In some cases, such as if you have file_entity enabled on your site and you have hundreds of thousands of files (making it impractical to temporarily disable file_entity to import a csv -- see #3166609: Add a note on the home page of the project stating incompatibility with file_entity → ); or during a Jenkins process or other situation where you don't want to use the graphical user interface (GUI), you might find yourself wanting to import a CSV file in code.
Currently you need to log in and click in GUI to import a CSV.
Decouple the GUI from the API code.
Test patch.
None. The GUI in the Drupal\csv_importer\Form\ImporterForm should no longer perform any business logic, but rather call some code to import CSV. The same operation should be done from the command line.
It should be possible to import some CSV using:
drush ev "\Drupal::service('plugin.manager.importer')->import('node', 'article', '/full/path/to/my/csv/file.csv', ',', 'node_importer');"
For files imported through the GUI, file entities are created, and left over after the import until the temporary files are deleted. For files imported programmatically, no file entities are created.
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This patch no longer applies as of yesterday's 8.x-1.15 release. Setting to needs work.
Fixed patch -
3184369-7.patch
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Import CSV programmatically (from code), not the GUI
Needs review
Thank you @chaitanyadessai
Fixed patch -
3184369-7.patch
✨
Import CSV programmatically (from code), not the GUI
Needs review
Thank you @chaitanyadessai !