Shopware 6 create DB entry for custom entity

Question

I am trying to build a plugin for Shopware6 along the lines of BundleExample & Storefinder and am stuck on creating the corresponding entries for my entities. I added a module to the admin which has 3 components: list, detail and create routed to [vendor-name].[plugin-name].list/.detail/.create respectively.

From custom\plugins[plugin-name]\src\Resources\administration\module[vendor-name]-[plugin-name]\index.js

    routes:{
        list:{
            component: '[vendor-name]-[plugin-name]-list',
            path: 'list'
        },
        detail:{
            component: '[vendor-name]-[plugin-name]-detail',
            path: 'detail/:id',
            meta:{
                parentPath: '[vendor-name].[plugin-name].list'
            }
        },
        create:{
            component: '[vendor-name]-[plugin-name]-create',
            path: 'create',
            meta:{
                parentPath: '[vendor-name].[plugin-name].list'
            }
        }

/list is displayed as expected when there are no entries in the DB, meaning only the smartbar is visible. /detail cant work because there is no id since there are no entities yet. /create should generate an instance via

created(){
   this.repository = this.repositoryFactory.create('[vendor-name]_[plugin-name]');
   this.repository.create(this.context);
}

but nothing is happening.

I'm sure I'm overlooking a basic step somewhere and would appreciate any pointers as to how i can get it to actually generate an entry. If further code would be helpfull to clarify the question I will gladly provide it.

Answer 1

The this.repository.create(this.context); line will create an entity object of your custom entity on the client side. To save that entity you have to call the this.repository.save(entity, this.context); . Then you should be able to see an request being send to the server in the dev console of the browser.

For more information please take look in the docs .

Keep in mind that this.repository.create(this.context); creates an empty dummy entity, so you at least need to set all the required fields of your custom entity.