[Request]: Add backend example of how to use upload plugin

[gregg-cbs]

Summary

In the documentation for upload plugin:
https://docs.strapi.io/dev-docs/plugins/upload#using-a-provider

There are examples of how to use this via rest api but no examples of how to access or use this plugin from the backend. In a controller of lifecycle.

Why is it needed?

It would be nice to know how to interact with this plugin from code.

Suggested solution(s)

Add a code example of how to access the upload plugin from a controller.

Related issue(s)/PR(s)

No response

[Boegie19]

@gregg-cbs strapi/strapi#15524 is what you are looking for.

Also if you have any more questions.
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[gregg-cbs]

You are a busy person @Boegie19 and I appreciate the response. Hopefully the ability to do this will become available. It would then be nice if the documentation could have an alert that says this is not currently possible?

[Boegie19]

You are a busy person @Boegie19 and I appreciate the response. Hopefully the ability to do this will become available. It would then be nice if the documentation could have an alert that says this is not currently possible?

It is posible if your copy past the util that they wrote there. to transform the data it expects.

[Boegie19]

@pwizla before we document this strapi would first need to deside to accept the PR or close it.

[pwizla]

Hi,
Thanks for reporting. I'm closing this issue but it's included in the meta issue for the Upload plugin (#1948).

[gregg-cbs]

Yes it is mentioned there. thank you :)

[Zetjen]

Hi, I think would be great to have the following snippet on the upload plugin documentation.

Saving a file on api controller:

async create(ctx) {

  // ...

  const { body, files } = ctx.request;

  const file = files["files.uploadedFile"];

  const createdFiles = await strapi.plugins.upload.services.upload.upload({
    data: {
      fileInfo: {
        name: "Name",
        caption: "Caption",
        alternativeText: "Alternative Text",
      },
    },
    files: file,
  });

  // ...

},
 

#2043

[pwizla]

Thank you for the suggestion, @Zetjen. I've merged the PR.