Filament•14mo ago

Filling a SpatieMediaLibraryImageEntry field programmatically on a new Model (not saved yet)

I'm trying to set up a "cloning" functionality where the user can pick an existing Item and make a copy that he can edit before saving it as his own I made a copy of the CreateRecord page that accept an extra param (the ID of the item to be cloned) and added this

protected function afterFill(): void
{
  $item = Item::findOrFail($this->item);
  $this->data['status'] = 'enabled';
  $this->data['title'] = $item->title;
  $this->data['description'] = $item->description;
}

protected function afterFill(): void
{
  $item = Item::findOrFail($this->item);
  $this->data['status'] = 'enabled';
  $this->data['title'] = $item->title;
  $this->data['description'] = $item->description;
}

So far so good, but my Items also have images attached, via the SpatieMediaLibrary plugin, and I can't find a way to bring the original item's images in the form I thought about persisting the item to the database and then using the EditRecord page but that would be extra clutter in case the user doesn't actually save his item anymore Any other way to auto-fill that field from existing images (that would then have to be copied over to new Model as well)?

5 Replies

awcodes•14mo ago

I’m afraid you’d have to duplicate the images too and then attach them to the new record. I could be wrong but I’m fairly certain spatie media library doesn’t support attaching an existing image to multiple models.

MdkOP•14mo ago

I was hoping that creating a TemporaryUploadedFile and passing it the path of the original item's image would've worked, but while I do get a temporary path that exists on the disk, the uploader field doesn't pick it up and shows nothing If i were to instantiate the new Model on before/afterFill, and override the ModelCreation method as well, how could I listen for a "discarded" item to delete? unless I set some new extra property on it, that is, and run a cleaner every night or something

awcodes•14mo ago

Unless i'm misunderstanding you, livewire will automatically clean up the temp folder of anything older than 24 hours when ever a new file is uploaded. You could also just set a secheduled task to clean it up every 24 hours.

MdkOP•13mo ago

while that's true, i wouldn't be "uploading" it per se but cloning it in the final destination folder for this collection, since it's not an upload

awcodes•13mo ago

Yea. Then just set up a scheduled task to empty the tmp folder over night.

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