How to programatically insert/update content for a Area field.

[ezzle]

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• What are you trying to do?
  Insert/update content of instance with area field inside an handler method.
  Schema
  fields: { add: { ........ documentation: { // label: 'Documentation', htmlHelp: '<i>Frame documentation, stored under ”:DOCUMENTATION” slot. Distinct from ”description” or ”...description”</i>', type: 'area', options: { widgets: { '@apostrophecms/rich-text': {}, '@apostrophecms/image': {}, '@apostrophecms/video': {}, '@apostrophecms/html': {} } } }, ....

• What have you already tried?
  inside the handler
  ..... t.documentation.items.push({ metaType: 'widget', type: '@apostrophecms/rich-text', aposPlaceholder: false, content: '<p>fValue.short_value</p>', permalinkIds: [], imageIds: [] }); self.apos.modules[t.type].update(req, t); ....

or

.... const area = self.apos.modules['@apostrophecms/rich-text'].newInstance(); const richText = self.apos.modules['@apostrophecms/rich-text'].newInstance(); richText.content = ...<p>${fValue.short_value}</p>...; area.items = [ richText ]; t.documentation.items.push(richText); ....

• Have you already checked the documentation? A3 documentation | A2 documentation
  • Did the docs have a related section but there was not enough information? No related information found.

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Version of Node.js:
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v22.5.1
Server Operating System:
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MacOs Sonoma 14.5

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[BoDonkey]

What handler are you using? Something like an afterSave? Is the handler in the same module, or some other module? What is the result when you try the above?

[ezzle]

The context. 1° A specific dedicated piece module to Manage and trigger update and insertion bulk tasks on other piece modules. The handler ”beforeInsert” is in this module. The handler calls dedicated methods in the the same module to insertion or update of other pieces. All update tasks worksfine for primitive or relationship value. I only have issue with area field. /Users/kiansmacmini/Documents/Documents - Mac mini de

Tshitshi/my-projects/ApoX/apos-esse/modules/frames/update/index.js:227 const area = ***@***.***/rich-text'].newInstance(); ^ TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'newInstance') at Object.updateDocumentation (/Users/kiansmacmini/Documents/Documents - Mac mini de Tshitshi/my-projects/ApoX/apos-esse/modules/frames/update/index.js:227:70) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) Node.js v22.5.1

Le mar. 13 août 2024 à 14:07, Robert Means ***@***.***> a écrit :

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[BoDonkey]

I'll have to do some testing, I was wondering if it has something to do with the area items needing a unique id, but in looking at your error message - shouldn't it be const area = self.apos.modules['@apostrophecms/rich-text-widget'].newInstance()? Note the module name has the -widget at the end. Although I'm not sure I fully follow the logic.