Drupal 8 Module Development - Second Edition

Managed file form element

The other obligatory method we need to implement is getConfigurationForm(), by which we define the form elements needed to configure this particular plugin. Here, we will create the file field allowing users to upload the CSV file:

/** 
 * {@inheritdoc} 
 */ 
public function getConfigurationForm(\Drupal\products\Entity\ImporterInterface $importer) { 
  $form = []; 
  $config = $importer->getPluginConfiguration(); 
  $form['file'] = [ 
    '#type' => 'managed_file', 
    '#default_value' => isset($config['file']) ? $config['file'] : '', 
    '#title' => $this->t('File'), 
    '#description' => $this->t('The CSV file containing the product records.'), 
    '#required' => TRUE, 
  ]; 
 
  return $form; 
}  

The form element type is called managed_file (implemented ...