Isn't there a need for node_submit() as well before node_save(); ?

In D6, yes. Also to clarify Alex's point, a pure node_submit() + node_save() is indeed faster -- because it doesn't hit any hooks. The "proper" way to save a node programmatically is in the comments for drupal_execute():

* // Create a new node

* $form_state = array();

* module_load_include('inc', 'node', 'node.pages');

* $node = array('type' => 'story');

* $form_state['values']['title'] = 'My node';

* $form_state['values']['body'] = 'This is the body text!';

* $form_state['values']['name'] = 'robo-user';

* $form_state['values']['op'] = t('Save');

* drupal_execute('story_node_form', $form_state, (object)$node);

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Alex Barth <alex@developmentseed.org> wrote:

If speed is not an issue, use drupal_execute(). You're on the safe side with it, you don't need to worry about hook_nodeapi() / hook_form_alter() implementations of the moduls in use.

Otherwise, I settled for:

$node = new stdClass();
node_object_prepare($node);
// Add stuff.
$node->title = 'my title';
node_save($node);

On that note, I urge all module developers to not rely on form submission in their hook_nodeapi() implementations. Your module's node api implementation shouldn't break when a node is being created without using the way through the form api.

On Oct 30, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Zhang Xiao wrote:

Hi,

I have a batch of nodes need to be created from code, which function should i use as an entry?

thanks!

Alex Barth
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