[development] Simple XML Import

[Khalid B]

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On 1/3/07, Khalid B <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>
> Coordinate with Jeremy (Jaza), author of the Import / Export API module
> http://drupal.org/project/importexportapi
>
> See if there is duplication, or possibility of merging your features into
> his.
>
> On 1/3/07, Dave Fletcher <fletch at splendora.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I created a quick XML import method and I'm wondering if others are
> > interested in it.
> >
> > This thing defines a simple XML format with tags: drupal (doc element),
> > vocab, term, user, node, comment. It imports each of these things by
> > calling the relevant xxx_save() function. Each of those tags can define
> > a "fields" child element. The children of <fields> are turned into
> > object, array, or primitive values and passed to the save func. Node
> > elements located inside term elements are categorized by that term.
> >
> > The system holds a legacy ID which is mapped to a Drupal ID. It is used
> > to ensure a piece of content is not imported multiple times. Therefore,
> > an XML document can be updated and imported again without causing dupes.
> > The system can also use this ID to reference existing content, for
> > example in a uid field or the taxonomy array.
> >
> > Since it's just calling node_save to do all the work, this system can
> > import custom node types simply by providing the right 'type' field in a
> > node element and providing the fields that the custom node module
> > expects. I have imported 5 different content types using this method: a
> > custom review type, polls, blog (converted the mt2drupal script to this
> > XML format), a custom newsletter type, and galleries.
> >
> > I of course know about Jaza's work on import/export API but it seemed
> > like an overkill solution to me and I didn't want to really learn an
> > API. I just wanted a quick XML format to do some dirty work which I
> > tried to do by hand on the first rev. The XML format mainly allows me to
> > inspect the data before I run the import.
> >
> > So my question for you, fellow Drupallers, is does this sound useful to
> > you? Would it be worth my time turning this thing into a real module?
> > Currently it's a command-line hack that lives in Drupal root directory
> > and bootstraps. It would be neat if there was a module page, an upload
> > form, and perhaps some support functions for creating the XML format
> > from code.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > --fletch
> >
> >
> >
>
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