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Submitted by Karsten Frohwein on 09. February 2011

Programatically create a node with image, text, terms, menu, path, comments and a block in Drupal 7

Here some source I made for the designer starter kit. The comments should be enough.
<?php
/**
   * Create a dsk custom node.
   * @see http://drupal.org/node/889058
   */

  // This is a node object. It's very easy to create an array and cast it to
  // an object. See futher below for a print_r() of the full node types.
  $node = (object) array(
    // Plain string.
    'title' => 'Title',
    // Body text field. Fields are multilingual and for multiple values. So the
    // array is a bit more complictad than in D6.
    'body' => array(
      // "und" stands for "undefined" language. No german "und" :) But we
      // use the core constant here anyway.
      LANGUAGE_NONE => array(
        // First element.
        0 => array(
          // Value is the main text.
          'value' => 'Body Text',
          // The Summary if we split it up.
          'summary' => 'Summary',
          // Filtered HTML by default.
          'format' => 'filtered_html',
        )
      ),
    ),
    // Default types are "page" and "article".
    'type' => 'article',
    'language' => LANGUAGE_NONE,
    // User that creates the node.
    'uid' => 1,
  );

  // Prepare the node object to be saved. This sets some defaults and calls
  // hook_node_prepare.
  //  This also sets the nodes uid to the current user. If this is not what
  //  you want remove this function call.
  // @see http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules--node--node.module/function/nod...
  node_object_prepare($node);


  /**
   * Add a file.
   */
  // Some filepath on our system. It's the Druplicon! :D
  $filepath = drupal_realpath('misc/druplicon.png');
  // Create managed File object and associate with Image field.
  $file = (object) array(
    'uid' => 1,
    'uri' => $filepath,
    'filemime' => file_get_mimetype($filepath),
    'status' => 1,
  );

  // We save the file to the root of the files directory.
  $file = file_copy($file, 'public://');

  $node->field_image[LANGUAGE_NONE][0] = (array)$file;

  /**
   * Add a some terms.
   */
  $node->field_tags[LANGUAGE_NONE][] = array (
    'vid' => 1,
    'tid' => 'autocreate',
    'name' => 'dsk 1',
    'vocabulary_machine_name' => 'tags'
  );

  $node->field_tags[LANGUAGE_NONE][] = array (
    'vid' => 1,
    'tid' => 'autocreate',
    'name' => 'dsk 2',
    'vocabulary_machine_name' => 'tags'
  );

  // Finally save the node object. The function uses the node object by
  // reference. So we have a nid set after this call and still can work
  // with the node.
  node_save((object) $node);

  // Create a menu entry for our new node.
  $link = array();
  $link['menu_name'] = 'main-menu';
  $link['link_title'] = 'Link Title';
  $link['link_path'] = "node/$node->nid";
  $link['options']['attributes']['title'] = 'Link description';
  menu_link_save($link);

  // Create a path alias for the node.
  $path['alias'] = 'our-great-dsk-node';
  $path['source'] = 'node/' . $node->nid;
  $path['language'] = LANGUAGE_NONE;
  path_save($path);

  // Add a comment.
  $comment = (object) array(
    'nid' => 1,
    'cid' => 0,
    'pid' => 0,
    'uid' => 1,
    'mail' => '',
    'is_anonymous' => 0,
    'homepage' => '',
    'status' => COMMENT_PUBLISHED,
    'subject' => 'dsk subject',
    'language' => LANGUAGE_NONE,
    'comment_body' => array(
      LANGUAGE_NONE => array(
        0 => array (
          'value' => 'aaa',
          'format' => 'filtered_html'
        )
      )
    ),
  );
  comment_submit($comment);
  comment_save($comment);

  /**
   * Create a custom block.
   * @see http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules--block--block.admin.inc/functio...
   */
  // Base block data for the custom block table. We need the delta.
  $delta = db_insert('block_custom')
    ->fields(array(
      'body' => 'dsk Block',
      'info' => 'dsk Block info',
      // Input format.
      'format' => 'filtered_html',
    ))
    ->execute();

  // Insert main data to the block table.
  $query = db_insert('block')->fields(array('visibility', 'pages', 'custom', 'title', 'module', 'theme', 'status', 'weight', 'delta', 'cache', 'region'));
  $query->values(array(
    'visibility' => BLOCK_VISIBILITY_NOTLISTED,
    'pages' => '',
    'custom' => BLOCK_CUSTOM_FIXED,
    'title' => 'dsk Block Title',
    'module' => 'block',
    // We only set the block for the bartik theme.
    'theme' => 'bartik',
    'status' => 1,
    'weight' => 0,
    // Delta value from above.
    'delta' => $delta,
    'cache' => DRUPAL_NO_CACHE,
    'region' => 'sidebar_first',
  ));
  $query->execute();

  // Finally clear all caches that our content can shine!
  cache_clear_all();
?>
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7 comments

Comments

Submitted by Sara (not verified) on 02. November 2011.

Thank you for the elegant

Thank you for the elegant solution.

Submitted by Roger (not verified) on 04. August 2011.

genau das

habe ich vor einigen wochen gesucht. :) wie gut, dass es jetzt da ist zum nachlesen. Danke!

Submitted by Fred (not verified) on 04. August 2011.

Hi, Thank you for your great

Hi,

Thank you for your great exemple. However, using file_copy with public:// is not the best, because when you configure a destination folder (with or without tokens) on the field_image, the file is still copied to public://.

$file = file_copy($file, 'public://');

Would it be possible to retrieve the field destination value?

$destination = get_field_path($node->type, 'field_image');
$file = file_copy($file, 'public://');

Thanks in advance

Submitted by Fred (not verified) on 04. August 2011.

$destination =


$destination = get_field_path($node->type, 'field_image');
$file = file_copy($file, $destination);

Submitted by Clare (not verified) on 25. February 2011.

Or should I say danke danke

Or should I say danke danke danke ;-)

Submitted by Clare (not verified) on 25. February 2011.

Thankyou thankyou thankyou!

Thankyou thankyou thankyou! Was trying for ages to create a menu link programmatically. You have made me very happy :)

Submitted by Drupal: Creating Tags for Node Content in a PHP Script | New (not verified) on 09. February 2011.

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