I want to pull data from multiple sources (possibly in different formats) into the same nodes. For example, I may want to create and update a bunch of "movie" nodes from a movies.xml file and add the show times for these movies to the same node using movieTimes.xml. I know I can create separate nodes and reference them or create my own processor to save the times in a separate table, but lets say I want to save the times into the same node using a date CCK field without writing any (or much) code. Is there currently a way to do that?

I am working on a processor called additionalNodeDataProcessor which attaches to a parent feed and would only update nodes from that feed (it would not create any nodes). This, in addition to #753426: Partial update of nodes, I believe, would make my scenario possible. Would a patch that used this approach be acceptable? Would you suggest a different approach?

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alex_b’s picture

alex_b commented
Category: feature » support
Status: Active » Fixed

That approach looks solid. Actually all you need from Feeds is #753426: Partial update of nodes as you're looking at implementing a custom processor that does not create new nodes.

Closing assuming that an 'only update' mode is not a feature request at this point. If it *is* - please open a separate issue. Thanks!

andrewlevine’s picture

andrewlevine commented

It is actually "update only" mode + the ability to attachment to a parent feed (feed_nid), since the processor will have to have some way to differentiate between distinct and related feeds.

Would you be interested in a patch integrating this functionality into Feeds or do you think it should be a separate custom (maybe contrib?) module?

I am working on this either way so let me know if it would be helpful for me to roll a patch adding this to "core" Feeds module.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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

sagar ramgade’s picture

sagar ramgade commented

Hi,

I am also struggling with the same requirement, I want to save nodes from the first source and update same nodes basically update few cck nodes.
I tried the patch(http://drupal.org/node/753426#comment-3145468) in #753426: Partial update of nodes but it doesn't work, could you please help?

andrewlevine’s picture

andrewlevine commented

Sagar, I have a solution for this problem that depends on #753426: Partial update of nodes getting in. I will conrtibute the module to drupal.org and announce it in this issue once that patch is committed.

sagar ramgade’s picture

sagar ramgade commented

Hi,

Thanks for the reply would you mind sharing it, I had applied the mentioned patch.
Thank you in advance.

Marco Palmero’s picture

Marco Palmero commented
Issue tags: +Feeds, +drupal aggregate to comment, +drupal feed aggregator append to a node, +append to same node, +add feed to same node, +rss to same node

subscribe (and added a few tags)

andrewlevine’s picture

andrewlevine commented

Sagar and Marco (and anyone else), here is the project that makes multiple feeds import into the same nodes: http://drupal.org/project/feeds_node_multisource

sagar ramgade’s picture

sagar ramgade commented

Thank you andrew, i truly appreciate your efforts. I will surely test this module.

shaundychko’s picture

shaundychko
Location Vancouver, Canada
commented

A solution that's less elegant than http://drupal.org/project/feeds_node_multisource, but which works for me, is to export a feeds config to a module as described on http://drupal.org/node/622698, then modify the feed config and export it again to a second module. So long as both feeds export modules use the same id on the lines: 

...
  $feeds_importer->id = 'myimporter';
...
  $export['myimporter'] = $feeds_importer;

then they will both import to the same nodes. When one of these modules is enabled, the other should probably be disabled.