Thread: upload photos for products w/ diff colors

Hello,

How would I go about using WSI to import photos for my products. The products have several colors. I saw no mention in the forums about how to include colors in the import process.

I have manually uploaded photos for the colors on a few products so that users can swap through them in a swatch. I would hate to have to do this for the 800 photos I have.

Alternatively, is there a way to do this in an Excel import?

tl;dr how to upload lots of photos of products, where products have several colors?

This isn't doable through Excel, that can only handle one image per product. With WSI, just check out the Master Doc Reference, it shows how to do this:

Code:

<Images>
<Icon Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Icon>
<Medium Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Medium>
<Large Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Large>
<ImageFilenameOverride/>
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<MultiImage>
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<!--
 use index can be 1 to 10, and use blank color for "no color" image 
-->
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<Icon>
<Img Index="1" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="1" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="1" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="1" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="2" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="2" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="2" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="2" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="3" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
</Icon>
−
<Medium>
<Img Index="1" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="1" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="1" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="1" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="2" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="2" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="2" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="2" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="3" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
</Medium>
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<Large>
<Img Index="1" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="1" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="1" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="1" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="2" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="2" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="2" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="2" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
<Img Index="3" Color="" Extension="gif|jpg|png|jpeg" Delete="boolean">base64 encoded image data here</Img>
</Large>
</MultiImage>
</Images>