Owain Williams, a Senior Developer and 8× Umbraco MVP, presents a detailed exploration of the Umbraco Management API, demonstrating its capabilities beyond the back office. The session includes practical demos, integration patterns, and insights on common pitfalls, aiming to enhance user understanding and implementation of the API effectively.
2025-11-26 from 16:00 to 17:00 (Asia/Kolkata) - Online
Dennis discusses his experience automating content scenarios for acceptance testing with Umbraco's management API. He outlines his goals, the tools used (including xUnit and NSubstitute), and the challenges faced, such as the lack of visual regression testing in .NET. Dennis shares insights on his testing setup and encourages readers to explore his GitHub repository for examples.
Dennis discusses the challenges of acceptance testing in Umbraco applications, emphasizing the need for a predictable state to avoid flaky tests. He suggests using the Umbraco management API, introduced in Umbraco 16, to programmatically set up content scenarios. This approach could facilitate reliable acceptance tests, which he plans to explore further.
Jeroen Breuer discusses a method for synchronizing FAQ content between Umbraco and other CMS platforms, such as Sitecore, using the Umbraco Management API and webhooks. This integration allows automatic updates of FAQs in Umbraco whenever changes occur in the external system, ensuring consistency across multi-brand setups without manual intervention.