By chandika on

Is there a way to create a CCK node programatically through another module? The CCK content type is already available, and all the required information for the fields are available.

Ideas?

⋅ Categories: Drupal 4.7.x

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robertdouglass’s picture

robertdouglass commented

Please join the CCK group and help us fill the gap:

http://groups.drupal.org/content-construction-kit-cck

In essence, it should work like Views import and export, with a GUI code generator to help you do initial configuration, and a hook for reading the programmatically configured types.

Oh, wait. I just re-read your question and I'm going off on a different tangent.

In 4.7 when I wanted to programmatically create CCK nodes, I used print_r to inpect a built node, and then used that as a prototype for creating a programmatic node. Once you build the node (without an nid), send it to node_save.

In 5.0, you might be able to get the form for the node type, populate it, and submit it.

- Robert Douglass

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chandika’s picture

chandika commented

I'll look forward to contributing.

Thanks for the post Robert.