Importing/updating via the channel_entries api

gistfile1.php

<?php

// a bunch of stuff up here that fetches/preps the external data

// basically create an array with all your data to insert / update
$data = array(
	'title'			=> $operator['nameofbusiness'],
	'entry_date'	=> date("Y-m-d h:i A", $entry_date),
	'channel_id'	=> $channel_id,
	'category'		=> array($category_id),
	'status' 		=> ($operator['ts_share'] == 1) ? 'Not Shared' : 'open',
    'field_id_1'	=> $operator['activitydetails'],
	'field_ft_1'	=> 'xhtml',
	... etc etc
	
// in my module I'm doing a check if we're updating or inserting
// so a query here to see if the incoming ID matches what we got

// we've got a match
if($match)
{
	if ($this->EE->api_channel_entries->update_entry($data['entry_id'], $data) === FALSE)
	{
		// got an error
		$this->EE->tnz_utils->log_item('An Error Occurred UPDATING: '.$operator['nameofbusiness']);
		foreach($this->EE->api_channel_entries->errors as $error)
		{
			$this->EE->tnz_utils->log_item($error."\n");
		}
		
	}
	else
	{
		// success
		$this->EE->tnz_utils->log_item('Updated entry_id: '.$data['entry_id']."\n");
		$this->EE->tnz_utils->log_item('category id: '.$category_id."\n");
		$this->EE->tnz_utils->log_item('Sort order: '.$data['field_id_56']."\n");
	}

}
// inserting a new entry
else
{
	
	$this->EE->tnz_utils->log_item('No match found, inserting new entry');
	
	if ($this->EE->api_channel_entries->submit_new_entry($channel_id, $data) === FALSE)
	{
		$this->EE->tnz_utils->log_item('An Error Occurred Importing: '.$operator['nameofbusiness']);
	}
	else
	{
		// store the entry_id for reporting & cleanup
		$imported_ids[] = $this->EE->api_channel_entries->entry_id;
		$this->EE->tnz_utils->log_item('Insert OK');
	}
}



?>