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I was getting CmsServerException (Microsoft.ContentManagement.Publishing.CmsServerException) saying  “ Server error.  Contact the site administrator. ”. when trying to call CmsHttpContext.Current.Searches.GetByGuid method.

It was hard to find out why this exception occurs, because there was no detail included.

Anyway I found out why;

I was calling the GetByGuid method like:

CmsHttpContext.Current.Searches.GetByGuid(myGuid.ToString());

Which was wrong…

When you make ToString() to a Guid, it does not return paranthesis of guid in the return string. On the other hand, GetByGuid wants its parameter string to have paranthesis.

It should be like:

CmsHttpContext.Current.Searches.GetByGuid(myGuid.ToString(“B”));

So that when you send the guid properly, you will get rid of CMSServerError..