Adding files

Adding a file to the media library is easy. Just pick one of the starting methods, optionally add some of the middle methods and finish with a finishing method. All start and middle methods are chainable.

For example:

$yourModel
    ->addMedia($pathToFile) //starting method
    ->withCustomProperties(['mime-type' => 'image/jpeg']) //middle method
    ->preservingOriginal() //middle method
    ->toMediaCollection(); //finishing method

##Starting methods

##addMedia

/**
 * Add a file to the media library. The file will be removed from
 * its original location.
 *
 * @param string|\Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile $file
 *
 * @return \Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\FileAdder
 */
public function addMedia($file)

##addMediaFromUrl

This method only accepts URLs that start with http:// or https://

/**
 * Add a remote file to the media library.
 *
 * @param string $url
 *
 * @return mixed
 *
 * @throws \Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\Exceptions\FileCannotBeAdded
 */
public function addMediaFromUrl(string $url)

##addMediaFromDisk

/**
 * Add a file from the given disk.
 *
 * @param string $key
 * @param string $disk
 *
 * @return \Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\FileAdder
 */
public function addMediaFromDisk(string $key, string $disk = null): FileAdder

##addMediaFromRequest

/**
 * Add file from the current request to the media library.
 *
 * @param string $keyName
 *
 * @return \Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\FileAdder
 *
 * @throws \Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\Exceptions\FileCannotBeAdded
 */
public function addMediaFromRequest(string $keyName): FileAdder

##addMultipleMediaFromRequest

/**
 * Add multiple files from the current request to the media library.
 *
 * @param string[] $keys
 *
 * @return Collection
 *
 * @throws \Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\Exceptions\FileCannotBeAdded
 */
public function addMultipleMediaFromRequest(array $keyNames): Collection

Please note the return type of addMultipleMediaFromRequest is a collection of FileAdders. This means you'll have to loop over every FileAdder to use any of the middle methods. For example:

$fileAdders = $this->model
    ->addMultipleMediaFromRequest(['file-one', 'file-two'])
    ->each(function ($fileAdder) {
        $fileAdder->toMediaCollection();
    });

##addAllMediaFromRequest

/**
 * Add all files from the current request to the media library.
 *
 * @return Collection
 *
 * @throws \Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\Exceptions\FileCannotBeAdded
 */
public function addAllMediaFromRequest(): Collection

Please note the return type of addAllMediaFromRequest is a Collection of FileAdders. This means you'll have to loop over every FileAdder to use any of the middle methods. See the addMultipleMediaFromRequest method above for an example.

##addMediaFromBase64

/**
 * Add a base64 encoded file to the media library.
 *
 * @param string $base64data
 * @param string|array ...$allowedMimeTypes
 *
 * @throws InvalidBase64Data
 * @throws \Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\Exceptions\FileCannotBeAdded
 *
 * @return \Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\FileAdder
 */
 public function addMediaFromBase64(string $base64data, ...$allowedMimeTypes): FileAdder

##addMediaFromString

/**
 * Add a file to the media library that contains the given string.
 *
 * @param string string
 *
 * @return \Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\FileAdder
 */
 public function addMediaFromString(string $string): FileAdder

The file will be named 'text.txt' by default. A specific file name can be set using usingFileName

$model
    ->addMediaFromString('my string')
    ->usingFileName('custom-filename.txt')
    ->toMediaCollection();

##copyMedia

/**
 * Copy a file to the media library.
 *
 * @param string|\Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile $file
 *
 * @return \Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\FileAdder
 */
public function copyMedia($file)

##Middle methods

##preserveOriginal

/**
 * When adding the file to the media library, the original file
 * will be preserved.
 *
 * @return $this
 */
public function preservingOriginal()

##usingName

/**
 * Set the name of the media object.
 *
 * @param $name
 *
 * @return $this
 */
public function usingName($name)

##setName

This is an alias for usingName

##usingFileName

/**
 * Set the name of the file that is stored on disk.
 *
 * @param $fileName
 *
 * @return $this
 */
public function usingFileName($fileName)

##setFileName

This is an alias for usingFileName

##withCustomProperties

/**
 * Set the metadata.
 *
 * @param array $customProperties
 *
 * @return $this
 */
public function withCustomProperties(array $customProperties)

##Finishing methods

##toMediaCollection

/**
 * Set the target media collection to default.
 * Will also start the import process.
 *
 * @param string $collectionName
 * @param string $diskName
 *
 * @return Media
 *
 * @throws \Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\Exceptions\FileCannotBeAdded
 */
public function toMediaCollection($collectionName = 'default', $diskName = '')

##toMediaCollectionOnCloudDisk

This function does almost the same as toMediaCollection. It'll store all media on the disk configured in the cloud key of config/filesystems.php

 /**
  * @param string $collectionName
  *
  * @return \Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\Models\Media
  *
  * @throws FileCannotBeAdded
  * @throws \Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\Exceptions\FileCannotBeAdded
  */
 public function toMediaCollectionOnCloudDisk(string $collectionName = 'default')