Copying File from another page via API

[onjegolders]

Hey guys,

I'm creating a form via the API where a user can create a page and click to "create and duplicate". The idea is that this reloads the form with a GET variable to the page just created, takes the image from that page and also adds it to the new duplicate page.

Essentially there may be 4 pages created but they should all share the same file.

Would it be necessary to create a new WireUpload on every page creation or is there some way to do the following (or some variation):

$duplicate_page->file->add($just_created_page->file);

OR

$duplicate_page->file->add($just_created_page->file->url);

I don't seem to be able to pull this off but perhaps it's because the WireUpload needs to take place on every page creation.. Anyone had any experience with this?

Thanks

[adrian]

In a rush so not the cleanest code, but this seems to work for me - is this what you are looking for?

$p = $pages->get(xxxx); //id of page to copy 

$np = new Page();
$np->of(false);
$np->parent = $pages->get(1); //set parent to homepage
$np->template = "basic-page";
$np->title = 'test new page';
$np->save();
$np->images->add('http://'.$config->httpHost.$p->images->last()->url);
$np->save();

[adrian]

Back at my desk again, and thinking through this properly - I think the better option is actually:

$np->images->add($p->images->last()->filename);

You either need the full URL or the full disk path. I think that is where you were having trouble. In my first example, it wasn't working without the 'http://'.$config->httpHost part, but using "->filename" works great and is cleaner!

[onjegolders]

Thanks Adrian, you nailed it!

I guess I wasn't getting the right combination to the full path. $file->filename works perfectly