Importing your products
Importing/Updating products through a combination of a custom import script and Magmi is fairly standard practice for magento websites. The easiest way is to- upload your CSV file using FTP/SFTP/SCP.
- Upload your Images using FTP/SFTP/SCP.
- Execute a command line call to the import script.
Below are the reference details that you will need before beginning:
Reference:
<username>: your username
<server>: your backend server
<serverkey>: your computers private key which corresponds to the public key on the server
<sourcefile>: the path on your computer to the source file
<destinationfile> : the path on the server to the destination file
<pathtocustomimportscript> : the path on the server to the custom import script
Uploading your CSV (scp = Secure copy option)
Command to execute:
scp -i ~/.ssh/<serverkey> <sourcefile> <username>@<server>:/<destinationfile>
Example:
scp -i ~/.ssh/marcserverprivatekey ~/documents/ecomsite_products.csv marc@backend.myserver.com:~/www/var/import/ecomsite_products.csv
The output will be shown in your terminal.
Uploading your product images (scp = Secure copy option)
Command to execute:
scp -i ~/.ssh/<serverkey> <sourcefile> <username>@<server>:/<destinationfile>
Example:
scp -i ~/.ssh/marcserverprivatekey /Users/marc/documents/products marc@backend.myserver.com:~/www/media/import/products
The output will be shown in your terminal.
Execute a command line call to the import script.
Command to execute:ssh -i ~/.ssh/<serverkey> <username>@<server> 'php <pathtocustomimportscript>'
Example:
ssh -i ~/.ssh/marcserverprivatekey marc@backend.myserver.com 'php ~/update/import_products.php'
The output will be shown in your terminal.
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