How to embed language in Sitecore-uCommerce nice URLs? - sitecore

Question

I am using the default configuration of uCommerce and see that uCommerce nice URLs are not language aware: http://sitename/catalogname/productname/c-XX/p-YY.
What should I do to have language in those URLs like this: http://sitename/en/catalogname/productname/c-XX/p-YY ?
Here is the configuration:
<linkManager defaultProvider="sitecore">
<providers>
<clear />
<add name="sitecore" type="Sitecore.Links.LinkProvider, Sitecore.Kernel" addAspxExtension="false" alwaysIncludeServerUrl="false" encodeNames="true" languageEmbedding="always" languageLocation="filePath" lowercaseUrls="true" shortenUrls="true" useDisplayName="true" />
</providers>
</linkManager>
Here is how I use it:
public WebshopProduct Map(UCommerceProduct uProduct)
{
ProductCatalog catalog = CatalogLibrary.GetCatalog(25);
IUrlService urlService = ObjectFactory.Instance.Resolve<IUrlService>();
...
var url = urlService.GetUrl(catalog, uProduct) // this returns "/catalogname/productname/c-XX/p-YY"
//And I would like to have "/en/catalogname/productname/c-XX/p-YY"
}

Answer 1

Adding language to URL depends on how you are rendered links. If you don't pass specific parameters than Sitecore (and uCommerce as part of Sitecore) uses LinkManager configuration sitecore>linkManager>providers: languageEmbedding adn languageLocation attributes. You should have languageEmbedding="always" and languageLocation="filePath"
P.S.
But, be aware if you using their demo or something based on their demo(e.g. from certification courses): they uses regular ASP.Net MVC(not Sitecore MVC). And links are not rendered via LinkManager and you should put language to URL by youself. Register routed with language code that is embedded to them.

Answer 2

Here is what I have come up with:
public static class TemplateIDs
{
// sitecore/ucommerce item's template id
public static ID UCommerce => new ID("{AABC1CFA-9CDB-4AE5-8257-799D84A8EE23}");
}
public static class ItemExtensions
{
public static bool IsUCommerceItem(this Item item)
{
var items = item.Axes.GetAncestors();
return items.Any(x => x.TemplateID.Equals(TemplateIDs.UCommerce));
}
}
public static string GetItemUrlByLanguage(Sitecore.Globalization.Language language)
{
if (Context.Item.IsUCommerceItem() && SiteContext.Current.CatalogContext.CurrentProduct != null && SiteContext.Current.CatalogContext.CurrentProduct.Guid == Context.Item.ID.Guid)
{
ProductCatalog catalog = CatalogLibrary.GetCatalog(25);
IUrlService urlService = ObjectFactory.Instance.Resolve<IUrlService>();
var url = "/" + language.CultureInfo.TwoLetterISOLanguageName + urlService.GetUrl(catalog, SiteContext.Current.CatalogContext.CurrentProduct);
return url;
}
else
{
//Normal URL creation
using (new LanguageSwitcher(language))
{
var options = new UrlOptions
{
AlwaysIncludeServerUrl = true,
LanguageEmbedding = LanguageEmbedding.Always,
LowercaseUrls = true
};
var url = LinkManager.GetItemUrl(Context.Item, options);
url = StringUtil.EnsurePostfix('/', url).ToLower();
return url;
}
}
}