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Overview Batch API in Drupal 8

Tan Nguyen

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Mar 2021

1. Why do we need Batch API
2. How Drupal's Batch API works ?
3. Use cases.

I. Why do we need Batch API

Have you get error related to our-of-memory issue or PHP timeout when perform some expensive tasks like import content from third-party, delete hundred thousand nodes ... in Drupal site ?
Batch API is one of solution for above issue. Drupal’s Batch API support us breaks complex, big task into smaller tasks as real our life, the big thing can be do easier if we break it into smaller parts then handle them.

2. How Drupal's Batch API works ?

Here is a sketch to understand the mechanism of batch in Drupal.

Batch API Drupal 8

3. Use cases

You may see batch when deleting an user account and make its content belong to the Anonymous user in Drupal site (Batch was use because we my have thousand content need make belong Anonymous).

Delete user in Drupal

Or bulk generate URL alias (Batch was used because you may have thousand nodes, medias, users, entities need to update, generate URL alias)

Bulk generate url alias

 

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