I have a custom module and I would like it to programmatically make one of my Feeds importers run.

I searched and used Google but can't seem to find anything on this subject.

1- Is it posisble? (I'm sure it must be :)
2- Could someone give me an example or point me to a resource that explains how to do this?

Thanks!

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alex_b’s picture

alex_b commented
Status: Active » Fixed

I just added more documentation on "Programmatic operations" to http://drupal.org/node/622700 - this should answer your questions.

Anonymous’s picture

Anonymous (not verified) commented

Thank you!

In my case I have added some file uploaded functionality to the user's profile page. Users will upload a CSV file of places they have visited, and once uploaded I want to trigger my CSV Feeds importer to run, using the uploaded file.

From what you wrote, I can guess that the important line for me is the one below (I don't especially need a progress bar)

while (FEEDS_BATCH_COMPLETE != feeds_source('my_importer_id', $node->nid)->import());

A few questions:

1- my_importer_id is the machine name of the importer, correct?
2- Why the need for a $node->nid?

Thanks!

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Anonymous (not verified) commented
Category: support » feature

I've played around with the code and have gotten the following to work:

  $myFeed = feeds_source('geocache_importer');
  $config = array('FeedsFileFetcher'=>array('source'=>'sites/default/files/' . $file));
  $myFeed->addConfig($config);
  while (FEEDS_BATCH_COMPLETE != $myFeed->import());

I've tried it with a test file that contains just one CSV line entry and so far so good. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

Closing this issue and I'm raising a new issue at http://drupal.org/node/753580 for a feature request to add a method to change the feed source's Fetcher's source:

feeds_source->setFetcherSource()

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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Sinan Erdem commented
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

I am using this code in an action of a rule:

  $myFeed = feeds_source('my_importer');
  $config = array('FeedsFileFetcher'=>array('source'=>'sites/default/files/myfile.xml'));
  $myFeed->addConfig($config);
  while (FEEDS_BATCH_COMPLETE != $myFeed->import());

When the rule is triggered it gives the following error:

warning: file_get_contents(): Filename cannot be empty in /var/www/html/otty.fundeon.nl/sites/all/modules/feeds/plugins/FeedsFileFetcher.inc on line 28.

Feeds XPath parser: The XML document is empty.

I also tried 'FeedsHTTPFetcher' instead of 'FeedsFileFetcher' but it doesnt change anything.

Thanks in advance....

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automaticerik commented

I've followed everything in here, but it looks like all of this is in reference to a feed that isn't attached to a node. If I have a feed that is attached to a node, how should this be accomplished?

EDIT: Nevermind, found that feeds_source takes a node id as a second argument. Now it works great!

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wuinfo - bill wu commented

If I develop an stand alone php page to trigger the importer, what are the complete set of required php or inc pages needed?

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rbennata commented

I'm trying to run the import from an external shell so my code looks like:

        define("DRUPAL_ROOT", "/opt/bitnami/apps/drupal/htdocs/");
        $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']="127.0.0.1";
        require_once '../../../includes/bootstrap.inc';
        drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL);

        error_reporting(E_ALL);

        $feed = $_SERVER['argv'][1];
        $folder = $_SERVER['argv'][2];
        $files = glob($folder . "*.csv");

        foreach($files as $filename) {
                print (date("m/d/Y h:i:s a", time()) . ": Starting import for $filename\n");
                $feedSource = feeds_source($feed);
                $config = $feedSource->getConfig();
                $config['FeedsFileFetcher']['source'] = $filename;
                $feedSource->setConfig($config);
                $feedSource->save();
                while (FEEDS_BATCH_COMPLETE != $feedSource->import());
                print (date("m/d/Y h:i:s a", time()) . ": Ended import for $filename\n");
        }

It runs, and it even shows on the feed log with "node created" or "node updated". But the nodes are not really created or updated to the database.

Is there some "commit" I also need to do because it is a separate process?
Or - what is wrong with this code?
(this is D7)

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sisko commented
Version: 6.x-1.0-alpha12 » 7.x-2.0-alpha8

@Sinan Erdem: I tried your code (#5) in a Rule action on a D7 site and it worked fine

Thank you!

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peter panes commented
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Is there an easy way to pass the feed itself in from a variable?
Otherwise im just creating extra work and load by saving the contents of the variable to a file just so the feed importer can can load it from the file.

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timellemeet commented

@peter panes

I tweaked feeds callback fetcher. Instead of passing on a function name a pass on a variable and have a default function simply return that function.

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thomaswalther commented

I need to know this for 8.x: https://www.drupal.org/project/feeds/issues/3202429

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