Presentation from DrupalCamp Berlin 2014 about content import in Drupal 7 using Feeds.

1. Content Import in
Drupal 7 Using Feeds
DrupalCamp Berlin, November 2014

2. About me• Jens Beltofte
• CTO, Denmark & Drupal Architect
• Propeople since 2003 / 2007
• Drupal since 2007
• Acquia Certified Drupal Developer
• Co-founder & Vice Chairman, Drupal Denmark
• d.o: beltofte
• @beltofte

3. Agenda• What is Feeds?
• Key components / concepts
• 3rd part plugins
• Feeds Tamper
• Client cases
• Demos
• Ressources
• Questions

4. What is Feeds?• Flexible solution for importing data
• Easy to setup imports in no time
• Multiple simultaneous configurations (importers)
• UI for granular mapping of source and target
• Manually or scheduled import
• Stand-alone or content type for import

5. What is Feeds?• Formats: RSS, ATOM, CSV, OPML
• Data types: nodes, users, taxonomy terms
• Ctools plugins
• Features support
• Hooks / API

6. Key components● Fetcher:
○ Download, load or receive feed from a source
○ Standard: HTTP + upload
● Parser
○ Parse fetched source data
○ Standard: RSS/Atom, CSV, OPML, XML Sitemap
● Processor
○ Process the parsed data and store it in the target data type
○ Standard: Node, User, Taxonomy term

7. 3rd part plugins● Fetcher:
○ Directory Fecther
○ Feeds HTTPFetcher Append Headers
○ Feeds HTTPFetcher AA (Advanced Authentication)
○ SOAP/WDSL Fetcher
● Parser
○ Feeds XPath Parser
○ Feeds JSONPath Parser
○ Feeds extensible parsers (replace the two above)
● Processor
○ Commerce Feeds
○ Feeds Comment Processor

8. Feeds Tamper• Manipulate single fields before it is saved
• Examples:
○ Replace every instance of 'dog' with 'cat'.
○ Make every letter uppercase, lowercase, or capitalize every first letter.
○ Break a comma separated list of words into Taxonomy terms or a multivalued text field.
○ Combine separate 'firstname' and 'lastname' fields into one 'name' field.
○ Convert URL’s from relative to absolute.
• 20+ build in plugins for manipulation
• Custom tamper plugins using ctools

9. Client cases• Migration of nodes, files and taxonomy terms
• Import of departments and employees from local phone book.
• Import of events from external event system.
• Import of jobs / vacancies from HR system.
• Aggregation of multiple RSS feeds

10. Now demo time...

11. Ressources• Feeds: https://www.drupal.org/project/feeds
• Feeds XPath Parser: https://www.drupal.org/project/feeds_xpathparser
• Feeds JSONPath Parser: https://www.drupal.org/project/feeds_jsonpath_parser
• Feeds QueryPath Parser: https://www.drupal.org/project/feeds_querypath_parser
• Feeds Extensible Parsers: https://www.drupal.org/project/feeds_ex
• Feeds Tamper: https://www.drupal.org/project/feeds_tamper
• Documentation: https://www.drupal.org/node/622696
• 3rd part plugins: https://www.drupal.org/node/856644

12. Questions?