File Import Port 6.x

Planed to late December -early January. There are many things to rewrite in the module. Also, I want to add ability to import to FileField (CCK)

Hi, how far are the planned work?

It seems like it is a great modules. I'm very interested in testing it for my current project.

This is a such a clever idea for a module!!!! :D
I almost regret i've gone over to 6.x

keep up the work mate, it will be apreciated!!!

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Attached is a patch (against file_import D5.x-1.0) and tarball of a version I hacked up today for Drupal 6.

Please test and report back. I have not tested the node/%/file_import functionality myself.

This is a straight port, doesn't attempt to achieve any of the higher goals (eg CCK filefield), nor does it attempt to fix any issues which exist in the 5.x stream.

It does import files, though :)

Updating issue status accordingly

Hi,

Sorry, I 'm unknowledgeable in php, but I need to automaticly create a node per uploaded file. So I tried the D6 port of file import you created xurizaemon... result, I need some help ;)

I'm using fileframework module to store pdf documents and to have full text search capabilities.

I have an error "Node ID '' is not numeric" when I try to upload files using file import.

Also (pure newbie question !), in the column "Target node ID", I don't know what to fill out.

Is it possible to use/adapt this module to allow node creation for each file uploaded ?

Target Node ID is the ID of the node you want to attach the file to. If you leave it blank, then Drupal warns you that the Node ID is not numeric.

You can quickly set all the "Target Node ID" fields by using the selector at the bottom which allows you to choose an existing node.

But currently you can't set it to create a new node from each attachment. This is something I plan on implementing shortly, and I'll post an update when that's done, but it's not scheduled to happen for a few days at least.

Thanks for testing the D6 version, gresda!

The beta of 6.x released. Great thanks to Chris Burgess, who made initial patch. I updated it a lot, but anyway, thanks. You may see the release notes for more info.

Marking this issue as fixed. Further bugs/support requests should be posted in separate issues.

Thanks xurizaemon,

D6 version works great.
As non developer, I'm very interest in creating node for uploaded file, and if we can link the node to a taxonomy term, it will be perfect (for my requirements :) )

So, I'm available to help you in testing your coming versions !

Regards.

@gresda, the only prblem with new nodes is the such new node's data as title, body, etc. What it should be? Is it needs to be additional fields for each entry, or one setting for all, or something else?

I understand a node needs to be populated by some data, so because of drupal flexibility, it's better I come back to the original need ;)

I want to store files (as pdf archives) and allow users to search into the uploaded files + with some taxo words.

I started installing fileframework + apache solr, but I have some difficulties to search inside the text extracted from the pdf.
And I have another need, linked with file import, is to automate file import from a directory.

Fileframework has a lot of useful functionalities I need, but I can try to use another way, for example using cck filefield...

Any ideas ?