Displaying shop products automatically after import

Tinterweb · Jul 1st 2019

I've imported approx 500 Products into Perch Shop but none of them appear on the front end until I re-save individually. (The status for all is set to 'active'.) Is there something I need to do when importing to enable them immediately.

drewm · Jul 1st 2019

There shouldn't be. Can you show us what you're doing?

Tinterweb · Jul 1st 2019

I just used the example script with a few extra fields and basic default product template.

PHP

<?php
include('perch/runtime.php');
$API = new PerchAPI(1.0, 'my_importer');
$Importer = $API->get('PerchShopProductImporter');
try {
$Importer->add_item([
'sku' => '1234',
'title' => 'Sample Chair',
'slug' => 'sample-chair',
'description' => 'A contemporary chair with a lovely design',
'image' => '',
'image_assetID' => 542,
'img_desc' => 'Sample Chair',
'status' => true,
'brand' => 1,
'category' => ['products/chairs/','products/side-chairs/'],
'furntype' => ['furniture-type/contemporary/'],
'venuetype' => ['venue-type/bar/','venue-type/bistro/','venue-type/cafe/','venue-type/restaurant/'],
'catalog_only' => true,
'price' => ['gbp' => 0],
'tax_group' => 1,
'stock_status' => 1,
'stock_level' => 1000,
'stock_location' => true,
'max_in_cart' => 1,
'requires_shipping' => false,
'weight' => 1000,
'depth' => 500,
'width' => 430,
'height' => 840
]);
} catch (Exception $e) {
die('Error => '.$e->getMessage());
}
?>

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Then to display products:-

PHP

<?php perch_shop_products(); ?>

Byron Fitzgerald · Jul 3rd 2019

It looks like when you are importing the new product you aren't indexing them. As perch shop requires an index table to filter on it won't match the non indexed products, which is why saving is fixing the issue.

Hopefully the snippet below will help

PHP

$Posts = new PerchShop_Products();
$result = $Importer->add_item($productData);
/**
* Index product
*/
if ($result) {
$newProduct = $Products->find($result['id']);
$newProduct->index();
}

Tinterweb · Jul 15th 2019

Thanks, I've only just seen this, that's great thanks

drewm Jul 1st 2019