Hi All,
We have setup an Amazon webstore and we anticipate uploading 10,000+
products, and therefore to avoid unnecessary manual labor we wish to
automate as much of the process of adding and managing products as
possible. The automation process that we have in mind will require some manner of cross scripting.
We currently have a database of our products and we are able to upload
products to Amazon with no problems. Our database of products is residing on our server, and we wish to also access the Amazon control panel from our server through our scripting, and then assign the already uploaded products to the Amazon Categories via the Amazon Control
Panel. These
Categories are different from what Amazon is using. These will only be
used
in our WebStore. Once
the products have properly been assigned to the categories, then the last
step is for the script to
publish the site.
To assign Products to Categories, there's a template that we should follow
that is downloadable. See attachment (ProductCategor yMappings.xls). Also,
for your reference, attached is the same template with sample data
(ProductCategor yMappings_with_ Data.xls).
The Product's data is in our database except for Amazon's unique ID which
they call ASIN. We are already retrieving the product's ASIN after 2-3
hours
after uploading the product. This is being retrieved via Amazon's
Associate
Web Service (AWS). This will be retrieved by a script on a timely manner
via
cron job which will also create the Excel file dynamically (based on the
attached template) and populate it with the appropriate data.
Here is the problem:
- the dynamically created Excel file is not being accepted by Amazon even
if
the file can be opened/viewed by OpenOffice.org Calc and Microsoft Office
Excel. We already tried several ways to create the Excel file but to no
avail.
For Amazon to accept it, we opened the dynamically created Excel file in
Microsoft Office Excel and saved it (Open the file then click Save. Just
that). Then, we tried to upload it and it worked... May be Microsoft
Office
Excel is adding something (which we can't figure out). By the way, we have
Microsoft Office Excel 2007.
When that is solved, we should also be able to do the following
AUTOMATICALLY:
1. select a WebStore
2. after selecting a WebStore, submit the dynamically created Excel file
to
[Hide Quoted Text]
the form located in: WebStore Design > Category Management > Step 2 Assign
Products to Categories > Excel Upload
3. And, lastly, publish the selected WebStore
Thanks and Regards
codexxx
We have setup an Amazon webstore and we anticipate uploading 10,000+
products, and therefore to avoid unnecessary manual labor we wish to
automate as much of the process of adding and managing products as
possible. The automation process that we have in mind will require some manner of cross scripting.
We currently have a database of our products and we are able to upload
products to Amazon with no problems. Our database of products is residing on our server, and we wish to also access the Amazon control panel from our server through our scripting, and then assign the already uploaded products to the Amazon Categories via the Amazon Control
Panel. These
Categories are different from what Amazon is using. These will only be
used
in our WebStore. Once
the products have properly been assigned to the categories, then the last
step is for the script to
publish the site.
To assign Products to Categories, there's a template that we should follow
that is downloadable. See attachment (ProductCategor yMappings.xls). Also,
for your reference, attached is the same template with sample data
(ProductCategor yMappings_with_ Data.xls).
The Product's data is in our database except for Amazon's unique ID which
they call ASIN. We are already retrieving the product's ASIN after 2-3
hours
after uploading the product. This is being retrieved via Amazon's
Associate
Web Service (AWS). This will be retrieved by a script on a timely manner
via
cron job which will also create the Excel file dynamically (based on the
attached template) and populate it with the appropriate data.
Here is the problem:
- the dynamically created Excel file is not being accepted by Amazon even
if
the file can be opened/viewed by OpenOffice.org Calc and Microsoft Office
Excel. We already tried several ways to create the Excel file but to no
avail.
For Amazon to accept it, we opened the dynamically created Excel file in
Microsoft Office Excel and saved it (Open the file then click Save. Just
that). Then, we tried to upload it and it worked... May be Microsoft
Office
Excel is adding something (which we can't figure out). By the way, we have
Microsoft Office Excel 2007.
When that is solved, we should also be able to do the following
AUTOMATICALLY:
1. select a WebStore
2. after selecting a WebStore, submit the dynamically created Excel file
to
[Hide Quoted Text]
the form located in: WebStore Design > Category Management > Step 2 Assign
Products to Categories > Excel Upload
3. And, lastly, publish the selected WebStore
Thanks and Regards
codexxx
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