Fake an UmbracoContext for use when doing published scheduling or other scenarios where UmbracoContext is normally null.

ContextHelpers.cs

public class ContextHelpers
{
    public static UmbracoContext EnsureUmbracoContext() {
        if (UmbracoContext.Current != null)
        {
            return UmbracoContext.Current;
        }
        
        var httpContext = new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current ?? new HttpContext(new SimpleWorkerRequest("temp.aspx", "", new StringWriter())));
        
        /* v7.3+ */
        return UmbracoContext.EnsureContext(
            httpContext,
            ApplicationContext.Current,
            new WebSecurity(httpContext, ApplicationContext.Current),
            UmbracoConfig.For.UmbracoSettings(),
            UrlProviderResolver.Current.Providers,
            false);
        
        /* v6.1.4 - v7.2.8 */
       return UmbracoContext.EnsureContext(httpContext, ApplicationContext.Current, new WebSecurity(httpContext, ApplicationContext.Current), false);
        
        /* v6.1.3 and earlier (I think) */
        return (typeof(UmbracoContext)
            .GetMethods(BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic)
            .First(x => x.GetParameters().Count() == 3)
            .Invoke(null, new object[] { httpContext, ApplicationContext.Current, false })) as UmbracoContext;
    }
}

EventHooks.cs

public class EventHooks : ApplicationEventHandler
{
    protected override void ApplicationStarted(UmbracoApplicationBase umbracoApplication, ApplicationContext applicationContext)
    {
        base.ApplicationStarted(umbracoApplication, applicationContext);
 
        Umbraco.Core.Services.ContentService.Published += (sender, args) =>
        {
            using (var umbracoContext = SiteHelpers.EnsureUmbracoContext()) 
            {
                var helper = new UmbracoHelper(umbracoContext);

                foreach (var content in args.PublishedEntities)
                {
                    var publishedContent = helper.TypedContent(content.Id);
                    var url = publishedContent.Url;
                    // do something with that url
                    ...
                }
            }
        };
    }
}

Team, Do we have final confirmed new method which works with Umbraco 7.5.10? EnsureContext is deprecated. So, if we have any other option to generate UmbracoContext?

EnsureContext is not deprecated, not when looking at the source at least -> https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/blob/release-7.5.11/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoContext.cs#L113
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Hi @Shazwazza,

Is is OK to have set up like this using Autofac:

 builder.Register(c => UmbracoContext.Current).InstancePerRequest();
 builder.Register(x => new UmbracoHelper(UmbracoContext.Current)).InstancePerRequest();

Thanks!