DataSync FeedAPI

andrewlevine - April 3, 2009 - 18:31

DataSync FeedAPI imports FeedAPI feeds using DataSync instead of with hook_cron.

There are several benefits to doing this:

It prevents FeedAPI imports from timing out cron.php and ensures FeedAPI imports run on schedule even if another long-running hook_cron job is running.
It allows you to specify different schedules for different feeds (eg. you can run one feed import every hour and another every day). Normally, FeedAPI runs on every cron run.
You can use DataSync's error-handling support which will rollback all database changes in the case of an error and reschedule the feed import to rerun.
You can extend the default DataSync FeedAPI job class to run your own custom jobs.

Read the README.txt for installation instructions.