Adding files during migration

[zjael]

I would like to add files from a seed migration file, but i'm not sure if it's possible, since i can't access the main "app", or "fs".

Is there a alternative solution i could use?

package migrations

import (
	"github.com/pocketbase/dbx"
	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/daos"
	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/forms"
	m "github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/migrations"
	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/models"
)

func init() {
	m.Register(func(db dbx.Builder) error {
		dao := daos.New(db)
		collection, err := dao.FindCollectionByNameOrId("test_collection")
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		record := models.NewRecord(collection)

		// Can't access app
		form := forms.NewRecordUpsert(app, record)
    form.LoadData(map[string]any{
			"title": "Hello world!",
			"slug": "hello-world",
			"description": "Lorem ipsum...",
			"rank": 123,
		})

		// Can't access fs
		img, _ := filesystem.NewFileFromPath("./assets/test.jpg")
		form.AddFiles("thumbnail", img)

		return form.Submit()
	}, func(db dbx.Builder) error {
		return nil
	})
}

[ganigeorgiev]

The app instance is not accessible in the Go migrations at the moment (this was suggested before but for now I'm reluctant to allow it because users could easily misuse it especially when working with app.Dao() since it won't be part of the migration transaction).

As a workaround you can try to create a custom console command instead of a migration - https://pocketbase.io/docs/go-console-commands/.

[zjael]

Thank you for the quick response! I will try work around it as you suggested, but it would be super nice and convenient, if it was possible to add files as well with the migration in the future 😀

[VictorioBerra]

Just hit this today. Would also like the ability to add files during migration natively without CLI commands.

Ideally: dao.setFile("myfile.jpg") to align with other set/get commands.

[ganigeorgiev]

It is already implemented as part of the refactoring.