Tutorial

Extension externalimport_tut provides an extensive tutorial about external import. It makes use of many configuration options. All examples are discussed in the extension's manual.

Test extension

Extension externalimport_test also contains many example configurations which are use for integration (functional) testing. The extension itself does not contain a detailed documentation like the tutorial, but it is still a useful resource. The many scenarios and features covered in that extension are briefly mentioned below to help you find your way around it. It is structured according to the file names containing the TCA, either in Configuration/TCA.

tx_externalimporttest_bundle.php

Scenario: import of 1:n relationships (bundles to products) with denormalized data, preserving sorting order, using multipleRows and multipleSorting.

Additional usage of: additional fields, user function transformations, array path (at column level).

tx_externalimporttest_designer.php

Scenario: import data (designers) nested inside other data (products) in a XML structure using XPath (nodepath property).

tx_externalimporttest_invoice.php

Scenario: import denormalized data from a XML file with namespaced tags, using properties namespaces and fieldNS.

tx_externalimporttest_order.php

Scenario: import 1:n relationships (orders to products) from nested data into an IRRE structure. Usage of arrayPath (at general level), substructureFields and children properties.

tx_externalimporttest_product.php

Products are used for testing several scenarios. They are described below according to the configuration key:

  • base: usage of an EventListener (listening to Cobweb\ExternalImport\Event\ProcessConnectorParametersEvent), of a custom step, of XPath at column level (property xpath); creation of 1:n relations to tags from comma-separated values (property multipleValuesSeparator) and creation of file references using both substructureFields and children properties.

  • more: simpler import scenario than "base", but from a siliar XML structure and thus the same mapping. Tests the usage of the useColumnIndex property.

  • stable: same as "more", testing the disabling of both "update" and "delete" operations, using property disabledOperations.

  • products_for_stores: creation of m:n relations between stores and products, from the product side. Again usage of the children property for creating IRRE entries.

  • general_configuration_errors: as the name implies, this configuration contains many errors and is used for testing the general configuration validator.

  • updated_products: importing products that change name (for testing the updateSlugs property) and also that change "pid" (for testing the moving of records).

tx_externalimporttest_store.php

Scenario: import stores and their m:n relations to products, from the store side, again usage of the children property for creating IRRE entries.

tx_externalimporttest_tag.php

Like products, tags are used to test several scenarios:

  • 0: usage of a custom step to filter out some entries.

  • only-delete: this one is really specific to integration testing, as it is used to test the deletion of existing tags (loaded from a fixture during testing) when importing.

  • api: tests the usage of External Import as an API. See class \Cobweb\ExternalimportTest\Command\ImportCommand.

Overrides/pages.php

Scenario: importing some data (in this case products) as pages to test ordering and nesting (some pages are children of others). The configuration itself is very simple.

Overrides/sys_category.php

Two scenarios are tested here:

  • product_categories: simple import into an existing table, extending for storing the external id.

  • column_configuration_errors: this configuration contains many errors and is used for testing the column configuration validator.

Overrides/tx_externalimporttest_product.php

This is just used to demonstrate how to make a table categorizable and import categories relationships. It is related to the "base" configuration for products above.