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Automatic slow import

Submitted by blogmaster2003 on Thu, 2010-04-08 18:31 in

Hi

i have more than 200.000 products and when i try to automate them, sometimes i have 100.000 products to update (in several feeds)

And it seems my vps cant handle it, can i automate all but useing the slow import tool?

Submitted by support on Fri, 2010-04-09 06:33

Hi,

Yes, I can send you a scriptable version of the Slow Import Tool. Could you email me you existing automation script so that I can see the paths etc. required, and the URL of your site as I will need to construct an appropriate WGET line to call slow import (as it relies on 302 redirects).

Bear in mind that the Slow Import Tool can only be used with CSV feeds - the method is not compatible with XML feeds; however if you do need to reduce the server load at import time and the Slow Import Tool is not an option the sleep every 100 products (or as required) mod from the following comment can help significantly...

http://www.pricetapestry.com/node/2165#comment-8903

Cheers,
David.