How can I ingest an image into Fedora Commons using PHP?

Question

I am trying to ingest an image into a Fedora Commons repository using PHP. Here is the code I\'m using:

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Answer 1

I finally figured it out. I ended up making two different requests: one to create a new empty object in Fedora, the other to attach a datastream to that object. Here is the code (I put all this in a class named Fedora, but this is not necessary and might not fit your needs):

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                );
            }
            return $returnValue;
        }

        // Create a new empty object in Fedora Commons and return its pid
        private function createNewEmptyObject($prefix, $id) {
            $returnValue = false;

            // Build URL
            $protocol = variable_get("fedora_protocol");    // 'http'
            $host = variable_get("fedora_host");
            $port = variable_get("fedora_port");    // '8082'
            $context = variable_get("fedora_context");  // 'fedora'
            $pid = $prefix . ":" . $id;
            $url = sprintf(
                "%s://%s:%d/%s/objects/%s",
                $protocol,
                $host,
                $port,
                $context,
                $pid
            );

            // Build cURL options
            $userPassword = variable_get("fedora_username") . ":" . variable_get("fedora_password"); // username:password
            $verifyPeer = false; // false for ignoring self signed certificates
            $headers = array("Accept: text/xml", "Content-Type: text/xml");
            $curlOptions = array(
                CURLOPT_URL => $url,
                CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => $headers,
                CURLOPT_USERPWD => $userPassword,
                CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH => CURLAUTH_BASIC,
                CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => $verifyPeer,
                CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
                CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
                CURLOPT_POST => true
            );

            // Try `cURL`ing
            $result = $this->curlThis($curlOptions, 201);
            if ($result === $pid) {
                $returnValue = $result;
            }
            return $returnValue;
        }

        private function attachDatastream ($pid, $file, $datastreamID) {

            $returnValue = false;

            // Build URL
            $protocol = variable_get("fedora_protocol");    // "http"
            $host = variable_get("fedora_host");
            $port = variable_get("fedora_port");    // 8082
            $context = variable_get("fedora_context");  // fedora
            $url = sprintf(
                "%s://%s:%d/%s/objects/%s/datastreams/%s?controlGroup=M",   // M stands for 'Managed Content'
                $protocol,
                $host,
                $port,
                $context,
                $pid,
                $datastreamID
            );

            // Build cURL options
            $userPassword = variable_get("fedora_username") . ":" . variable_get("fedora_password"); // username:password
            $verifyPeer = false; // false for ignoring self signed certificates
            $headers = array("Accept: text/xml", "Content-Type: " . $file->filemime);
            $fileContents = file_get_contents("sites/default/files/images/" . $file->filename);
            $curlOptions = array(
                CURLOPT_URL => $url,
                CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => $headers,
                CURLOPT_USERPWD => $userPassword,
                CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH => CURLAUTH_BASIC,
                CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => $verifyPeer,
                CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
                CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
                CURLOPT_POST => true,
                CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $fileContents
            );

            // Try `cURL`ing
            $result = $this->curlThis($curlOptions, 201);
            if ($result === $pid) {
                $returnValue = $result;
            }
            return $returnValue;
        }

        public function ingest($namespace, $identifier, $file) {
            $pid = $this->createNewEmptyObject($namespace, $identifier);
            if ($pid) {
                $result = $this->attachDatastream($pid, $file, "IMAGE");
                if ($result) {
                    error_log("Successfully ingested a file!");
                } else {
                    error_log("FAILED ATTACHING DATASTREAM TO NEW OBJECT");
                }
            } else {
                error_log("FAILED CREATING NEW EMPTY OBJECT");
            }

        }
    }
    $fedora = new Fedora();
    /*
     * $file is an object obtained by uploading a file into a drupal file system (at /drupal/sites/default/files/images/singe.jpg). It has the following attributes:
     * $file->filemime === "image/jpeg"
     * $file->filename === "singe.jpg"
     */
    $fedora->ingest('namespace', 'identifier', $file);

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