Create a new Modx resource with the API

// first, define what we want to create:
  $parent       = 42;
  $pagetitle    = 'Example Page';
  $longtitle    = 'Example - A New Document Created Through The Modx API';
  $alias        = 'example-page';
  $description  = 'Example description...';
  $template     = 5;
  $published    = 1;
  $content      = '<p>This is some sample content.</p>';
  $tv_img       = 'example.jpg';

// secondly, create the new resource and save it:
$doc = $modx->newObject('modDocument');
  $doc->set('parent',$parent);
  $doc->set('pagetitle',$pagetitle);
  $doc->set('longtitle',$longtitle);
  $doc->set('alias',$alias);
  $doc->set('description',$description);
  $doc->set('template',$template);
  $doc->set('published',$published);
  $doc->setContent($content);

  $doc->save();

// thirdly, retrieve the newly created resource so we set its TV values:
  $newdoc = $modx->getObject('modDocument', array('pagetitle'=>$pagetitle));
  $id = $newdoc->get('id');
  $tv = $modx->getObject('modTemplateVar',array('name'=>'Category_Thumb'));
  $tv->setValue($id,$tv_img);
  $tv->save();

	/** 
	 * Recursively adds resources to a specified context
	 *
	 * @param $resources An array of resources to create
	 *
	 * @return bool
	 */
	public function createResources(array $resources = array(), $context = '') {
		if ( !empty($context) ) {
			foreach ($resources as $resource) {

				if ( !empty($resource['class_key']) ) {
					$classkey = $resource['class_key'];
				} else {
					$classkey = 'modResource';
				}

				$resource['context_key'] = $context;

				$resource['alias'] = !empty($resource['alias']) ? $resource['alias'] : $this->modx->call('modResource', 'filterPathSegment', array(&$this->modx, $resource['pagetitle']));

				// extract child resources
				$children = isset($resource['children']) ? $resource['children'] : array();
				unset($resource['children']);

				// get resource object for the following child resources and resource field checks (we need the parent id and the fields)
				$resobj = $this->modx->getObject($classkey, array('pagetitle' => $resource['pagetitle'], 'context_key' => $resource['context_key']));

				if ( !$resobj ) {
					$response = $this->modx->runProcessor('resource/create', $resource);

					if ( !$response->isError() ) {
						$this->log('info', 'Successfully created new resource ' . $resource['pagetitle'], __METHOD__, __LINE__);

						$resarr = $response->getObject();

						$this->log('info', '$resobj ' . print_r($resobj, 1), __METHOD__, __LINE__, 'FILE', $this->config['debug']);
					} else { 
						$this->log('error', 'Failed to create new resource ' . $resource['pagetitle'] . ', Errors: ' . implode(', ', $response->getAllErrors()), __METHOD__, __LINE__);
					}
				} else {
					$this->log('info', 'Resource with pagetitle ' . $resource['pagetitle'] . ' already exists, skipping...', __METHOD__, __LINE__);

					// initialize the update variable
					$update = false;

					// check if any existing resource field values need an update
					foreach ($resource as $field => $value) {
						if ( $value != $resobj->get($field) ) {
							$this->log('info', 'Existing resource field "' . $field . '" has not the same value as the config resource field: ' . $resobj->get($field) . ' !== ' . $value . ', updating resource object', __METHOD__, __LINE__);

							$resobj->set($field, $value);

							$update = true;
						}
					}

					// updated exting resource fields
					if ( $update ) {
						$response = $this->modx->runProcessor('resource/update', $resobj->toArray());

						if ( !$response->isError() ) {
							// we do not get back any details about the created access policy from the processor, so we just give the filename back
							$this->log('info', 'Successfully updated resource ' . $resobj->get('pagetitle'), __METHOD__, __LINE__);

							// once an update is done all changes are taken over, no need to do this for every field
							continue;

						} else { 
							$this->log('error', 'Failed to update resource ' . $resobj->get('pagetitle') . ', Errors: ' . implode(', ', $response->getAllErrors()), __METHOD__, __LINE__);
						}
					}

					// convert resource object to array for the following child resources check (we need the parent id)
					$resarr = $resobj->toArray();
				}

				// recursively create child resources
				if ( !empty($children) && isset($resarr['id']) ) {
					foreach ($children as $index => $child) {
						$children[$index]['parent'] = $resarr['id'];
					}

					$this->createResources($children, $context);
				}
			}
		}
	}

			$resources = array(
				'pagetitle' => 'Parent Resource',
				'published' => 1,
				'hidemenu'	=> 0,
				'children'	=> array(
					array(
						'pagetitle' => 'Child Resource 1',
						'published' => 1,
						'hidemenu'	=> 0,
					),
					array(
						'pagetitle' => 'Child Resource 2',
						'published' => 1,
						'hidemenu'	=> 0,
					),
					array(
						'pagetitle' => 'Child Resource 3',
						'published' => 1,
						'hidemenu'	=> 0,
					),
				),
			);

// first, define what we want to create:
  $parent       = 42;
  $pagetitle    = 'Example Page';
  $longtitle    = 'Example - A New Document Created Through The Modx API';
  $alias        = 'example-page';
  $description  = 'Example description...';
  $template     = 5;
  $published    = 1;
  $content      = '<p>This is some sample content.</p>';
  $tv_img       = 'example.jpg';
 
// secondly, create the new resource and save it:
$doc = $modx->newObject('modDocument');
  $doc->set('parent',$parent);
  $doc->set('pagetitle',$pagetitle);
  $doc->set('longtitle',$longtitle);
  $doc->set('alias',$alias);
  $doc->set('description',$description);
  $doc->set('template',$template);
  $doc->set('published',$published);
  $doc->setContent($content);
 
  $doc->save();
 
// thirdly, retrieve the newly created resource so we set its TV values:
  $newdoc = $modx->getObject('modDocument', array('pagetitle'=>$pagetitle));
  $id = $newdoc->get('id');
  $tv = $modx->getObject('modTemplateVar',array('name'=>'Category_Thumb'));
  $tv->setValue($id,$tv_img);
  $tv->save();