Possible to insert new data using api?

[ChrisKB]

Hello,

I run a lot of websites that scrape data and insert it into the database, then use the data to display on the pages.

Besides using the admin area, is there a built in way to insert new data into the cms somehow?

Thank you,

Chris

[MatthewSchenker]

Greetings ChrisKB,

Do you mean using forms to create pages?

If so, there are lots of good ways to do it. Just give us a bit more information and you can get answers!

Thanks.

Matthew

[JeffS]

@ChrisKB - Look to the API. It is your friend. 

[Soma]

Creating content in PW API is as simple as it can get.

First we want to create a new Page object, then fill some properties and give it a template, parent and a title. Now save it.

Or to modify an existing, you can simply load a page with $pages->get(id|path|selector); and change properties and save it back.

In praxis this basicly looks like this from within a template code:

$mypage = new Page();
$mypage->template  = "basic-page";
$mypage->parent = $pages->get("/"); // root
$mypage->title = "My New Page";
$mypage->image = "http://www.some.com/img/myimage.jpg";
$mypage->body = "Hello World";
$mypage->save();

Or within a php file bootstrap of the PW index.php, ( or template scope too )

// bootstrap API
include("./index.php");

$mypage = new Page();
$mypage->template  = "basic-page";
$mypage->parent = wire("pages")->get("/"); // root
....
$mypage->save();

To load and edit a page which has fields with text formatters like dates or text fields, you might need to turn off output formatting of the page you edit. $page->setOutputFormatting(false); or alternative short syntax: $page->of(false);

$mypage = wire("pages")->get("/about/");
$mypage->of(false);
$mypage->template  = "basic-page";
....
$mypage->save();