Feeds support for Workflows

Patches always welcome

Patches are still welcome..

This functionality would be amazing. I would also be extremely grateful if this was somehow possible.

A workflow_field should be settable as if it was a 'normal' field.
You cannot set the comment then, but you may try function hook_workflow_comment_alter() for that. (See file workfow.api.php)

As Nancy said: Patches, scripts and experiences are welcome.

For those looking for a dirty workaround:

• Import the workflow transition in a temporary hidden field (hide via Panels or Display Suite)
• Set up a Rule via Rules to set value of the Workflow field based on the temporary field.

Im working in a better way to do this.

For now i have a MVP that works. This is my workaround:

Declare the mapper:

function mymodule_feeds_processor_targets_alter(&$targets, $entity_type, $bundle_name) {
  $targets['workflow'] = array(
    'name' => t('Workflow State Name'), 
    'description' => t('What editorial state the node is in.'), 
    'callback' => 'mymodule_mapper_set_target', 
  );
}

Get the value:

function mymodule_mapper_set_target($source, $entity, $target, $value, $mapping) {
    $entity->workflow = $value;
}

Make the transisiton, after the the node has been created.

function mymodule_feeds_after_save(FeedsSource $source, $entity, $item, $entity_id) {
    global $user;
    foreach ($entity->workflow_transitions as $key => $value) {
        $field_name = $key;
        $workflow = $value;
        break; // There should only be one workflow at this point
    }
    // get workflow object: Name, label, sid, etc.
    $states = array();
    $workflows = workflow_get_workflows();
    foreach ($workflows as $workflow) {
        $options[$workflow->name] = array();
        $states = workflow_get_workflow_states_by_wid($workflow->wid);
        foreach ($states as $state) {

//Is hardcoded the position 24, where the json parser  have the value of the workflow that has been imported, in this case the Label.
//You can recieve the sid, the name machine, the label. You can processs with feeds tamper to normalize and then make the conditional.

	          if($item['jsonpath_parser:24'] == $state->state){  
	              $new_sid = $state->sid;			
	          }
        }
    }
  $transition = new WorkflowTransition();
  $entity_type = 'node';

  $old_sid = 1; // sid of created status
  $uid = $user->uid; // You can change with uid of author.
  $stamp = REQUEST_TIME;
  $comment = 'Migration to new D7';
  $transition->setValues($entity_type, $entity, $field_name, $old_sid, $new_sid, $uid, $stamp, $comment);
  workflow_execute_transition($entity_type, $entity, $field_name, $transition, $force = TRUE);
}

There is a lot of work to do, and some border case to check. But with only a workflow of 5 states and with the same label on the 2 servers its working like a charm.

This is a work in progress so if needed i can keep updating this code in my search to the better way.

I used the following code for workflow field, which works fine:

/*
 * Implements hook_feeds_processor_targets_alter().
 */
function my_module_feeds_processor_targets_alter(array &$targets, $entity_type, $bundle) {
if ($entity_type == 'node') {
    $targets['workflow_state'] = array(
      'name' => t('Set the workflow state'),
      'description' => t('Set the workflow state'),
      'callback' => 'fml_pdf_feeds_set_workflow_state',
    );
  }
}

// Callback function to set workflow state.
function my_module_feeds_set_workflow_state($source, $entity, $target, $value) {
  $field  = workflow_get_field_name($entity, 'node');
  if (!empty($field)) {
    $field_info = field_info_field($field);
    $workflow_id = $field_info['settings']['wid'];
    $states = workflow_get_workflow_state_names($workflow_id);
    if (!empty($value[0])) {
      $sid = array_search($value[0], $states);
      if (!empty($sid)) {
        $entity->{$field}[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['value'] = $sid;
      }
    }
  }
}

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