<p>When leveraging another plugin programmatically, you will typically want to use the service layer. In your case, the <code>SproutForms_EntriesService.php</code> is where the <code>saveEntry</code> action gets processed. The <code>saveEntry</code> service method expects a <code>SproutForms_EntryModel</code>:</p>

<pre><code>craft()-&gt;sproutForms-&gt;saveEntry($entry);
</code></pre>

<p>Here is a longer example:</p>

<pre><code>// Create a new instance of a SproutForms_EntryModel
$entry = new SproutForms_EntryModel();

// Set some SproutForms_EntryModel attributes
$entry-&gt;formId    = 4051;
$entry-&gt;ipAddress = '127.0.0.1';
$entry-&gt;userAgent = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_9_2) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/34.0.1847.116 Safari/537.36';

// Set the custom fields
$entry-&gt;setContentFromPost(array(
    'fullName' =&gt; 'Test Name',
    'message' =&gt; 'Test message'
));

// Save the entry
craft()-&gt;sproutForms_entries-&gt;saveEntry($entry);
</code></pre>

<p>Sprout Forms should dynamically set the title value for you, based on the value you have in the <code>Advanced-&gt;Title Format</code> setting.</p>

<p>In the case it doesn't seem to work, a quick way to see if there are any errors is to kill your script after you tried to save the entry and view the full list of errors (or use a more advanced <a href="https://straightupcraft.com/events/troubleshooting-and-debugging-errors-in-php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PHP debugging workflow</a> with a tool like XDebug):</p>

<pre><code>Craft::dd($entry-&gt;getErrors());
</code></pre>

<p>See the answer from Brandon Kelly on this post for more information on how to <a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/4486/what-is-getcontent-the-contentmodel-and-how-do-i-use-it-to-get-and-set-cust">set custom fields on an Element</a>.</p>

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Thank you for the comprehensive answer Ben :) fantastic. I'll give it a try and mark it as correct then.
JamesNZ
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Ben Parizek
<p>I'd like to be able to create a Sprout Forms entry from another plugin I'm working on. Is this possible?</p>

<p>I had a bit of a look at the <strong>SproutForms_EntriesController->actionSaveEntry()</strong> action but it's kind of all bundled up.</p>

<p>This other plugin is a self contained booking system that I don't want to use an actual Sprout Forms form for - but to keep it consistent for the client I'd like to write (for reference) these entries into a pre-existing form I've set up.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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Write into Sprout Forms from another plugin
# Write into Sprout Forms from another plugin

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-11-30)

I'd like to be able to create a Sprout Forms entry from another plugin I'm working on. Is this possible?

I had a bit of a look at the **SproutForms\_EntriesController->actionSaveEntry()** action but it's kind of all bundled up.

This other plugin is a self contained booking system that I don't want to use an actual Sprout Forms form for - but to keep it consistent for the client I'd like to write (for reference) these entries into a pre-existing form I've set up.

Thanks!

**Tags:** plugin-sproutforms

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-11-30. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

When leveraging another plugin programmatically, you will typically want to use the service layer. In your case, the SproutForms_EntriesService.php is where the saveEntry action gets processed. The saveEntry service method expects a SproutForms_EntryModel:
craft()->sproutForms->saveEntry($entry);

Here is a longer example:
// Create a new instance of a SproutForms_EntryModel
$entry = new SproutForms_EntryModel();

// Set some SproutForms_EntryModel attributes
$entry->formId    = 4051;
$entry->ipAddress = '127.0.0.1';
$entry->userAgent = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_9_2) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/34.0.1847.116 Safari/537.36';

// Set the custom fields
$entry->setContentFromPost(array(
    'fullName' => 'Test Name',
    'message' => 'Test message'
));

// Save the entry
craft()->sproutForms_entries->saveEntry($entry);

Sprout Forms should dynamically set the title value for you, based on the value you have in the Advanced->Title Format setting.
In the case it doesn't seem to work, a quick way to see if there are any errors is to kill your script after you tried to save the entry and view the full list of errors (or use a more advanced PHP debugging workflow with a tool like XDebug):
Craft::dd($entry->getErrors());

See the answer from Brandon Kelly on this post for more information on how to set custom fields on an Element.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you for the comprehensive answer Ben :) fantastic. I'll give it a try and mark it as correct then.  

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