Creating Bricks posts in bulk from CSV using Gato GraphQL for WordPress

We can use Gato GraphQL with the Bricks extension to create multiple Bricks posts in bulk by importing data from a CSV file.

This query creates multiple Bricks posts in bulk by importing data from a CSV file.

To create the posts, you must provide:

A Bricks template to replicate, containing variables in its content and Bricks data
A Bricks-enabled custom post type to create the new posts
The URL of a CSV file with dynamic content

The CSV file will have variable names as the column names, and the values will be the values for each variable. The query will process each row from the CSV file to create individual Bricks posts.

For instance, this CSV file will create 3 posts:

pageTitle,heroTitle,heroDesc,heroButtonText1,heroButtonLink1,heroButtonText2,heroButtonLink2
"Welcome to Our Site","<h2>Welcome</h2>","<p>This is the main content.</p>","A brief description","https://mysite.com/pricing","Another description","https://mysite.com/more"
"About Us","<h2>About</h2>","<p>Learn more about our company.</p>","Company information","https://mysite.com/about","We are humans","https://mysite.com/humans"
"Contact","<h2>Contact</h2>","<p>Get in touch with us.</p>","Contact details","https://mysite.com/contact","Subscribe to our newsletter","https://mysite.com/newsletter"

The page content and Bricks data will contain those variables, surrounded by {...}.

Corresponding to the CSV above, our origin Bricks post can use the following variables:

{pageTitle}
{heroTitle}
{heroDesc}
{heroButtonText1}
{heroButtonLink1}
{heroButtonText2}
{heroButtonLink2}

For instance, the page title could be "{pageTitle}", or "Welcome to {pageTitle}", etc.

Likewise, a Bricks heading element can have its text property set to "{heroTitle}", or "Welcome to {heroTitle}", etc.

And a button element will have its Link => URL property set to "{heroButtonLink1}", or "{heroButtonLink2}".

We must provide the following variables:

url: The URL of the CSV file (with headers)
templateId: The Bricks template (of CPT bricks_template) to use to create the new posts
customPostType: The Bricks-enabled custom post type to create the new posts
status: The status for the created posts (default: "draft")

Here is the GraphQL query:

query InitializeDynamicVariables(
  $customPostType: CustomPostEnumString!
)
  @configureWarningsOnExportingDuplicateVariable(enabled: false)
{
  emptyBool: _echo(value: false)
    @export(as: "bricksIsEnabledForCustomPostType")
    @export(as: "hasTemplate")
    @remove
 
  emptyList: _echo(value: [])
    @export(as: "adaptedBricksDataTextElementTextsList")
    @export(as: "adaptedBricksDataLinkElementLinksList")
    @export(as: "newCustomPostIds")
    @export(as: "customPostInputs")
    @remove
 
  useWhichPageBuilderWithCustomPostType(customPostType: $customPostType)
  bricksIsEnabledForCustomPostType: _equals(
    value1: $__useWhichPageBuilderWithCustomPostType
    value2: "bricks"
  )
    @export(as: "bricksIsEnabledForCustomPostType")
}
 
query GetBricksCustomPostAndExportData($templateId: ID!)
  @depends(on: "InitializeDynamicVariables")
  @include(if: $bricksIsEnabledForCustomPostType)
{
  bricksTemplate: customPost(by: { id: $templateId }, customPostTypes: "bricks_template", status: any) {
    # Fields to be duplicated
    author @export(as: "authorID") {
      id
    }
    rawContent @export(as: "rawContent")
    rawExcerpt @export(as: "excerpt")
    featuredImage @export(as: "featuredImageID") {
      id
    }
    rawTitle @export(as: "title")
 
    metaKeys(filter: { exclude: [
      "_thumbnail_id",
      "_edit_last",
      "_edit_lock",
      "_pingme",
      "_encloseme",
      "_trackbackme",
      "enclosure",
      "_wp_trash_meta_status",
      "_wp_trash_meta_time",
      "_wp_desired_post_slug",
      "_wp_old_slug",
      "_wp_old_date",
    ] })
    meta(keys: $__metaKeys) 
      @export(as: "meta")
 
    bricksDataTextElements: bricksData(filterBy: {include: [
      "heading",
      "text",
      "text-basic",
      "button",
      "dropdown",
    ]})
      @underEachArrayItem(
        affectDirectivesUnderPos: [1, 3]
      )
        @underJSONObjectProperty(by: { key: "id" })
          @export(as: "bricksDataTextElementIDs")
        @underJSONObjectProperty(
          by: { path: "settings.text" }
          failIfNonExistingKeyOrPath: false
        )
          @export(as: "bricksDataTextElementTexts")
 
    bricksDataLinkElements: bricksData(filterBy: {include: [
      "text-link",
      "button",
    ]})
      @underEachArrayItem(
        affectDirectivesUnderPos: [1, 3]
      )
        @underJSONObjectProperty(by: { key: "id" })
          @export(as: "bricksDataLinkElementIDs")
        @underJSONObjectProperty(
          by: { path: "settings.link.url" }
          failIfNonExistingKeyOrPath: false
        )
          @export(as: "bricksDataLinkElementLinks")
  }
 
  hasTemplate: _notNull(value: $__bricksTemplate)
    @export(as: "hasTemplate")
}
 
query GetAndFormatDataFromCSV(
  $url: URL!
)
  @depends(on: "GetBricksCustomPostAndExportData")
  @include(if: $bricksIsEnabledForCustomPostType)
  @include(if: $hasTemplate)
{
  _sendHTTPRequest(input: {
    url: $url,
    method: GET
  }) {
    body
    csv: _strParseCSV(
      string: $__body
    )
      @export(as: "csvPostEntries")
      @underArrayItem(
        index: 0
        passOnwardsAs: "csvPostEntry"
        affectDirectivesUnderPos: [1, 2]
      )
        @applyField(
          name: "_objectProperties",
          arguments: {
            object: $csvPostEntry,
          },
          passOnwardsAs: "csvKeys"
        )
        @exportFrom(
          scopedDynamicVariable: $csvKeys,
          as: "csvKeys"
        )      
  }
}
 
query GenerateVariablePlaceholderNames
  @depends(on: "GetAndFormatDataFromCSV")
  @include(if: $bricksIsEnabledForCustomPostType)
  @include(if: $hasTemplate)
{
    csvKeyPlaceholderNames: _echo(value: $csvKeys)
      @underEachArrayItem(passValueOnwardsAs: "entryKey")
        @applyField(
          name: "_sprintf",
          arguments: {
            string: "{%s}",
            values: [$entryKey],
          },
          setResultInResponse: true
        )
      @export(as: "csvKeyPlaceholderNames")
}
 
query GenerateCustomPostInputs(
  $customPostType: CustomPostEnumString!
  $status: CustomPostStatusEnum! = draft
)
  @depends(on: "GenerateVariablePlaceholderNames")
  @include(if: $bricksIsEnabledForCustomPostType)
  @include(if: $hasTemplate)
{
  customPostInputs: _echo(value: $csvPostEntries)
    @underEachArrayItem(
      passValueOnwardsAs: "csvPostEntry"
      affectDirectivesUnderPos: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
    )
      @applyField(
        name: "_objectValues",
        arguments: {
          object: $csvPostEntry,
        },
        passOnwardsAs: "replaceTo"
      )
      @applyField(
        name: "_strReplaceMultiple",
        arguments: {
          search: $csvKeyPlaceholderNames,
          replaceWith: $replaceTo,
          in: $title
        },
        passOnwardsAs: "adaptedTitle"
      )
      @applyField(
        name: "_strReplaceMultiple",
        arguments: {
          search: $csvKeyPlaceholderNames,
          replaceWith: $replaceTo,
          in: $excerpt
        },
        passOnwardsAs: "adaptedExcerpt"
      )
      # Already create (and export) the inputs for the mutation
      @applyField(
        name: "_echo",
        arguments: {
          value: {
            status: $status,
            customPostType: $customPostType,
            authorBy: {
              id: $authorID
            },
            title: $adaptedTitle,
            excerpt: $adaptedExcerpt
            contentAs: {
              html: $rawContent
            },
            featuredImageBy: {
              id: $featuredImageID
            },
            meta: $meta
          }
        },
        setResultInResponse: true
      )
      # Already export the inputs to update the Bricks data
      @applyField(
        name: "_strArrayReplaceMultiple",
        arguments: {
          search: $csvKeyPlaceholderNames,
          replaceWith: $replaceTo,
          in: $bricksDataTextElementTexts
        },
        passOnwardsAs: "adaptedBricksDataTextElementTextsList"
      )
      @exportFrom(
        scopedDynamicVariable: $adaptedBricksDataTextElementTextsList,
        as: "adaptedBricksDataTextElementTextsList"
      )
      @applyField(
        name: "_strArrayReplaceMultiple",
        arguments: {
          search: $csvKeyPlaceholderNames,
          replaceWith: $replaceTo,
          in: $bricksDataLinkElementLinks
        },
        passOnwardsAs: "adaptedBricksDataLinkElementLinksList"
      )
      @exportFrom(
        scopedDynamicVariable: $adaptedBricksDataLinkElementLinksList,
        as: "adaptedBricksDataLinkElementLinksList"
      )
    @export(as: "customPostInputs")
}
 
query AdaptBricksDataElementsFormat
  @depends(on: "GenerateCustomPostInputs")
  @include(if: $bricksIsEnabledForCustomPostType)
  @include(if: $hasTemplate)
{
  adaptedBricksDataTextElementsList: _echo(value: $adaptedBricksDataTextElementTextsList)
    @underEachArrayItem
      @underEachArrayItem(
        passIndexOnwardsAs: "index"
        passValueOnwardsAs: "bricksDataTextElementText"
        affectDirectivesUnderPos: [1, 2]
      )
        @applyField(
          name: "_arrayItem"
          arguments: {
            array: $bricksDataTextElementIDs,
            position: $index
          }
          passOnwardsAs: "bricksElementID"
        )
        @applyField(
          name: "_echo"
          arguments: {
            value: {
              id: $bricksElementID,
              settings: {
                text: $bricksDataTextElementText
              }
            }
          },
          setResultInResponse: true
        )
      @export(as: "adaptedBricksDataTextElementsList")
 
  adaptedBricksDataLinkElementsList: _echo(value: $adaptedBricksDataLinkElementLinksList)
    @underEachArrayItem
      @underEachArrayItem(
        passIndexOnwardsAs: "index"
        passValueOnwardsAs: "bricksDataLinkElementLink"
        affectDirectivesUnderPos: [1, 2]
      )
        @applyField(
          name: "_arrayItem"
          arguments: {
            array: $bricksDataLinkElementIDs,
            position: $index
          }
          passOnwardsAs: "bricksElementID"
        )
        @applyField(
          name: "_echo"
          arguments: {
            value: {
              id: $bricksElementID,
              settings: {
                link: {
                  url: $bricksDataLinkElementLink
                }
              }
            }
          },
          setResultInResponse: true
        )
      @export(as: "adaptedBricksDataLinkElementsList")
}
 
mutation CreatePostsFromCSVEntries
  @depends(on: "AdaptBricksDataElementsFormat")
  @include(if: $bricksIsEnabledForCustomPostType)
  @include(if: $hasTemplate)
{
  createCustomPosts(inputs: $customPostInputs) {
    status
    errors {
      __typename
      ...on ErrorPayload {
        message
      }
    }
    customPost {
      # Fields not to be duplicated
      id
        @export(
          as: "newCustomPostIds",
          type: LIST,
        )
      slug
      date
      status
 
      # Fields to be duplicated
      customPostType
      author {
        id
      }
      rawContent
      excerpt
      featuredImage {
        id
      }
      title
      
      metaKeys
      meta(keys: $__metaKeys)
      bricksData
    }
  }
}
 
query CreateUpdateBricksDataInputs
  @depends(on: "CreatePostsFromCSVEntries")
  @include(if: $bricksIsEnabledForCustomPostType)
  @include(if: $hasTemplate)
{
  bricksMergeCustomPostTextElementDataItemInputs: _echo(value: $newCustomPostIds)
    @underEachArrayItem(
      passIndexOnwardsAs: "index"
      passValueOnwardsAs: "newCustomPostId"
      affectDirectivesUnderPos: [1, 2]
    )
      @applyField(
        name: "_arrayItem"
        arguments: {
          array: $adaptedBricksDataTextElementsList,
          position: $index
        }
        passOnwardsAs: "adaptedBricksDataTextElements"
      )
      @applyField(
        name: "_echo",
        arguments: {
          value: {
            customPostID: $newCustomPostId
            elements: $adaptedBricksDataTextElements
          }
        },
        setResultInResponse: true
      )
    @export(as: "bricksMergeCustomPostTextElementDataItemInputs")
 
  bricksMergeCustomPostLinkElementDataItemInputs: _echo(value: $newCustomPostIds)
    @underEachArrayItem(
      passIndexOnwardsAs: "index"
      passValueOnwardsAs: "newCustomPostId"
      affectDirectivesUnderPos: [1, 2]
    )
      @applyField(
        name: "_arrayItem"
        arguments: {
          array: $adaptedBricksDataLinkElementsList,
          position: $index
        }
        passOnwardsAs: "adaptedBricksDataLinkElements"
      )
      @applyField(
        name: "_echo",
        arguments: {
          value: {
            customPostID: $newCustomPostId
            elements: $adaptedBricksDataLinkElements
          }
        },
        setResultInResponse: true
      )
    @export(as: "bricksMergeCustomPostLinkElementDataItemInputs")
 
  bricksRegenerateCustomPostElementIDSetInputs: _echo(value: $newCustomPostIds)
    @underEachArrayItem(passValueOnwardsAs: "newCustomPostId")
      @applyField(
        name: "_echo",
        arguments: {
          value: {
            customPostID: $newCustomPostId
          }
        },
        setResultInResponse: true
      )
    @export(as: "bricksRegenerateCustomPostElementIDSetInputs")
}
 
query AdaptBricksDataInputs
  @depends(on: "CreateUpdateBricksDataInputs")
  @include(if: $bricksIsEnabledForCustomPostType)
  @include(if: $hasTemplate)
{
  bricksMergeCustomPostElementDataItemInputs: _arrayMerge(arrays: [
    $bricksMergeCustomPostTextElementDataItemInputs,
    $bricksMergeCustomPostLinkElementDataItemInputs
  ])
    @export(as: "bricksMergeCustomPostElementDataItemInputs")
}
 
mutation UpdateAndRegenerateBricksData
  @depends(on: "AdaptBricksDataInputs")
  @include(if: $bricksIsEnabledForCustomPostType)
  @include(if: $hasTemplate)
{
  bricksMergeCustomPostElementDataItems(inputs: $bricksMergeCustomPostElementDataItemInputs) {
    status
    errors {
      __typename
      ...on ErrorPayload {
        message
      }
    }
    customPost {
      __typename
      ...on CustomPost {
        id
        bricksData
      }
    }
  }
 
  bricksRegenerateCustomPostElementIDSets(inputs: $bricksRegenerateCustomPostElementIDSetInputs) {
    status
    errors {
      __typename
      ...on ErrorPayload {
        message
      }
    }
    customPost {
      __typename
      ...on CustomPost {
        id
        bricksData
      }
    }
  }
}

The variables would look like this:

{
  "url": "https://example.com/data.csv",
  "templateId": 123,
  "customPostType": "page"
}