Parse Question

Submitted by pgabriel on Mon, 2007-01-08 20:45 in Price Tapestry

Hi.

I have just bought Price Tapestry script. I`m wondering how can i parse a feed like: mydomain.com/feed.xml . The XML feed is available on a site. How can i parse it just like Magic Parser does. I mean, not just upload an csv in the feed directory, only enter the link. I saw that magic parser does this thing, price tapestry is based on magic parser, so i believe there is a trick. A feed just like this: http://www.pricetapestry.com/taxonomy/term/2/0/feed

Thanks in advance.

Hi there, Whilst Magic

Submitted by support on Mon, 2007-01-08 21:16

Hi there,

Whilst Magic Parser can (assuming that PHP is configured correctly) open a feed from a URL; this is not part of the way the Price Tapestry script works as it designed around the /feeds directory being the central repository of merchant feed data.

Also, because the process of importing a product feed is multi-step; it is not ideally suited to having those feeds opened via URL; as the feed would have to be requested multiple times, and this can means a large transfer and delay each time.

In the long run, the best solution is to automate the retrieval of these URLs using cron / other utilities available to you on your server, as described in this thread:

http://www.pricetapestry.com/node/198

Hope this helps,
Regards,
David.

Thanks for your fast reply.

Submitted by pgabriel on Mon, 2007-01-08 21:31

Thanks for your fast reply. I will read that thread and i will make an idea.

Thanks,
Gabriel