Duplicate file from collection to collection

quornik

last year

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  denolfe

  Payload Team

  last year

  Hey @quornik, this is definitely possible by combining the use of a beforeChange hook and the local API operations.

  Here is an example of how it can be done:

  import { CollectionBeforeChangeHook, CollectionConfig } from 'payload/types'
  
  const performOperationIfReviewed: CollectionBeforeChangeHook = async ({
    data, // incoming data to update or create with
    req, // full express request
    operation, // name of the operation ie. 'create', 'update'
    originalDoc, // original document
  }) => {
    if (
      req?.user?.collection === 'admins' && // Admins collection only
      operation === 'update' && // Only on update operations
      !originalDoc.reviewed && data.reviewed // Transitioning from not reviewed to reviewed
    ) {
      await req.payload.create({
        collection: 'collection-after-reviewed',
        data,
      })
    }
  }
  
  export const Pages: CollectionConfig = {
    slug: 'pages',
    hooks: {
      beforeChange: [performOperationIfReviewed],
    },
    fields: [
      {
        name: 'reviewFile',
        type: 'relationship',
        relationTo: 'media',
      },
      {
        name: 'reviewed',
        type: 'checkbox',
      }
    ],
  }

  Hopefully, that gets you going in the right direction. Let me know if you have any additional questions 👍