Custom Entities with Drupal Console - Daily Dose of Drupal Episode 226

In the last episode we covered creating a Drupal 8 module with Drupal Console. In the episode before that, we covered using the ECK module to create custom entities. In this episode, we cover how you can use Drupal Console to scaffold out custom entities on your Drupal 8 website. Sometimes it’s better to custom create a simple entity for a specific purpose. By creating an entity in your module rather than through the UI you are already in the code if you have a more custom use case than just a simple entity.

While you won’t find yourself needing to create a custom entity that often, using Drupal console makes it incredibly easy.

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[southern_smacker]

Thanks bro. Your videos have helped me understand Drupal development long before Drupal association / Acquia itself started rolling out tutorials.
However, one suggestion I have for you is that rather than doing your videos on random topics, just combine them in a playlist series. This will be one of the most comprehensive series available on Drupal.

[yvoznyak]

Thank you very much for this video. I spent 50 hours tryin’ to do the same thing manually by writing code. Drupal console is the game changer!

[akramzairig]

Good tutorial (y)
Can you please give us some cases/scenarios where we need to create a custom content entity ?

[alisumak]

Hi, Thanks for video. I wonder what's the benefits of custom entity. Why do we need create custom entites instead of creating custom content types? Is it about higher performance or something else. Thanks

[joaoclobocar]

Very good!
Can you tell how to add new fields to existing custom entities?

[ChrisphaBrown]

Sadly drupal console not working with Drupal 9