Automatic feed import
Submitted by johnr on Mon, 2010-02-08 06:52.Price Tapestry
Hi,
Is there a way to automatically import feeds from merchants. For example Zanox has URLs from which you import your feeds, I'd like to do it directly from the PT admin.
Thanks
Hello John,
There isn't an admin section for simply entering a URL and having it download the feed / import; for various reasons. Firstly, that sort of feature is dependent upon quite specific server configuration that is not common with regular shared hosting account; and primarily because of the limited control that it gives over the ongoing automation of a site.
What I suggest instead is setting up automation as a CRON process; using a shell script to automatically download the feeds, and import using the automation scripts in the /scripts/ folder of the Price Tapestry distribution. There's lots of detailed information, covering all the common issues in the following thread:
http://www.pricetapestry.com/node/198
However, if you don't have the facilities to do that on your hosting account there are other options such as a standalone PHP script to fetch URLs; so if you're not sure how to proceed based on the above let me know and I'll point you in the direction of other options...
Cheers,
David.