Comments on: Magento: Category Import Script?

By: Ruchir

Ruchir — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:28:42 +0000

Hello,

Here is a solution for all of you….I’ve made this one since long time…i’ve used myself too…so its 100% working.

see details : http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1531367

Regards,
Ruchir

By: Josh Pratt

Josh Pratt — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:11:29 +0000

Captain Tycoon – No, I stopped work on this a long time ago. I’d suggest an amazing product import extension that does categories too called uRapidFlow (http://www.unirgy.com)

By: Captain Tycoon

Captain Tycoon — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:56:58 +0000

Any luck on this? I’m trying to import over 500 categories (with sub’s). This is because I am importing over 25,000 products from a drop shipper.

Would really like to know how I can import / map the categories…

By: robert

robert — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:47:34 +0000

i think they have that already

but i wasn’t able to install it yet.

can anyone create a simple how to guide?

http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/how-to/how_to_import_category_structure_with_products_using_dataflow

By: Bash

Bash — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:03:59 +0000

Did you ever figure out a good way to import categories in Magento?

By: John

John — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:25:04 +0000

I would love to have a utility that imported categories, a bit like easy populate does in OS commerce (did I just swear

Vinai’s got the idea right, with the structure – I’m surprised that something like this isn’t already built into magento, but that would be too easy….

I would definitley pay for this scripts as it could save me hours/days of time.

All the best,
John

By: websuperman

websuperman — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:45:45 +0000

I think it might be most flexible to allow a single category in the import file and have the script look at a seperate configuration file that “maps” category fields from the import file to the category in magento. It’s kinda a set it and forget it kind of thing but would also allow merchants that get product data from various sources to create their own category schema and map it in the configuration file without first having to fix their data being imported. This would also allow multiple categories from the input file to be mapped to a single category. IE. “Thumbtacks” and “PushPins” could both be mapped to “Bulletin Board Supplies” something like

This is just a quick idea of how the config file could be. It could also be used to set defaults for categories in the event it’s not specified in the import file. Things like weight, additional shippig cost, thumbnail image, etc. like:

By: Josh Pratt

Josh Pratt — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:35:55 +0000

Very good idea Vinai! You could definitely run into issues with multiple category names that are the same name.

By: Vinai

Vinai — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:34:14 +0000

Ah, I was a bit unclear…

This could be a simple structure:

/Shoes/Men/Sports
/Shoes/Men/Business
/Shoes/Women/Sports
/Shoes/Women/Sports/Biking
/Shoes/Women/Leisure
/Shoes/Children
/Clothing/Children
/Clothing/Women/Business

and so on

By: Vinai

Vinai — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:30:26 +0000

I don’t think csv is suited.
The problem with names is that there can be more then one category with the same name, e.g. Women / Shirts / Leisure and Men / Shirts / Leisure

Why not import using “paths” like the above? The seperator could be configurabe so it doesn’t have to be a slash, in case that’s used in a category name.

I think it also would be neat to be able to specify the category id, too, maybe Women (1) / Shirts (5) / Leisure (7)
But that might be a bit too messy

This tool would be great!