How create a folder / file in Nextcloud with PHP?

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1

Introduction

For a project, we have need to create a file in a folder of Nextcloud with a button in own app.
This file must access by Nextcloud website.

But I don’t find a documentation about that ? Do you have a solution about this ?

2

Same. The only thing i have found out is the link to this:
https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/developer_manual/basics/storage/filesystem.html#writing-to-a-file

I have followed the procedure based on the tutorial app but i can’t understand when i’m creating a new Apicontroller and call on the AuthorStorage like it should be Php tells me this error
{“Exception”:“OCP\AppFramework\QueryException”,“Message”:"Could not resolve dataStorage!)

dataStorage is the private variable that then gets assigned to AuthorStorage

3

I think you should take a look at the API https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/19/developer_manual/client_apis/index.html

4

There might be something missing or outdated in the documentation here. Could you try giving your $storage parameter in the constructor a proper typehint for dependency injection and try the following:

<?php
namespace OCA\MyApp\Storage;

use OCP\Files\IRootFolder;

class AuthorStorage {

    private $storage;

    public function __construct(IRootFolder $rootFolder, $userId){
        $this->storage = $rootFolder->getUserFolder($userId);
    }

    public function writeTxt($content) {
        // check if file exists and write to it if possible
        try {
            try {
                $file = $this->storage->get('/myfile.txt');
            } catch(\OCP\Files\NotFoundException $e) {
                $this->storage->touch('/myfile.txt');
                $file = $this->storage->get('/myfile.txt');
            }

            // the id can be accessed by $file->getId();
            $file->putContent($content);

        } catch(\OCP\Files\NotPermittedException $e) {
            // you have to create this exception by yourself ;)
            throw new StorageException('Cant write to file');
        }
    }
}

I’ll take another look to give that documentation page an update soon.

6

This actually works, thanks.
Before it wouldn’t and it never gave me any error as to why

7

in nextclud 21 this exemple don’t work anymore :frowning:

Only touch don’t work, I don’t know why, do you have information ?