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Re: Import/Export Product Info

Hi Adrian,

The product importer doesn't support importing of product web info (HTML descriptions and images)…

However it would be possible to do this from your own code using the Easify API.

https://www.easify.co.uk/Store/Details/294

The Easify API is basically what we use to communicate from Easify Pro to the Easify Server so it supports the full range of functionality. The minimum sign up is 30 days so you don't need to commit to it long term if you only have a single data import to do.

What programming languages are you familiar with?

Re: Import/Export Product Info

Thanks, that sounds ideal. I think the API would help me do other stuff like automate my ordering and restocking,

I've mostly programmed in Visual C++ but I have used C#, PHP, JS and ASP.NET. I'm happy to struggle through a new language if necessary.

Is there any documentation for the API so I can see what I would need to do to get the import working?

Re: Import/Export Product Info

C#, ASP.Net or PHP would be fine to hook into the API with.

The API is based on the OData protocol and is a RESTful API. So it's easy to talk to it using standard HTTP verbs like GET/POST etc...

Here's an example of getting a list of products where the stock level equals 5:

https://MyEasifyServer:1234/Products?$filter=StockLevel%20eq%205

The API subscription provides you with a username and password you can use to authenticate with your Easify Server.

Our Easify WooCommerce plugin makes use of the Easify API and is open source. You can see the source code for it here to give you some examples of using PHP to talk to it. https://github.com/EasifyDev/easify-wc-plugin-v4.x. The file class-easify-generic-easify-server.php contains some examples of talking to an Easify Server via the API.

If you want to code an application that you would use in-house I would recommend C# and a WPF/WinForms desktop application. Easify is coded mainly in C# and I could email you some code samples if you need to access specific parts of the system.

The documentation for the API is mainly in the form of a downloadable metadata file that describes all the entities (tables) and functions you can access, this is generated by your own Easify Server when you log into it with a valid API Subscription.