GridFieldBulkEditingTools/bulkUpload/BULK_IMAGE_UPLOAD.md

Bulk Image Upload

A component for uploading images in bulk into the managed Model relation, with option to edit fields on the fly.

Usage 1

Simplest usage, add the component to your GridField as below. The component will find the first Image has_one relation on the managed Model and the record's editable CMS fields

	$config->addComponent(new GridFieldBulkImageUpload());

Usage 2

You can specify which Image field to use and which fields are editable from the managed Model $fileRelationName (string, optional): The name of the File/Image field to use (If your relation is set has 'MyImage' => 'Image', the parameter should be 'MyImage') $editableFields (array, optional): list of db fields name as string that will be editable like: array('myTextField', 'myVarcharField', 'myEnumField')

	$config->addComponent(new GridFieldBulkImageUpload( $fileRelationName, $editableFields ));

Configuration

The component's option can be configurated individually or in bulk through the 'config' functions like this:

$config->getComponentByType('GridFieldBulkImageUpload')->setConfig( $reference, $value );

$config overview

The available configuration options are:

• 'fileRelationName' : sets the name of the File/Image field of the managed Model (i.e. 'MyImage')
• 'editableFields' : array of string referencing specific CMS fields available for editing
• 'fieldsClassBlacklist' : array of string referencing types (ClassName) of fields that wont be available for editing
• 'fieldsNameBlacklist' : array of string referencing the names of fields that wont be available for editing
• 'folderName' : name of the folder where the images should be uploaded
• 'sequentialUploads' : boolean, if true files will be uploaded one by one
• 'maxFileSize' : integer, maximum upload file size in bytes

Each option can be set through the component's method setConfig( $reference, $value ) In addition, some configuration option can be set more specifically via individual methods:

• addFieldNameToBlacklist( $fieldName )
• addClassToBlacklist( $className )
• removeFieldNameFromBlacklist( $fieldName )
• removeClassFromBlacklist( $className )