Manual Attachments

If your Eloquent models has richTextFields fields and the InteractsWithMedia trait setup, you shouldn't have to manually handle attachments.

use MOIREI\MediaLibrary\AttachmentUpload;
use MOIREI\MediaLibrary\AttachmentApi;
use MOIREI\MediaLibrary\Models\Attachment;
...

$file = $request->file('file');
$upload = new AttachmentUpload($file);

// Perform all checks like above
$upload->checkType();

// Set location, optional
$upload->location('images'); // relative to `attachments.location` in your config

$attachment = $upload->save();
$url = $attachment->url;

With the AttachmentApi

$url = AttachmentApi::store($file);

// Specify location and disk
// Location is relative to `attachments.location` in your config
$url = AttachmentApi::store($file, '/', 's3');

Associate a model

Using the richTextFields field

$product->description = '
	...
	<img src="$attachment->url" alt="$attachment->alt" >
	...
';
$product->save();

Else

$attachment->attach($product);

Persisting attachments

Attachments are pending on creation until manually or automatically persisted by a richTextFields field.

You shouldn't need to do this if your models has the richTextFields fields and the InteractsWithMedia trait.

$attachment = Attachment::where('url', $url)->first();
$attachment->persist();

With the AttachmentApi

AttachmentApi::persist($url);

With the an eloquent model

For this to work, the models must have the attachment url embedded in an img tag in one of its richTextFields fields.

This call will replace any existing model attachment with $product.

AttachmentApi::persistAttachments($product);

Purging attachments

$attachment = Attachment::where('url', $url)->first();
$attachment->purge();

With the AttachmentApi

AttachmentApi::purge($url);
// Or with an associated model
AttachmentApi::delete($product);

Purge state attachments

Attachment::pruneStale();
// or specify age
Attachment::pruneStale(7); // older than 7 days