spatie/laravel-medialibrary store files in DB only (pattern Builder ?)

[LucasLaurens]

Hello everyone,

As part of a Laravel application, I have files that are already present in my media public folder. However, when I seed my database (e.g. php artisan migrate:fresh --seed), I'd like to be able to store my media in the database (i.e. in the media table) without adding a file to my media folder (because there are already exist). Is this possible?

I've tried this (but it breaks the image when storing, it still exists but I can't read it anymore)
The media is stored from DB and the file still exists but it's broken

$model
  ->addMedia(Storage::path(
      path: 'mon-chemin-vers-l-image'
  ))
  ->preservingOriginal()
  ->toMediaCollection('image')

[LucasLaurens]

So far I've only managed to do what I want by building the media object from scratch via a custom method. I also have a question: couldn't the media object be built using the Builder pattern, for example, and then easily reused in several places? Therefore, be the subject of a PR.

            $path = Storage::path(
                path: __('/path/folder/file')
            );

            $name = File::name($path);
            $extension = File::extension($path);
            $mimeType = File::mimeType($path);
            $disk = config('filesystems.default');
            $size = File::size($path);
            $collectionName = 'collection';

            $mediaClass = config('media-library.media_model');

            /** @var Media $media */
            $media = new $mediaClass();

            $media->model_type = Model::class;
            $media->model_id = $model->id;

            $media->name = $name;
            $media->file_name = "{$name}.{$extension}";
            $media->mime_type = $mimeType;
            $media->disk = $disk;
            $media->conversions_disk = $disk;
            $media->size = $size;
            $media->collection_name = $collectionName;

            $media->order_column = 1;
            $media->custom_properties = [];
            $media->generated_conversions = [];
            $media->responsive_images = [];
            $media->manipulations = [];

            $media->save();

[LucasLaurens]

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