Create Tridion Publications

gistfile1.ps1

# Depends on Tridion Powershell Modules (http://code.google.com/p/tridion-powershell-modules/)

function createPublication {
	Param(
		[parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
		[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
		$core, 
		[parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
		[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
		[string]$title, 
		[string]$key, 
		[string[]]$parents,
		[switch]$Passthru
	)
	write-host "Creating publication $title"
	$newPublication = $core.GetDefaultData([Tridion.ContentManager.CoreService.Client.ItemType]::Publication,"",$null)
	$newPublication.Title = $title
	if ($key -eq [string]::Empty){
		$newPublication.Key = $title
	}
	else {
		$newPublication.Key = $key
	}
	foreach ($parent in $parents){
		$link = new-object Tridion.ContentManager.CoreService.Client.LinkToRepositoryData
		if ($parent -match "^tcm:"){
			$link.IdRef = $parent
		} elseif ($parent -match "^/webdav"){
			$link.WebDavUrl = $parent
		} else {
			continue
		}
		$newPublication.Parents += $link
	}
	if ($Passthru){
		$core.Create($newPublication, (new-object Tridion.ContentManager.CoreService.Client.ReadOptions))
	}
	else {
		$core.Create($newPublication,$null)
	}
}

function createStructureGroup($core, [string]$parentId, [string]$title, [string]$directory, [switch]$Passthru){
	write-Host "Creating Structure Group $title"
	$newStructureGroup = $core.GetDefaultData([Tridion.ContentManager.CoreService.Client.ItemType]::StructureGroup, $parentId, $null)
	$newStructureGroup.Title = $title
	$newStructureGroup.Directory = $directory
	if ($Passthru){
		$core.Create($newStructureGroup, (new-object Tridion.ContentManager.CoreService.Client.ReadOptions))
	}
	else {
		$core.Create($newStructureGroup, $null)
	}
}

function createImportPublications($core, $chainMasterTitle="000 Empty", $masterTitle="100 Master", $webTitle="100 Example Site", $rootStructureGroup="Home") {

	$chainMasterPub = createPublication $core $chainMasterTitle -Passthru
	$rsg = createStructureGroup $core $chainMasterPub.Id $rootStructureGroup $rootStructureGroup -Passthru
	$masterPub = createPublication $core $masterTitle -parents @($chainMasterPub.Id) -Passthru
	createPublication $core $webTitle -parents @($masterPub.Id) 
}


$core = Get-TridionCoreServiceClient
createImportPublications $core "TRI 000 Empty" "TRI 100 Master" "TRI 400 Example Site"