Working with Blog Subscriptions

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This sample covers how to retrieve, add, and remove blog subscriptions using the API. 

long blogid = 30;
private string RemoveSubscription(HttpContext context)
    {
        try
        {
            Ektron.Cms.ContentAPI _contentAPI = new Ektron.Cms.ContentAPI();
            _contentAPI.AddWatch(blogid, Ektron.Cms.Common.EkEnumeration.CMSObjectTypes.Blog, _contentAPI.UserId, -1, Ektron.Cms.Common.EkEnumeration.NotificationType.Never);
            return "false";
        }
        catch { return "true"; }
    }

    private string GetSubscription(HttpContext context)
    {
        try
        {
            Ektron.Cms.ContentAPI _contentAPI = new Ektron.Cms.ContentAPI();
            var wType = _contentAPI.GetWatch(blogid, Ektron.Cms.Common.EkEnumeration.CMSObjectTypes.Blog, _contentAPI.UserId, -1);
            return wType.DoesExist.ToString().ToLower();
        }
        catch { return "false"; }
    }

    private string AddSubscription(HttpContext context)
    {
        try
        {
            Ektron.Cms.ContentAPI _contentAPI = new Ektron.Cms.ContentAPI();
            _contentAPI.AddWatch(blogid, Ektron.Cms.Common.EkEnumeration.CMSObjectTypes.Blog, _contentAPI.UserId, -1, Ektron.Cms.Common.EkEnumeration.NotificationType.All);
            return "true";
        }
        catch { return "false"; }
    }