Is there a way to use File Field but have it’s directory path be different for different instances of content, instead of the same?

Question

I’m selling mp3’s via Commerce File/File Field modules and i need these files to reside in different directories based on artist name and album name, etc. For example:

mp3s/some_artist/album_name/some_song.mp3.

so typically a catalog would have numerous dirs.

but by default a Drupal content type only allows a single directory to be specified.

so far the only way to achieve this is to have to continually make changes to the product variation content type. i have to keep changing the file directory setting

this is not a good solution and limits the amount of bulk uploading i can do at one time.

is there a way to get Drupal to just accept these file references as i input it? to accept any number of different file paths, in the context of bulk import?

(i hope i’ve asked this question clearly…

Answer 1

You can define your file paths with node tokens. File (Field) Paths module provides the functionality that you are looking for.

The File (Field) Paths module extends the default functionality of Drupal's core File module, Image module and many other File upload modules, by adding the ability to use entity based tokens in destination paths and file names.