How do I programmatically add records to an Umbraco v8 form? - umbraco

Question

I'm looking to add records to an Umbraco v8 form. I know I need the form guid. Is this how I'd do it? Something like this?
public void PostFormData()
{
Guid FormGuid = new Guid("8494a8f0-94da-490e-bd61-7e658c226142");
var form = _formService.Get(FormGuid);
//place for field data into fieldDic
var fieldDic = new Dictionary<Guid, RecordField>();
var firstName = form.AllFields.First(f => f.Alias == "firstName");
var firstNameRecord = new RecordField(firstName);
firstNameRecord.Values = new List<object>() { "Mad Max" };
fieldDic.Add(firstName.Id, firstNameRecord);
var record = new Record()
{
Created = DateTime.Now,
Form = form.Id,
RecordFields = fieldDic,
State = FormState.Submitted,
};
record.RecordData = record.GenerateRecordDataAsJson();
_recordStorage.InsertRecord(record, form);
}

Answer 1

Here's how I do it. Note, I'm hard-coding the Record.UmbracoPageId to -1 while you might want to actually pass in the correct page ID.
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using Umbraco.Core;
using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
using Umbraco.Forms.Core.Data.Storage;
using Umbraco.Forms.Core.Models;
using Umbraco.Forms.Core.Persistence.Dtos;
using Umbraco.Forms.Core.Services;
namespace myProject.Services
{
public class FormServiceComposer : IUserComposer
{
public void Compose(Composition composition)
{
composition.Register<IFormService, FormService>(Lifetime.Request);
}
}
public interface IFormService
{
void InsertFormData(Guid formGuid, object formModel, string ipAddress);
}
public class FormService : IFormService
{
private readonly ILogger _logger;
private readonly Umbraco.Forms.Core.Services.IFormService _formService;
private readonly IRecordStorage _recordStorage;
private readonly IRecordFieldStorage _recordFieldStorage;
private readonly IWorkflowService _workflowService;
public FormService(ILogger logger, Umbraco.Forms.Core.Services.IFormService formService, IRecordStorage recordStorage, IRecordFieldStorage recordFieldStorage, IWorkflowService workflowService)
{
_logger = logger;
_formService = formService;
_recordStorage = recordStorage;
_recordFieldStorage = recordFieldStorage;
_workflowService = workflowService;
}
#region IFormService
public void InsertFormData(Guid formGuid, object formModel, string ipAddress)
{
try
{
Form form = _formService.GetForm(formGuid);
Record record = new Record();
foreach (Field field in form.AllFields)
{
string caption = CleanCaption(field.Caption);
if (formModel.GetType().GetProperty(caption) == null) continue;
var propertyValue = formModel.GetType().GetProperty(caption).GetValue(formModel, null);
if (propertyValue != null)
{
List<object> values = ExtractValues(propertyValue);
RecordField recordField = new RecordField
{
Alias = field.Alias,
FieldId = field.Id,
Field = field,
Key = Guid.NewGuid(),
Record = record.Id,
Values = values
};
_recordFieldStorage.InsertRecordField(recordField);
record.RecordFields.Add(recordField.Key, recordField);
}
}
record.Form = formGuid;
record.IP = ipAddress;
record.UmbracoPageId = -1;
record.State = Umbraco.Forms.Core.Enums.FormState.Approved;
record.RecordData = record.GenerateRecordDataAsJson();
_recordStorage.InsertRecord(record, form);
_recordStorage.DisposeIfDisposable();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_logger.Error<FormService>(ex, "Failed inserting Umbraco Forms data for {formGuid}");
}
}
#endregion IFormService
#region Private
private string CleanCaption(string caption)
{
Regex rgx = new Regex("[^a-zA-Z0-9 -]");
return rgx.Replace(caption.Trim().Replace(" ", ""), "");
}
private List<object> ExtractValues(object propertyValue)
{
List<object> result = new List<object>();
if (propertyValue is string == false && propertyValue.GetType().GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(List<>))
{
IEnumerable<object> _propertyValue = (IEnumerable<object>)propertyValue;
if (_propertyValue.Any())
{
if (_propertyValue.First().GetType().GetProperties().Count() > 1)
{
JArray _properties = JArray.Parse(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(propertyValue));
foreach (JToken item in _properties)
{
string _value = string.Empty;
foreach (var _property in _propertyValue.First().GetType().GetProperties())
{
string _key = _property.Name;
_value = _value + (_value == "" ? "" : " - ") + item[_key].ToString();
}
result.Add(_value);
}
}
else
{
string _key = _propertyValue.First().GetType().GetProperties().First().Name;
JArray _properties = JArray.Parse(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(propertyValue));
foreach (JToken item in _properties)
{
result.Add(item[_key].ToString());
}
}
}
}
else
{
result.Add(propertyValue);
}
return result;
}
#endregion Private
}
}