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How to add an image with non-standard filename and rename it via API


Jonathan Lahijani
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Let's say you want to add an image using the PW API from an outside service that doesn't provide a clean filename like my-cool-image.jpg (such as from dummyimage.com, urlbox.io, etc).

Doing it this way will add the image successfully, but the filename will be problematic and have an invalid extension (bad):

$p = $pages->get(1);
$p->your_single_image_field = "https://dummyimage.com/600x400/000/fff";
$p->save();

Instead, you need to rename the file right before save (good):

$p = $pages->get(1);
$p->your_single_image_field = "https://dummyimage.com/600x400/000/fff";
$p->your_single_image_field->first->rename("better.png"); // need 'first' here
$p->save();

 

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Thanks for this Jonathan.

Since this is a tutorial, maybe new users would like to know, is there a way to programmatically rename the file to something related to the image, rather than renaming it to 'better.png' every time ? ?.

By the way, a

$p->save('your_single_image_field'); 

is more efficient since it will only save the field where changes have occurred. Just thought to point this out, in case the page has lots of fields, repeaters, etc. ?

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2 hours ago, kongondo said:

Since this is a tutorial, maybe new users would like to know, is there a way to programmatically rename the file to something related to the image, rather than renaming it to 'better.png' every time ? ?.

That would depend on the nature of what one needs.  But perhaps if you wanted to name it the name of the page (assuming it's an existing page) you could do:

$p->your_single_image_field->first->rename("{$p->name}.png"); // need 'first' here

 

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