Create media items using APIs
Version: 10.4
You can use the Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreator and Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreatorOptions classes to create media items from files. For example, to create the media item /Sitecore/Media Library/Images/Sample in the Master database from the file C:\temp\sample.jpg:
RequestResponse
Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreatorOptions options =
new Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreatorOptions();
options.Database = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase("master");
options.Language = Sitecore.Globalization.Language.Parse(
Sitecore.Configuration.Settings.DefaultLanguage);
options.Versioned = Sitecore.Configuration.Settings.Media.UploadAsVersionableByDefault;
options.Destination = "/sitecore/media library/images/Sample";
options.FileBased = Sitecore.Configuration.Settings.Media.UploadAsFiles;
Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreator creator =
new Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreator();
Sitecore.Data.Items.MediaItem sample =
creator.CreateFromFile(@"C:\temp\sample.jpg",options);