webFeedLoad utility

The webFeedLoad utility facilitates the integration of a web feed with WebSphere Commerce.

When you run the web feed utility, the following tables are updated: 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 workspace_dir/WC/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.

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.

(Developer) 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.

Command syntax

Runtime environment

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

(AIX) (Linux)

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

Development environment

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

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.

We 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.