Feeds is not importing images into subfolders

Question

I'm trying to import external nodes from html pages. all working fine but i just cannot make image getting saved in a subfolder.

am mapping a uri value "public://posts/2014/03/4587214.jpg" to "image:uri" and i want the file to be saved in "sites/default/files/posts/2014/03/4587214.jpg" but the file is getting saved in "sites/default/files/posts/4587214.jpg" instead . ("posts" is the value of the subdirectoy in the content type)

any advice on how to make feeds save images in subfolders ? (and create these on fly if do not exist)

i can do it by hacking "feeds/mappers/file.inc" and changing the value of $destination variable as follows:

case 'uri':
if ($v) {
try {
/* patch - start */
/* added to allow subfolder destination */
$uri = $v->getValue();
$uri_target = file_uri_target($uri);
$uri_scheme = file_uri_scheme($uri);
$uri_path_info = pathinfo($uri_target);
$destination = file_stream_wrapper_uri_normalize($uri_scheme . "://" . $uri_path_info['dirname']);
/* patch - end */
$file = $v->getFile($destination);

but i was wandering if this can be done without hacking feeds source files

Answer 1

My solution to a similar problem was installing FileField module and in the content type design, put the attached files (as images in the example) in a structured folder by tokens.

This way, when feeds grab the image and attach to node, file_fields module gets the task and put the image into a folder as you mention by design.

It's also helpful when you add single content, not bulk import operations.Everything organized just as you plan.