webFeedLoad utility

The webFeedLoad utility facilitates the integration of a web feed with WebSphere Commerce. You can run the utility from the command line, or by scheduling a site-level job.

The utility is in the following directory:

WC_installdir/bin
WCDE_installdir/bin

When you run the web feed utility, the following tables are updated:

Managed files: ATCHTGT, ATCHTGTDSC, ATCHAST
URL attachments: ATCHTGT, ATCHTGTDSC, ATCHAST (use to verify the time created and time updated details), CMFILE (use to verify the UPLOAD_TIMESTAMP details), CMFILEDIR, CMSMALLFILE, CMLARGEFILE

Set the logging level

Set the logging level (.INFO, FINER or FINEST) and the location of the log files in the WC_eardir/xml/config/dataload/logging.properties file, for example:

=====================================================================================================
# Default global logging level, FINEST
.level=INFO

# ConsoleHandler
java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level=INFO
java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter=com.ibm.commerce.foundation.dataload.logging.DataLoadConsoleFormatter

# FileHandler
java.util.logging.FileHandler.level=FINEST

# Naming style for the output file:
java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern=../logs/wc-dataload.log
====================================================================================================

File permissions

Ensure that all files on the Content Management System (CMS) system are owned by wasuser.
Run the WebFeedLoad.sh utility as wasuser.

Command syntax

./webFeedLoad.sh /fullpath/Web-feed-config.xml –Dwaspath=pathToWC.ear

webFeedLoad.cmd /fullpath/Web-feed-config.xml –Dwaspath=pathToWC.ear

webFeedLoad.bat /fullpath/Web-feed-config.xml

For example, Linux

webFeedLoad ../bin/sample/webfeedconfig.xml -Dwaspath=../../AppServer/demo/installedApps/WC_EAR -DXmlValidation=false

Parameter values

configFile: Required. The full file path for the utility's configuration file. An error is thrown if this parameter is not specified.
waspath: Required: The full file path for WC_eardir.
This parameter is not required.
XmlValidation: Optional: Specify true or false.
GenerateDataLoadConfigOnly: Optional: Specify true or false.
LoadOrder: Optional: A comma separated list of items to load.
ConsoleHandler.level: Optional: Provide the level name.
package_name.level=level name: Optional: Where level name is one of OFF, SEVERE, WARNING, INFO, CONFIG, FINE, FINER, FINEST, ALL.

Running the utility from the Administration Console

For information about configuring the scheduler to run the web feed utility, see Scheduling a site-level job.

Escape special characters in the parameters, for example use the XML entities for ampersands: configFile=C:\temp\config_file.xml& XmlValidation=true&errorLogPath=C:\temp&ConsoleHandler.Level=FINEST&FileHandler.Level=INFO.

You can specify the following parameters:

configFile: Required: The path of the web feed configuration file.
XmlValidation: Optional: Enable or disable XML validation.
errorLogPath: Optional: The path of the generated error log file.
ConsoleHandler.Level: Optional: Sets the logging level for the console handler.
FileHandler.Level: Optional: Sets the logging level for the file handler.
LoadOrder: Optional: Defines the load order.