How to edit the Sitecore Image Field from codebehind

Question

I have a sitecore Item 'CurrentItem' with a field "image". I am editing it from code behind as follows:

//Get the Image from /sitecore/media library/Images/Test
Item imageItem = Sitecore.Context.Database.GetItem("{AEBB3071-3462-405C-9CD3-A2B515B343D1}")
//Edit   
CurrentItem.Editing.BeginEdit();
CurrentItem["image"] = imageItem.ToString();
CurrentItem.Editing.EndEdit();

PS: imageItem is a picture under /sitecore/media library/Images/Test

I also tried with CurrentItem["image"] = imageItem.Paths.Path; But still no luck.

Answer 1

You need to take the field as ImageField and set the MediaID property to the ID of the MediaItem:

//Get the Image from /sitecore/media library/Images/Test
Sitecore.Data.Items.MediaItem imageItem = Sitecore.Context.Database.GetItem("{AEBB3071-3462-405C-9CD3-A2B515B343D1}")
//Edit   
CurrentItem.Editing.BeginEdit();
var imageField = CurrentItem.Fields["image"] as ImageField;
imageField.MediaID = imageItem.ID;
imageField.MediaPath = imageItem.MediaPath;
CurrentItem.Editing.EndEdit();

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