Updating product codes with an import?

[MattS]

Wondering if it is possible to update product codes via a CSV import? Seems like importing always references product code to determine where to upload. Wondering if there's any workaround to batch update product codes other than creating new products and moving the info over.

[Brennan]

When you update products via CSV you cannot change the product code because that is used as the unique identifier. The JSON API has a way to do this using : https://docs.miva.com/json-api/functions/product_update

There is a "edit_product" field which can be used to identify the old product code then you can change the value of "product_code".


You can also build an XML file and import it to update the product codes:

<Product_Update code="existing_product_code">
<Code>new_product_code</Code>
</Product_Update>

[MattS]

You can also build an XML file and import it to update the product codes:

<Product_Update code="existing_product_code">
<Code>new_product_code</Code>
</Product_Update>

Would it be possible to implement this to do multiple products from a category without manually changing the code every time?