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Ticket: run_saved_Import Filename Parameter

Status	Resolved
Add-on / Version	DataGrab 4.1.0
Severity
EE Version	6.3.5

Todd Jackson

Oct 18, 2022

With the previous version of Datagrab, I would use run_saved_import a lot using the Filename parameter.

My workflow would be - first create the import I needed for the API for one specific venue.

Then I would later use the venue_id for another venue as a segment variable on a template with the run_saved_import tag. The filename parameter of that run_saved_import tag would be modified by the segment_variable (the venue_id).

However it appears the new version of Datagrab has removed that Filename parameter. Is it possible to get it’s return? It created a lot of functionality - I could change the parameters of the API by using segment variables and without having to recreate the import inside Datagrab.

Cloning the imports would be an option but I do this not only for venues but also for specific performers - I’d be cloning the same import for almost a 1,000 items and if I had to change that import for another reason, I’d have to do that again. Modifying the filename I import seems far more flexible and easier to maintain in the long run.

-Todd

BoldMinded (Brian)

Oct 18, 2022

Can you be more specific? You said in a previous version… do you have screenshots of what you’re trying to do? Template code or import configs? I’m not entirely sure I’m following.

The filename option still exists. run_saved_import() just calls run_action(). The template parameter name isn’t there, but it still responds to the GET parameter: some-url.php/?filename=whatever

Todd Jackson

Oct 18, 2022

The filename GET value probably will handle this going forward… I’ll have to test it out to be sure, but here’s my outline of how I was handling this with Datagrab 3.0.3

I’m doing this via template code. Essentially I would do this via URL. For example I get events from an API via a URL (I’m changing some stuff to keep my API key and info hidden)

{exp:ajw_datagrab:run_saved_import id="1" filename="https://api.eventsite.com/events.json?apikey=blahblahblah&performerId;={segment_3}"}

Or another example is one like this - I’m getting newly added events for a particular day - today - but just in case something fails I can also check tomorrow or jump ahead for another. I also have a second parameter here. Sometimes APIs only allow you to get the first page of results with a predetermined limit of 50. but if there’s more than 50 I want to grab those too. So I can get the next 50 by adding a second segment that only turns on the page parameter when I need it.

{exp:ajw_datagrab:run_saved_import id="1" filename=https://api.eventsite.com/events.json?apikey=blahblahblah&classificationName=jazz&onsaleDate;={if segment_3 == "today"}{current_time format="%Y-%m-%d"}{if:else}{segment_3}{/if}{if segment_4}&page;={segment_4}{/if}"}

Both run from the same Saved Import but I’m using different filename request that I’m setting via template code and segment variables.

-Todd