Creating media_bundle entities programatically

Question

I am still trying to wrap my head around some of the D8 things. Working with some media bundles like media_audio_bundle and need to write some migration scripts. I have spent couple of days now researching and trying everything but nothing seems to work.

Its like Drupal wall all over again.

This is the closest I came:

$audio = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()
          ->getStorage('media_bundle')
          ->create(array(
            'type' => 'media', 
            'bundle' => 'audio', 
            'title' => 'Another Audio', 
            'field_audio_file' => 11
          ));

It seems to create some sort of media object but does not save it.

If somebody can help, would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

use Drupal\media_entity\Entity\Media;

$image_data = file_get_contents("URL OF FILE");
$file_image = file_save_data($image_data, 'public://FILENAME', FILE_EXISTS_REPLACE);
$media_image = Media::create([
  'bundle' => 'image',(YOUR BUNDLE)
  'name' => "FILENAME",
  'field_image' => [
    'target_id' => $file_image->id(),
  ],
]);
$media_image->save();

Try this one, maybe this will help.

Answer 2

You should invoke save method to save the entity to database.

$audio->save();

Answer 3

Not sure if this is the best way, but it seems to work.

$media =  Drupal\media_entity\Entity\Media::create([
 'bundle'        => 'audio',
 'name'       => 'demo audio',
 'field_audio' => [
   [
      'target_id' => $file->id(),
   ]
 ],
]);
$media->save();