Answers.Body: <p>I figured it out, didn't realise all I had to do was pass array like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$entry-&gt;getContent()-&gt;address = array('lat' =&gt; $lat, 'lng' =&gt; $lng, 'street1' =&gt; $street1, 'zip' =&gt; $postcode);
  </code></pre>
  
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Answers.Text: +1 Perfect! Beat me to it, but your answer is spot on. :)
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Answers.Text: Super useful, thanks. Arrived here after having problems instantiating a `SmartMap_AddressModel`, setting its properties, then assigning it to the field name property of an `EntryModel` object.
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Answers.UserDisplayName: Dave Coggins
Body: <p>I have a console command plugin that needs to periodically go and fetch property data via API and import it into Craft. I can pull in basic property information but when it comes to importing the data into Smart Map field I'm a bit lost as how to format the data so that it saves correctly. Has anyone had to do this before?</p>
  
  <p>Edit:</p>
  
  <p>I don't think the console command part should make much difference. Basically I am trying to save a smartmapfield on my entry. From the API I am using I get a string with the full address. I first extract the postcode and then use the smartmap plugin to get the Lat and Lng values:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$postcode = $matches[0]; 
  
  //Look up Latitude and Longitude from Google API
  
  $response = craft()-&gt;smartMap-&gt;lookupCoords($postcode);
  $lat = $response['lat'];
  $lng = $response['lng'];
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What I am not sure of is how to format this data so that it can be saved to the entry. So for standard fields thats straight forward:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$entry-&gt;getContent()-&gt;title = $property['RoomName'];
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How do I do this for my smartmap field?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Hi Dave. I haven't used the console command, but if you can show us what your code looks like so far, I may be able to help.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Lindsey D
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-06-16T21:25:24.140Z
Comments.Text: Hi Lindsey I have updated my question with more details, basically I'm trying to work out how to save an entry with smartmap field from within a plugin
Comments.UserDisplayName: Dave Coggins
Tags: <plugin-smartmap>
Title: How to programmatically set a Smart Map address field in plugin
ThreadText: # How to programmatically set a Smart Map address field in plugin
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-16)
  
  I have a console command plugin that needs to periodically go and fetch property data via API and import it into Craft. I can pull in basic property information but when it comes to importing the data into Smart Map field I'm a bit lost as how to format the data so that it saves correctly. Has anyone had to do this before?
  
  Edit:
  
  I don't think the console command part should make much difference. Basically I am trying to save a smartmapfield on my entry. From the API I am using I get a string with the full address. I first extract the postcode and then use the smartmap plugin to get the Lat and Lng values:
  
  ```
  $postcode = $matches[0]; 
  
  //Look up Latitude and Longitude from Google API
  
  $response = craft()->smartMap->lookupCoords($postcode);
  $lat = $response['lat'];
  $lng = $response['lng'];
  
  ```
  
  What I am not sure of is how to format this data so that it can be saved to the entry. So for standard fields thats straight forward:
  
  ```
  $entry->getContent()->title = $property['RoomName'];
  
  ```
  
  How do I do this for my smartmap field?
  
  **Tags:** plugin-smartmap
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Hi username_0. I haven't used the console command, but if you can show us what your code looks like so far, I may be able to help.  
  > **username_0**: Hi username_1 I have updated my question with more details, basically I'm trying to work out how to save an entry with smartmap field from within a plugin  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2016-06-17. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
  
  I figured it out, didn't realise all I had to do was pass array like so:
  
  ```
  $entry->getContent()->address = array('lat' => $lat, 'lng' => $lng, 'street1' => $street1, 'zip' => $postcode);
  
  ```
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: +1 Perfect! Beat me to it, but your answer is spot on. :)  
  > **username_2**: Super useful, thanks. Arrived here after having problems instantiating a `SmartMap_AddressModel`, setting its properties, then assigning it to the field name property of an `EntryModel` object.  
  
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