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I'm using a Custom File Field so that each contact can have an image associated with their contact. However, I've made extensive use of the api to create a custom edit page that exposes only the most relevant information to my data entry team.

What I want to know is if there is a way to use the API to allow my data entry team to upload photos through my custom edit page.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? I have scanned the forums and the documentation and can find no documentation about using the API to upload a file and attach it to a Custom File Field. Do I need to write my own?

Thanks for the input. If I write my own, I'm gathering I need to do these steps on the server:

• receive the file
• move the file to the proper civicrm assets directory
• use the api to create the custom field data

I know where civicrm puts all uploaded files on my server, so I can hardcode that path, but I'd prefer to grab that setting from civicrm using the api if possible. Can that path data be retrieved somehow using the api?

Eileen is introducing on 4.3 a new setting api that is going to expose these configuration values. In the meantime, using the core config object is your best option and that's the way it's done in civicrm core.

As for the file api, are you going to use ajax or rest interface to upload or only php?

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As long as you start your script with

civicrm_initialize();

Then the config object will exist (& you won't need to require_once api.php)