Is it possible to add an image to a node programmatically?
Here is an example code using which you can use with node_save
$filepath = drupal_realpath('misc/druplicon.png');
// Create managed File object and associate with Image field.
$file = (object) array(
'uid' => 1,
'uri' => $filepath,
'filemime' => file_get_mimetype($filepath),
'status' => 1,
);
// We save the file to the root of the files directory.
$file = file_copy($file, 'public://');
$node->field_image[LANGUAGE_NONE][0] = (array)$file;
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