Adding Keywords from Textfile

grande

Joined: 2006-10-04
Posts: 3

Posted: Wed, 2006-10-18 19:59

Hi all,

I'm developing a module, and I'm fairly uncertain on where to start. I've read the tutorial and such, and it gave me a good overview, but it hasn't answered a lot of my questions.

Here's what I'd like to do:
When a user uploads photos, they'll have the option to upload a tab-delimited text file that was created by Extensis Portfolio. I need to parse this text file to get the keywords out, which won't be a problem. What I'd like to know is where the keywords need to go in the database, and how to access it.

If anyone can help me out, or point me to a tutorial/resource, I'd really appreciate it.

mindless

Joined: 2004-01-04
Posts: 8601

Posted: Sat, 2006-10-21 00:16

take a look at modules/watermark and modules/reupload for some sample code.. you can reuse much of this.

1) your module.inc should have a performFactoryRegistrations function with a registration call like the 3rd one in watermark/module.inc, for the ItemAddOption.
2) copy watermark/WatermarkOption.inc to your own module and modify this ItemAddOption as needed.
- loadTemplate can be much like the code in modules/reupload/ReuploadPhotoOption.inc .. this one is an ItemEditOption, not an ItemAddOption, but it deals with uploading a file.
- make your handleRequestAfterAdd find the uploaded file and parse the contents
- once you have the keywords, lock the item, setKeywords, save and unlock.. see modules/exif/ExifDescriptionOption.inc
3) make a file in templates/ dir to show the file selector, like repload module does

note that performFactoryRegistrations is only called on module activate, so deactivate/reactivate to make your ItemAddOption active.

hope this helps..

grande

Joined: 2006-10-04
Posts: 3

Posted: Tue, 2006-10-24 03:10

I'm so close to having it done, I just have one problem though...

In the template, I have a file uploader:

<input type="file" size="60" name="{g->formVar var="form[keywords]"}" />

And in the code, I can get the file name out, thusly:

$filename = $form['name']['keywords'];

However, it doesn't contain the path. For example, it says "file.txt", rather than "C:\misc\file.txt". How can I upload the text file? I don't need it to be added to the database, just use once, then throw away.

Any suggestions/helpful hints?

mindless

Joined: 2004-01-04
Posts: 8601

Posted: Tue, 2006-10-24 04:21

should be $form['tmp_name']['keywords']

grande Joined: 2006-10-04 Posts: 3	Posted: Wed, 2006-10-18 19:59
	Hi all, I'm developing a module, and I'm fairly uncertain on where to start. I've read the tutorial and such, and it gave me a good overview, but it hasn't answered a lot of my questions. Here's what I'd like to do: When a user uploads photos, they'll have the option to upload a tab-delimited text file that was created by Extensis Portfolio. I need to parse this text file to get the keywords out, which won't be a problem. What I'd like to know is where the keywords need to go in the database, and how to access it. If anyone can help me out, or point me to a tutorial/resource, I'd really appreciate it.
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mindless Joined: 2004-01-04 Posts: 8601	Posted: Sat, 2006-10-21 00:16
	take a look at modules/watermark and modules/reupload for some sample code.. you can reuse much of this. 1) your module.inc should have a performFactoryRegistrations function with a registration call like the 3rd one in watermark/module.inc, for the ItemAddOption. 2) copy watermark/WatermarkOption.inc to your own module and modify this ItemAddOption as needed. - loadTemplate can be much like the code in modules/reupload/ReuploadPhotoOption.inc .. this one is an ItemEditOption, not an ItemAddOption, but it deals with uploading a file. - make your handleRequestAfterAdd find the uploaded file and parse the contents - once you have the keywords, lock the item, setKeywords, save and unlock.. see modules/exif/ExifDescriptionOption.inc 3) make a file in templates/ dir to show the file selector, like repload module does note that performFactoryRegistrations is only called on module activate, so deactivate/reactivate to make your ItemAddOption active. hope this helps..

grande Joined: 2006-10-04 Posts: 3	Posted: Tue, 2006-10-24 03:10
	I'm so close to having it done, I just have one problem though... In the template, I have a file uploader: <input type="file" size="60" name="{g->formVar var="form[keywords]"}" /> And in the code, I can get the file name out, thusly: $filename = $form['name']['keywords']; However, it doesn't contain the path. For example, it says "file.txt", rather than "C:\misc\file.txt". How can I upload the text file? I don't need it to be added to the database, just use once, then throw away. Any suggestions/helpful hints?

mindless Joined: 2004-01-04 Posts: 8601	Posted: Tue, 2006-10-24 04:21
	should be $form['tmp_name']['keywords']

Adding Keywords from Textfile

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