JOB NEEDED: Integrate third party products into C5 ecommerce
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Hi,
I have a customer that wants to sell their products online, so I've suggested the core ecommerce plugin. However, their product range is provided by a third party via an iPad shop system, so we can't add manually.
The initial list of products were sent to their web server via an XML file that gets placed here: /public_html/library/xml/ToWeb. The xml file is timestamped (ie - Product_20130213-220154.xml) - See attached example. The images to each product are also uploaded here: /public_html/library/xml/ToWeb/images/
Each time an item is sold in-store, the system sends an updated XML file to the web server for that product only.
At the moment, I have a script running that grabs this XML data, puts it into a stand alone database, displays the products using PHP, then deletes the XML file from the "ToWeb" folder otherwise, as you can imagine, this folder stacks up quite quickly.
When the products are sold online, the iPad shop system needs an XML back to them to update stock control. This outgoing XML will need to be the same format as the incoming one above, but placed here: /public_html/library/xml/FromWeb/
What I would like to do (if its possible) is to implement this data into C5's ecommerce and fully automate it. If there is an option to do without the ecommerce plugin, then by all means let me know, any suggestion welcome.
If you need any more information, please let me know. Thanks.
I am a front end developer, so my skills with PHP is slightly limited, but I have a good knowledge of C5 and syntax to get me around! :-)
Thanks,
Andy
I have a customer that wants to sell their products online, so I've suggested the core ecommerce plugin. However, their product range is provided by a third party via an iPad shop system, so we can't add manually.
The initial list of products were sent to their web server via an XML file that gets placed here: /public_html/library/xml/ToWeb. The xml file is timestamped (ie - Product_20130213-220154.xml) - See attached example. The images to each product are also uploaded here: /public_html/library/xml/ToWeb/images/
Each time an item is sold in-store, the system sends an updated XML file to the web server for that product only.
At the moment, I have a script running that grabs this XML data, puts it into a stand alone database, displays the products using PHP, then deletes the XML file from the "ToWeb" folder otherwise, as you can imagine, this folder stacks up quite quickly.
When the products are sold online, the iPad shop system needs an XML back to them to update stock control. This outgoing XML will need to be the same format as the incoming one above, but placed here: /public_html/library/xml/FromWeb/
What I would like to do (if its possible) is to implement this data into C5's ecommerce and fully automate it. If there is an option to do without the ecommerce plugin, then by all means let me know, any suggestion welcome.
If you need any more information, please let me know. Thanks.
I am a front end developer, so my skills with PHP is slightly limited, but I have a good knowledge of C5 and syntax to get me around! :-)
Thanks,
Andy
