Example of API method "insertAPIEntry()" wanted. Can API method "db.entryCopier()" return newly created entry or root node id?

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Since the unclear and lack of documentation of some API method.
I would rather ask for a helping hand in here.

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Calling insertAPIEntry simply returns an APIEntry object where you can call save() to save it to the database as a new record.

Currently db.entryCopier() only returns a message of success or not. You should be able to call response.getRootNodeId() to retrieve the entryRootNodeId.

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I spent some time tinkering and this is what I found:
db.entryCopier() is an all-in-one version of insertAPIEntry(). But you cannot return the node id or any data from. But InsertAPIEntry() can. Here is a bit of code I wrote that copies information from the current entry, creates a new entry with that data, and then returns the new entry’s ID, and automatically links the current entry to the new entry in a link field I created.

function test(CurrentID){
  var query = db.getAPIQuery("/backend2/3");
  var entryCurrent = query.getAPIEntry(CurrentID);
  
  var Field1 = entryC.getFieldValue(1000435);
  var Field2 = entryC.getFieldValue(1000436);
  
  var entryNew = query.insertAPIEntry();
  entryNew.setFieldValue(1000435, Field1);
  entryNew.save();
  var NewID = entryNew.getRootNodeId();
  entryNew = query.getAPIEntry(NewID);
  var LinkFieldID = entryNew.getFieldValue(1000439);
  entryCurrent.setFieldValue(1000440, LinkFieldID);
  entryCurrent.save();
}
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Nice Justin :facepunch: