haelbichalex / CategoryImporter

Magento 2 category importer extension

CategoryImporter module for Magento 2 (2.1.x)

Simple category importer from CSV file. Allows to import / update categories not only from Magento shops (use old shop category ID)

Features

• adds attribute to category 'Old category ID'
• adds possibility to add custom attribute codes by command option
• adds links between parent and child categories (by 'Old category ID')
• work only for admin store (multi stores are not implemented yet)

Usage

NOTICES:

• please add parent categories before children in file
• use semicolon (';') as delimiter in file

Attributes supported by default:

• Required attributes:

  • id
  • name
  • parent_id

• Optional attributes with predefined values:

  • is_active - default value: 1
  • is_anchor - default value: 1
  • include_in_menu - default value: 1
  • custom_use_parent_settings - default value: 1

• Base additional attributes:

  • description
  • meta_title
  • meta_keywords
  • meta_description
  • url_key
  • url_path
  • position

Base usage examples

    bin/magento import:categories [--path|-p <path to file in Magento dir>] [--additional|-a <additional attributes separated by comma>]

	bin/magento import:categories -p var/import/categories-example.csv 
	
    bin/magento import:categories -p var/import/categories-example.csv -a my_custom_attribute1,my_custom_attribute2,my_custom_attribute3