Adding & Updating Products Programmatically

[mnicol]

From reviewing the DataPort FAQs at the links below, it looks like there is no way to automate the processes for updating and adding new products through DataPort. However, I have a requirement from my client to get key catalog data from an external source. DataPort appears to be able to do what I need it to do, but I do not believe that the client will wish to manually run DataPort every day.

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http://wiki.ablecommerce.com/index.php/ ... utility.3F

So, is it possible to add and update products programmatically? I've begun to dig into the CommerceBuilder API a bit and was able to easily add a new product to the products table through the Product class. However, the product does not show up in my store. (It's in the ac_Products table, and it's modeled after a product I imported successfully through DataPort.) I assume I'm missing something, but I'm not sure where to go from here.

Any pointers for working with importing and modifying products in an automated way would be greatly appreciated!

[mazhar]

Please read following thread
viewtopic.php?f=61&t=10179

[mnicol]

Mazhar,

Thanks for the info! Your "SKU Based Product Import" and "CSV import" samples are great. It turns out that all I neglected to do before was to programmatically assign a category to my test product. After I did that, it displayed in my store exactly as I'd expect. Thanks for the quick response!

Matt