Create Vanilla Forum Discussions Programmatically

tsbvanillauser · October 2016

I need to create vanilla forum discussions programmatically.

I have a php script which can create "title", "description" and category. Now I need a function to create discussions Programmatically.

Is it possible with Vanilla Forum?

Note 1: It is possible with WordPress using wp_insert_post() function.

Caylus · October 2016

Yes it's possible!

$DiscussionModel = new DiscussionModel();
$DiscussionModel->SpamCheck = FALSE;

$DiscussionData = array(
    'Name' => $StoryTitle,
    'Body' => $StoryBody,
    'CategoryID' => $CategoryID,
    'Format' => $Format,
    'DateInserted' => Gdn_Format::toDateTime($Timestamp),
    'InsertUserID' => $UserID,
    'UpdateCategoryID' => $CategoryID,
    'DateUpdated' => Gdn_Format::toDateTime($Timestamp),
    'UpdateUserID' => $UserID
);
$InsertID = $DiscussionModel->Save($DiscussionData);
$DiscussionModel->Validation->Results(TRUE);

tsbvanillauser · October 2016

@Caylus said:
Yes it's possible!

$DiscussionModel = new DiscussionModel();
$DiscussionModel->SpamCheck = FALSE;

$DiscussionData = array(
    'Name' => $StoryTitle,
    'Body' => $StoryBody,
    'CategoryID' => $CategoryID,
    'Format' => $Format,
    'DateInserted' => Gdn_Format::toDateTime($Timestamp),
    'InsertUserID' => $UserID,
    'UpdateCategoryID' => $CategoryID,
    'DateUpdated' => Gdn_Format::toDateTime($Timestamp),
    'UpdateUserID' => $UserID
);
$InsertID = $DiscussionModel->Save($DiscussionData);
$DiscussionModel->Validation->Results(TRUE);

Thanks for your answer. I need to do this type of lots of thing. Is there any documentation to find something like this?

R_J · November 2016

There is no specific documentation for that. But take a look at this plugin: https://vanillaforums.org/addon/datagenerator-plugin

It should be a good guide.

Create Vanilla Forum Discussions Programmatically

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