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The create method of a data model repository creates one or more records of the data model.

This reference assumes you've already resolved the data model repository, as explained in the Data Model Repository Reference documentation.

create Parameters

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Create Records

As of Medusa v2.11.0, MikroORM dependencies are included in the @medusajs/framework package. If you're using an older version of Medusa, change the import statement to @mikro-orm/knex.

import { 
  InjectTransactionManager,
  MedusaContext,
  MedusaService,
} from "@medusajs/framework/utils"
import { Context, InferTypeOf, DAL } from "@medusajs/framework/types"
import { EntityManager } from "@medusajs/framework/mikro-orm/knex"
import Post from "./models/post"

class BlogModuleService extends MedusaService({
  Post,
}){
  // ...
  @InjectTransactionManager()
  protected async doSomething_(
    id: string,
    @MedusaContext() sharedContext?: Context<EntityManager>
  ): Promise<any> {
    const posts = await this.postRepository_.create([
      {
        title: "My Post",
        content: "This is a post",
        author_id: "01JSGRGQ8S61SR0Y7VCRV8FH66",
      },
    ])

    return posts
  }

  @InjectManager()
  async doSomething(
    id: string,
    @MedusaContext() sharedContext?: Context<EntityManager>
  ): Promise<any> {
    return await this.doSomething_(id, sharedContext)
  }
}

Parameters

The create method accepts an array of objects, each representing a record to create. The shape of the objects is the same as the shape of the data model.

Returns

The method returns an array of the created records.