Saving Category through API

Question

I'm trying to create a category through the api to import a load of datas, but I'm stuck, the category won't be saved, and the saveCategory() method just returns false

$category = new CategoryModel();
$category->setContentFromPost(array(
    'groupId'       =>  $this->category_group_id,
    'title'         =>  $data[0],
    'colorCode'     =>  $data[1],
    'colorPreview'  =>  $data[2]
));
$category->enabled = true;
$res = craft()->categories->saveCategory($category);

Can I get a glimpse of what's happening, or the error ?

Is there anything wrong in this code ? Does anyone have a good example/documentation for this ?

Thanks for your help.

Nicolas

Answer 1

You can get any validations errors on the category after you've attempted to save it with CategoryModel::getAllErrors() or \CModel::getErrors().

You're also setting the groupId on the Category's ContentModel, but this property is actually on the Category record itself as it sets the relationship directly.

$category = new CategoryModel();
$category->groupId = $this->category_group_id;

$category->SetContentFromPost(array(
    'title' => $data[0],
    'colorCode' => $data[1],
    'colorPreview' => $data[2],
));

if (craft()->categories->saveCategory($category))
{
    return true;
}
else
{
    // dump the error messages
    Craft::dd($category->getAllErrors());
}