Automated import/export

  • Resolved Moogie17

    (@moogie17)


    9 years ago

    Hi – this is a pre-sales question!

    I see it’s possible to import and export user data for this plugin, but is there any way to automate it? We need to allow users to edit their data online, and automatically export this (daily) to a specified location on the server for our offline system to access. We also need to be able to do the reverse, with an automated upload from our end which then is imported on WP at a scheduled time. Can this be done with your plugin?

    Thanks!

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  • Plugin Contributor etoilewebdesign

    (@etoilewebdesign)

    9 years ago

    Hi Moogie,

    There’s no option in the plugin to do scheduled automatic exports. You could probably program some kind of cron job to run this automatically, but, seeing as this isn’t something we’ve tried or tested, we wouldn’t really be able to offer any specific guidance on how to do so.

    Thread Starter Moogie17

    (@moogie17)

    9 years ago

    Thank you for the swift response. I’ll have to look into that.

    On another note, when importing users, what format does the password need to be in? md5 hashed? When importing, does it just add all the entries as new users? Or does it update any which already exist, add any that don’t exist and remove(?) any that are not in the import? This is the sort of functionality we need, as we will not be allowing users to register on the site but rather setting them up and importing them ourselves.

    Plugin Contributor etoilewebdesign

    (@etoilewebdesign)

    9 years ago

    Hi Moogie,

    The password will be permanently encrypted on import. So you can put the actual password in the spreadsheet.

    All users in the spreadsheet will be added as new users. It doesn’t update existing ones. To do this, you’d want to delete the old user first and then import the spreadsheet with the updated information. It will certainly not remove any users that aren’t in the spreadsheet.

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