Update Category in Item

September 11, 2015 21:32

I've tried multiple methods of changing a category from option 1 to option 2 and none of them are working properly.

Examples:

$item = PodioItem::get_basic($ItemID);
$field_id = 'print-to-pdf';

$item->fields[$field_id]->values = 2;

(this is the simplest version, following the API documentation. The category doesn't change. $ItemID is retrieved from the original POST and is correct)

PodioItem::update($ItemID, array('fields' => array("print-to-pdf" => array('id' => 2))));

(This is typically used for updating multiple fields but can be used for one as well, doesn't work.)

PodioItemField::update( $ItemID, $FieldID, array(), array(2));

(This one I've used to successfully update raw data fields, but it isn't working for categories.)

Could I get some help here?

Thank you

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Andreas Garnæs

September 17, 2015 14:19
Hi Samson,

I'm not sure what the issue is, however please note that the value 2 is id of the option. It may be the case you have two options "Green" and "Blue", but they have ids 17 and 42.

Let me know if the above doesn't fix it for you.

Best,
Andreas
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Samson Burton

September 17, 2015 16:56
The problem is this. I have a Podio item with a category field. The option ID's of the categories are 1, 2, and 3. When option 1 is selected within the Podio platform, a webhook is triggered and a php script on my server runs. However, after the script runs I need to change the selected option from "1" to "2". (these are the optionIDs). The problem is, whatever script I run, following the API documentation, the category does not update from option 1 to option 2.

Simply put, using PHP I'm trying to select the second option of my category within an item.

Any help?
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Andreas Garnæs

September 18, 2015 07:30
It should work then. Could you try enable debugging and share the output please? http://podio.github.io/podio-php/debug/
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Samson Burton

September 19, 2015 00:56
So here's the output from the log file.

2015-09-19 00:47:40 400 PUT /item/322660606
2015-09-19 00:47:40 Request body: {"fields":{"print-to-pdf":{"id":2}}}
2015-09-19 00:47:40 Reponse: {"error_parameters":{},"error_detail":null,"error_propagate":false,"request":{"url":"http:\/\/api.podio.com\/item\/322660606","query_string":"","method":"PUT"},"error_description":"Invalid value null (null): Not a valid option","error":"invalid_value"}
This was created using the PHP code:
PodioItem::update($ItemID, array('fields' => array("print-to-pdf" => array('id' => 2))));
So from what I understand it's telling me that my 'id' entry is wrong? But here is the item information:
{
"status": "active",
"external_id": "print-to-pdf",
"config": {
"default_value": null,
"description": null,
"settings": {
"multiple": false,
"options": [
{
"status": "active",
"text": "Create engagement",
"id": 1,
"color": "DCEBD8"
},
{
"status": "active",
"text": "Engagement letter created",
"id": 2,
"color": "DCEBD8"
},
{
"status": "active",
"text": "Engagement letter sent",
"id": 3,
"color": "DCEBD8"
}
],
"display": "inline"
},
So I don't understand why it is telling me the value is wrong.
Any idea what is going on here??
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Andreas Garnæs

September 21, 2015 08:41
What does the output look like if you use the approach described here instead? http://podio.github.io/podio-php/fields/#setting-values-1
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Samson Burton

September 21, 2015 09:03
Using that method still doesn't work. My code is as follows:
```
            $item = PodioItem::get_basic($ItemID);

    $field_id = 'print-to-pdf';

    // Set value to a single option
    $item->fields[$field_id]->values = 3; // option_id=4
```
$ItemID comes from the webhook that is triggered.

The log file is too large to post here, but I've uploaded it at this link: http://www.filedropper.com/podio

The request should be made at the end, but I'm not seeing it.
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Andreas Garnæs

September 21, 2015 09:09
I think there's a save missing as shown here: http://podio.github.io/podio-php/items/#change-field-value
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Samson Burton

September 21, 2015 09:15

This is now the code. Still not updating the category.

            $item = PodioItem::get_basic($ItemID);
            $field_id = 'print-to-pdf';

            // Set value to a single option
            $item->fields[$field_id]->values = 2; // option_id=4
            $item->save();

Andreas Garnæs

September 21, 2015 09:19
What does the log output look like now? Is the update request present?
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Samson Burton

September 21, 2015 09:22
No, it's still not showing the update. Not that I'm seeing anyway. The final request is a GET request.

Here's the new log.

http://www.filedropper.com/podio_1
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Andreas Garnæs

September 21, 2015 09:55

My suggestions would be to either try:

$field = $item->fields["print-to-pdf"];
$field->values = 2;
$field->save();

Or go back to your original approach and use:

PodioItem::update($ItemID, array('fields' => array("print-to-pdf" => 2)));

Samson Burton

September 21, 2015 09:57
That worked!! Fantastic!! Thank you so much!!
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