How adding multilingual description to images or files with the API?

[KarlvonKarton]

Hi all,

I could not find the answer to following question.
How can I add multilingual descriptions to images or files with the API?

$p = $pages->get(1234);
$p->of(true);
$p->images->add("http://www.somewhere.com/files/filename.jpg");
$p->save();
$p->of(false);

I've been reading the link below, but can not figure it out in the above code...

https://github.com/ryancramerdesign/ProcessWire/issues/496

ps: $images or $files are "Array of Items" in my case

 

[LostKobrakai]

https://processwire.com/api/ref/pagefile/description/

[KarlvonKarton]

It is the reference to the just added file what I'm struggling with.

When I did:

$p->images->add("http://www.somewhere.com/files/filename.jpg");

then how to reference (example) $images->last_added_image_file... (or something like that)

[adrian]

$p->images->last()

 

[KarlvonKarton]

3 minutes ago, adrian said:

$p->images->last()

 

Thus?

// get page
// ...
$en = $languages->get("en");
$fr = $languages->get("fr");
$p->images->add("http://www.somewhere.com/files/filename.jpg");
$lastimage = $p->images->last();
$lastimage->set("description$en", "Description in English");
$lastimage->set("description$fr", "Déscription en Français");
// ...
// save

 

[horst]

Don't really know, but if your above code doesn't work, you also may try with a $p->save(); after add() and before getting the $lastimage.

[KarlvonKarton]

FYI

I got it to work like so:

// ...
$p->files->add('http://www.somedomain.pw/files/somefile.pdf');
$lastfile = $p->files->last();
$p->of(false); // not sure about this
$lastfile->set("description$en", $name);
$p->save();

ps: save() can be after last()

[szabesz]

8 hours ago, KarlvonKarton said:

$p->of(false); // not sure about this

When you are not sure about this, you might want to: $of = $page->of(); and later on $page->of($of); like this:

$of = $page->of();
$page->of(false);
$page->set('property', 'value');
$page->save('property');
$page->of($of);

source: https://processwire.com/blog/posts/processwire-2.6.9-core-updates-and-new-procache-version/#processwire-core-updates-for-2.6.9

BTW: you might want to give $page->setAndSave()a shot.