Can't Seed images with Spatie laravel media library?

I have this error "Could not add {$url}because it does not start with eitherhttp://orhttps://`` when I enter the command php artisan migrate:fresh --seed.

this is my LocationTableSeeder class

 public function run()
    {
        $locations = [
            'London',
            'Liverpool',
            'Manchester',
            'Birmingham',
        ];

        foreach ($locations as $location) {
            $slug = Str::slug($location);
            $locationObject =  Location::create(
                [
                    'name' => $location,
                    'slug' => $slug,
                ]
            );

            $locationObject->addMediaFromUrl(public_path('/images/locations/' . $slug . '.jpg'))->toMediaCollection('photo');
        }

I am using "spatie/laravel-medialibrary": "^9.7" and laravel 8

Watheq

4 years ago

Best Answer

Level 14

I have found the answer: it should be addMedia instead of addMediaFromUrl like this:

$locationObject->addMedia(public_path('/images/locations/' . $slug . '.jpg'))->toMediaCollection('photo');

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lmottasin

1 year ago

Level 1

@Watheq this aslo deleted the photos from that directory after deleting

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jpedrera

1 year ago

Level 1

@lmottasin try including this:

$yourModel->addMedia(...)
   ->preservingOriginal() // <= include this
   ->toMediaCollection(...);

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ibrahimshaikh

2 years ago

Level 3

thanks that was helpful

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