I had an old version of ExpressionEngine (2) and an old version of Datagrab (2.1.0) that I use once a year for a specific annual project. It has worked for me for what I need (if it ain’t broke…), until this week when my server host made it so EE2 would no longer run (it worked last week, but this week it is dead). So this week I installed a clean version of EE 7.2.8 with a clean database and purchased a new license of Datagrab (4.2.1). I recreated my fields and channel. I configured an import just as I’ve done for years. I saved it.

I click “start import” and the status bar just sits. No content. No progress bar. No text. No error messages. Log shows nothing suspect. I inspected the progress bar and it shows a blank iframe. I tried to use the import URL and it immediately refreshes to say the import is complete, but when I check my channel entries it is totally blank. There should be around 700 entries.