There is an export/import facility within Satchmo right now. It's meant to dump existing data into a YAML or XML format so it may not meet all your needs but you should take a look at it.
-Chris On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 12:12 PM, hugh muirhead <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > hi, would it be difficult to import a .csv of: product description, price, > image, weight, dimensions, inventory, and product number, are there any > existing scripts?, thanks. > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Ben Eliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> >> i'm working on an app which controls satchmo products from google >> spreadsheets as a means to manage a large product database. It could >> be used for import only or for ongoing management. However it's only >> just get tested for the first time right now, and it's very alpha, no >> real tesing, full of print statements etc. >> >> Few things about it: you can only have one option group per product, >> you need to be using satchmo with the recent brands app udpate, you >> need the pydata google module installed, it doesnt understand anything >> outside the product model except price, within the product model it >> doesn't undestand taxclass and also_purchased fields (though this >> could be written in reasonably easily). For images you also need to be >> able to mount an ftp server folder within your MEDIA_ROOT/images >> directory (it'll survive without this though). The organising >> principle is brand, each brand having its own worksheet, updates >> taking place per brand. One last thing, it's infernally complicated >> and probably soon will need a big refactor when satchmo gets it >> product app refactor which apparently is coming soon, in case you're >> waiting for that. >> >> Having said all that when it works it's pretty cool especially the >> image sync which syncs an ftp folder to the products database using a >> naming convention on the images. Usefully, it has also allowed the >> client to stay busy preparing all the product listings while we work >> on the site. So far, it's going through its first test with the client >> right now successfully. >> >> If that hasn't put you off i'll post if on a public source somewhere. >> Let me know. >> >> >> >> On 29 Oct 2008, at 04:45, geezer wrote: >> >> > >> > hi, i was wondering if there was a mass import app?, that could import >> > thousands of products?, thanks. >> > > >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
