Thread: Product Upload

Could someone provide me with a very simple xml structure to add a product with options? Once I see one I can handle it all.

I have a Product that is a Widget and has size 5lb, 10lb,15lb. and lets say I want to have this product and its options in 5 categories. (by brand, by taste, by strength, whole bean, ground)

Here is roughly what I think it should look like. Also, how do I know what all is actually required? For example, I see that the product has all the SEO fields as do the variants, but the variants wont need them since it will be part product right? Lastly, for the categories what would go in xpath?

I picture once this is run and uploaded my product page will have.

Widget
<select box with>5lb
<select box with>10lb
<select box with>15lb

Code:

<product>
.
.
.
<Mappings AutoCleanup="boolean">
<Entity EntityType="Category" Name="By Brand" XPath="string" ID="integer" GUID="uniqueidentifier" DisplayOrder="integer"/>
<Entity EntityType="Category" Name="By taste" XPath="string" ID="integer" GUID="uniqueidentifier" DisplayOrder="integer"/>
.
.
.
</Mappings>
<variants>
    <variant Action="Add">
        <name >5 lb.</name>
    </variant>
    <variant Action="Add">
       <name >10 lb.</name>
    </variant>
    <variant Action="Add">
      <name >15 lb.</name>
    </variant>
</variants>

</product>

Hopefully im not way off base here. Thanks for any insight!

p.s. I did see the W.S.I manual and used their product sample to help get me to this.

Did you check out the wsi.xml master reference in the ImportFileSamples folder where you installed the software? It's got some good examples and shows the full format.

Attached here just in case.

Actually I did look at that, and unless im missing something I didnt see any small product import samples with options.

Let me show you this and see what you think. Would the below create a product called Widget and place it in the category /By Brand/Ground/International and show three options of 5lb, 10lb and 15lb with the associated price?

Code:

<AspDotNetStorefrontImport Version="7.1" AutoLazyAdd="true" AutoCleanup="true" Verbose="true" TransactionsEnabled="true">
    <Transaction>
        <Product Action="Add" EnsureDefaultVariant="True">
            <Name>Widget</Name>
            <Description>
                Widget test desc
            </Description>
            <SKU>
                1234
            </SKU>
            <!--<SE>
            <SEName/>
            <SETitle/>
            <SEKeywords/>
            <SEDescription/>
        </SE>-->
            <TaxClass Name="Goods"/>
            <Display>
                <XmlPackage>product.variantsinrightbar.xml.config</XmlPackage>
                <ColWidth>4</ColWidth>
                <PageSize>20</PageSize>
            </Display>
            <Images UseAppConfigs="true">
                <Large Extension="jpg" UseAppConfigs="true"></Large>
                <ImageFilenameOverride>SomeImageName</ImageFilenameOverride>
            </Images>
            <ShowInProductBrowser>True</ShowInProductBrowser>
            <ShowBuyButton>True</ShowBuyButton>
            <Published>True</Published>
            <GoogleCheckoutAllowed>True</GoogleCheckoutAllowed>
            <Mappings AutoCleanup="boolean" PreserveExistingRecords="boolean">
                <Entity EntityType="Category" XPath="/By Brand/Ground/International" DisplayOrder="1" />
                <Entity EntityType="Manufacturer" Name="Genetic Mfg" DisplayOrder="1" />
            </Mappings>
            <Variants AutoCleanup="boolean">
                <Variant Action="Add">
                    <IsDefault/>
                    <Name>5 lb.</Name>
                    <Price>19.99</Price>
                </Variant>
                <Variant Action="Add">
                    <IsDefault/>
                    <Name>10 lb.</Name>
                    <Price>29.99</Price>
                </Variant>
                <Variant Action="Add">
                    <IsDefault/>
                    <Name>15 lb.</Name>
                    <Price>39.99</Price>
                </Variant>
            </Variants>
        </Product>
    </Transaction>

</AspDotNetStorefrontImport>

Hi ssgumby,
I am newbie and working on product upload . If you have succesfully uploaded products,can you please provide me one sample so that I can use it as reference