How can I programmatically insert data (rows) to a custom entity table?

NJMUK

7/30/23, 3:01 PM

I am using Drupal 9 and I am somewhat of a newbie.

I have created a custom entity into which I wish to log the date and number of image downloads. I can use the entity's form to create entries but I need to do it programmatically, when the user triggers a download action from the site. The only thing known at that point is the user id and the number of images in the download. How do I tell my module to create an entity record, being as I am triggering it from a function. When using the form in debug mode, I can see the variables being passed through but I have no idea as to how to get that data into the database. My function currently gets the number of images but nothing else.

Do I need to create a hook and if so, how do I trigger that from the download function?

I appreciate any advice anyone can give.

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NJMUK

7/30/23, 3:33 PM

Partially, @PatrickKenny. I get a record in the image_downlaods table but as I added a field to the entity through the UI (for the date), the new entity data doesn't get added to that table, so I am unable to get my downloaded date. I did that because the date column I had in the main table wasn't being brought into the view. It seems I may have a different issue there, with exposing the column to the view as a date field. I'll keep digging.

NJMUK

7/30/23, 4:52 PM

I have resolved it, using the advice given by @PatrickKenny and also realising that I could use the 'created' BaseFeidDefinition to get me a timestamp in the baseTable. This can be marked 'solved'

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