Hi Brian,

We’re developing a module that allows entries to be created via an ACT endpoint - sort of like a SAEF form, but we can’t control the originating $_POST key/value pairs, so we’re handling the submission ourselves. The basic idea is to map the submitted keys to the correct field IDs, and then use EE’s channel API to create the entry.

And it largely seems to work so far, however the following PHP notice is thrown from Publisher:

A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Notice
Message: Undefined property: Publisher_lib::$publisher_save_status
Filename: hooks/Publisher_relationship_hooks.php
Line Number: 114

I’m gathering from the source that Publisher_lib::$publisher_save_status is supposed to be set from $_POST[‘publisher_save_status’], which doesn’t exist in the originating $_POST array.  I’ve tried manually setting it, but this seems to have no effect. If I just hard code it straight onto ee()->publisher_lib, then it works. But the question is, is that best?

Here’s the gist of the working code:

ee()->load->library('api');
ee()->api->instantiate('channel_entries');
ee()->api->instantiate('channel_fields');

// handle Publisher
if(array_key_exists('publisher', ee()->addons->get_installed('modules')))
{
  // add to $_POST array (this does not help)
  $_POST['publisher_save_status'] = 'open';

  ee()->load->library('Publisher/Publisher_lib');
  ee()->load->library('Publisher/Publisher_api_channel_fields', NULL, 'api_channel_fields');

  // brute force (this helps)
  ee()->publisher_lib->publisher_save_status = 'open';
}

// act as admin
ee()->session->userdata['group_id'] = 1;

// take what we get from $_POST, and morph it to be well-formed for ee()->api_channel_entries->submit_new_entry()
$data = $this->prepare_entry();

// set up entry settings (no idea what this does, but things break if absent)
ee()->api_channel_fields->setup_entry_settings($this->channel_id, $data);

// submit a new entry
ee()->api_channel_entries->submit_new_entry($this->channel_id, $data);

// return errors if present
if(count(ee()->api_channel_entries->errors) > 0)
{
  return ee()->api_channel_entries->errors;
}

// horray!
return ee()->api_channel_entries->entry_id;

Any insights or hints are appreciated.

Cheers,
John