName);
            foreach(var user in users)
            {
                if (!user.Active)
                    continue;

                var item = Item.GetItemById(user.ItemType, user.ItemId);
                item.TryGetValue("Pathname", out object pathNameObject); 
                var pathName = string.IsNullOrEmpty((string)pathNameObject) ? user.Name : (string)pathNameObject;

                nodes.Add(new UrlDataNode()
                {
                    Id = $"CustomerCenter_{user.ID}",
                    ParentId = parent.Id,
                    PathExact = $"/{parentPathName}/{pathName}",
                    IgnoreInChildPath = false,
                    IgnoreParentPath = false,
                    QueryStringExact = $"id={parent.QueryStringValue}&ObjectID={user.ID}&Action=Detail",
                    IgnoreParentQuerystring = false
                });
            }

            return nodes;
        }       
    }
 }