Is this completed? It doesn't look right and I can't find it used anywhere in the existing code.

Parameters

$bundle_name: The name of the bundle (e.g. bio_data_xx)

unknown $values:

Throws

Exception

File

tripal/api/tripal.entities.api.inc, line 1353

Provides an application programming interface (API) for working with TripalEntity content types (bundles) and their entities.

Code

function tripal_insert_entity($bundle_name, $values) {
  global $user;

  $bundle = tripal_load_bundle_entity(array('name' => $bundle_name));

  // Get the fields associated with this content type.
  $instances = field_info_instances('TripalEntity', $bundle->name);

  foreach ($instances as $instance) {
    $field_name = $instance['field_name'];
    $field = field_info_field($field_name);
    $field_type = $field['type'];
    $field_settings = $field['settings'];
    $instance_settings = $instance['settings'];
    $field_name = $field['field_name'];
    $vocabulary = $instance['settings']['term_vocabulary'];
    $accession = $instance['settings']['term_accession'];
    $field_accession = $vocabulary . ':' . $accession;
    $field_term = tripal_get_term_details($vocabulary, $accession);
    $field_key = $field_term['name'];
    $field_key = strtolower(preg_replace('/ /', '_', $key));

    // There are three ways that a field value can be specified. Those
    // are as the controlled vocabulary accession (e.g. GO:0000134), sa
    // the field name or as the field key which is the term name with
    // spaces replaced with underscores.
    // First make sure that required fields are present.
    if ($instance['required'] == TRUE) {
      if (!array_key_exists($field_key, $values) and 
        !array_key_exists($field_accession, $values) and 
        !array_key_exists($field_name, $values)) {
        throw new Exception(t('Cannot insert the record. Missing the required field "%missing".', 
        array('%missing' => $field_name)));
      }
    }
  }

  // Make sure that all required fields are present.

  // TODO: make sure the user has permission to do this.
  $ec = entity_get_controller('TripalEntity');
  $entity = $ec->create(array(
    'bundle' => $bundle_name,
    'term_id' => $bundle->term_id,
  ));
  $entity = $entity->save();
}