DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'Essence#{type}' content is deprecated. Please use a '#{type}' instead

[chiperific]

• Alchemy Version: 6.0.12
• Rails Version: 6.1.7

Here's a small sample of my server log:

DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssenceText' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Text' ingredient instead. (called from block (2 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__hero_html_haml__11520142127363993_46000 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_hero.html.haml:62)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssenceRichtext' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Richtext' ingredient instead. (called from block (2 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__hero_html_haml__11520142127363993_46000 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_hero.html.haml:63)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssencePicture' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Picture' ingredient instead. (called from block (3 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__three_column_gallery_html_haml___3496305864658709818_46100 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_three_column_gallery.html.haml:16)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssenceSelect' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Select' ingredient instead. (called from block (2 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__button_html_haml___2089347646595429945_46140 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_button.html.haml:12)
DEPRECATION WARNING: available is deprecated and will be removed from Alchemy 6.1 (use published instead) (called from block in available at /Users/ckragt/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.3@genoneparenting/gems/activerecord-6.1.7/lib/active_record/relation/delegation.rb:67)
DEPRECATION WARNING: available is deprecated and will be removed from Alchemy 6.1 (use published instead) (called from block in available at /Users/ckragt/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.1.3@genoneparenting/gems/activerecord-6.1.7/lib/active_record/relation/delegation.rb:67)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssenceRichtext' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Richtext' ingredient instead. (called from block (2 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__review_html_haml___2279482769069987844_46200 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_review.html.haml:11)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssenceText' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Text' ingredient instead. (called from block (2 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__review_html_haml___2279482769069987844_46200 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_review.html.haml:13)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssenceRichtext' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Richtext' ingredient instead. (called from block (2 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__review_html_haml___2279482769069987844_46200 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_review.html.haml:11)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssenceText' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Text' ingredient instead. (called from block (2 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__review_html_haml___2279482769069987844_46200 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_review.html.haml:13)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssenceRichtext' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Richtext' ingredient instead. (called from block (2 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__review_html_haml___2279482769069987844_46200 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_review.html.haml:11)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssenceText' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Text' ingredient instead. (called from block (2 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__review_html_haml___2279482769069987844_46200 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_review.html.haml:13)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssencePicture' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Picture' ingredient instead. (called from block (3 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__header_html_haml__443379875146908904_46300 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_header.html.haml:6)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssenceText' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Text' ingredient instead. (called from block (2 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__icon_link_html_haml___4072561704295074464_46500 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_icon_link.html.haml:4)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssenceText' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Text' ingredient instead. (called from block (2 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__icon_link_html_haml___4072561704295074464_46500 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_icon_link.html.haml:4)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssenceText' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Text' ingredient instead. (called from block (3 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__icon_link_html_haml___4072561704295074464_46500 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_icon_link.html.haml:5)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssenceText' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Text' ingredient instead. (called from block (2 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__icon_link_html_haml___4072561704295074464_46500 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_icon_link.html.haml:4)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssenceText' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Text' ingredient instead. (called from block (2 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__icon_link_html_haml___4072561704295074464_46500 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_icon_link.html.haml:4)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssenceText' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Text' ingredient instead. (called from block (3 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__icon_link_html_haml___4072561704295074464_46500 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_icon_link.html.haml:5)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssencePicture' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Picture' ingredient instead. (called from block (3 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__footer_html_haml___2118567664489782134_46540 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_footer.html.haml:6)
DEPRECATION WARNING: Using a 'EssenceText' content is deprecated. Please use a 'Text' ingredient instead. (called from block (2 levels) in _app_views_alchemy_elements__footer_html_haml___2118567664489782134_46540 at /Users/ckragt/ruby/genoneparenting/app/views/alchemy/elements/_footer.html.haml:12)

Not only do these a totally pollute my logs, The suggested fix doesn't exist yet. The schema is all Essence#{type} tables.

I see Alchemy::Deprecation.silence but it takes a block and I don't want to pass my entire app into that block.

What's my recommended fix here?

[tvdeyen]

The suggested fix doesn't exist yet

Have you tried using

- name: icon_link
  ingredients:
    - name: some-thing
      type: Text

instead of

- name: icon_link
  contents:
    - name: some-thing
      type: EssenceText

in your elements.yml?

The schema is all Essence#{type} tables

We still support both, but ingredients is the future. Hence the deprecation warnings.

[chiperific]

When I try switching from Essence#{type} to #{Type} in elements.yml I get strange errors in the Admin interface.

Things like

uninitialized constant Alchemy::Text
candidate = constant.const_get(name)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^

uninitialized constant Alchemy::Richtext

            candidate = constant.const_get(name)
                                ^^^^^^^^^^

And I can't access those classes myself in a console either.

[tvdeyen]

The classes are all namespaced to Alchemy::Ingredients see https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/tree/main/app/models/alchemy/ingredients

You need to run a task to convert the existing elements to ingredients:

bin/rake alchemy:upgrade:6.0:create_ingredients

[chiperific]

Is there a built-in way to migrate Essence#{type} records to Ingredients?

[tvdeyen]

Yes, the above mentioned task

[chiperific]

Do I need to change something in my elements.yml file? running the task seems to do nothing.

I tried changing contents: to ingredients:, but then the task fails with an error about "Role is undefined"

[chiperific]

>> Alchemy::Element.all.size
=> 56
>> Alchemy::Ingredient.all.size
=> 0

$ rake alchemy:upgrade:6.0:create_ingredients
Running via Spring preloader in process 4792

Create ingredients for elements with ingredients defined
--------------------------------------------------------
== Done.

>> Alchemy::Element.all.size
=> 56
>> Alchemy::Ingredient.all.size
=> 0

[tvdeyen]

Sorry, you also need to change name to role for every ingredient.

Then run the task.

Some background in this change can be found in this PR #2061 (comment)

We really need to update the guides...

[chiperific]

Ok, that worked. Could I drop the "alchemy_essence_#{type}" tables from the database now?

[tvdeyen]

Since the Models are loaded in production and Rails would fail without the tables, I would not recommend that. They do no harm.