Magento extractor is Datacol-based module, which implements automatic data extraction from certain internet shop. Extracted data are saved to CSV file, which can be imported to Magento-based online store. You can also adjust Datacol export settings to save data to other CMS (PrestaShop, Oscommerce, Opencart etc.), file formats, database etc.
1. Install Datacol trial version; 2. Choose exporters/magento-extractor.par in the campaign tree and click Start button to launch Magento extractor campaign.
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Before launching you can open exporters/magento-extractor.par settings (double click it in the campaign tree) and adjust Starting URL list. In this way you can setup links to certain online shop categories you need to extract items from.
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3. Wait for data extraction results to appear. When you see the first results, you can force running campaign to stop (click Stop button).
How to save Magento extraction results in Datacol Trial version
You can also save Magento parsing results to CSV file In Datacol Trial version. Open the campaign settings window and launch Export test. To enable data export for the running campaign Activation is needed!
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Datacol Trial VS Activated
Function
TRIAL
Activated
One webpage data extraction results export (file/CMS/database/email/SMS) in the testing mode
Mass data extraction results export (file/CMS/database/email/SMS) in the running mode
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If the source website blocks your IP-address (after blocking you will get no more extraction results), use proxy.
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[tab name=”Data processing and Export”] Data processing options for content, harvested by Magento extractor: