Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[buildingblocks]

The manual execution in Admin > Tools > Google Merchant Center Feeder works ok and the xml feed is created.

But I am having a mongrel time with the cron job of this mod (and I am not a newbie with cron tabs ...)

Currently the tab looks like this:

wget http://mydomain.com/googlefroogle.php?feed=fy_un_tp

(plus the necessary time and date params...)

It executes ok but does not save the xml file to the appropriate location

http://mydomain.com/feed/file_name_products.xml

feed directory is set to chmod 777

Also tried this variant

wget http://mydomain.com/googlefroogle.php?feed=fy_un_tp > /home/myaccount/public_html/feed/file_name_products.xml

to no avail

Does anyone have an idea how to get on top of this please?

TIA / Frank

In admin, configuration > Google Merchant Center Feeder Configuration

what is the output directory set to?

[christayah]

Thanks for your quick reply Howard, I am guessing the .xml file i am using is from my main directory/feeds/ folder? Which in my case is domain_products.xml

Hi i'm looking for help with this as well and I do not see this directory or XML file. I have a 'feeds' folder but it is in the module folder and has no XML file contained in it. Can anyone help me out. I have installed the module and have set it up on both google and my admin but I am at the part where I must upload my products and i'm not sure how to do so. any help would be great. im using latest version of both zencart and the Google Merchant Center Feeder Configuration. thanks

[pagypsy]

in the older version(s), the xml file was located in feed/.
with the new version of google merchant center, the xml file is in feed/google/.

[christayah]

hey thanks for the reply pagypsy.. but i dont see any file in that folder..

[pagypsy]

my "feed" folder is not located in the "modules" folder. it is here: /public_html/feed.
maybe that is part of your problem.

[frank18]

In admin, configuration > Google Merchant Center Feeder Configuration

what is the output directory set to?

setting is feed/

[frank18]

Fixed it

implemented this cron

curl https://mydomain.com/googlefroogle.php?feed=fy_un_tp

but had to comment out line 54 of mydomain.com/googlefroogle.php from

 if ($key != GOOGLE_BASE_KEY) exit('<p>Incorrect key supplied!</p>');

to

// if ($key != GOOGLE_BASE_KEY) exit('<p>Incorrect key supplied!</p>');  // commented out for testing of cron job - frank18

as the script stopped at this point (the feed is set to be fetched by the relevant services and no key is required)

works a treat now and returns this in the cron email:

% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:02 --:--:-- 0
100 269 0 269 0 0 112 0 --:--:-- 0:00:02 --:--:-- 231
100 269 0 269 0 0 112 0 --:--:-- 0:00:02 --:--:-- 230
Google Merchant Center Feeder v1.9.0 started 2011/06/03 19:32:02<br />
Feed file - /home/myaccount/public_html/feed/my_name_products.xml<br />
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No<br />
~~~~~~<br />
Google Merchant Center File Complete In 2.043967 Seconds 399 Records<br />

[delia]

You don't have to comment out those lines. I think if you add this to the end of your url it would work: &key=YOURKEYHERE

Though I've not had any problems getting it to work without the key. Maybe using curl makes the difference?

The key is listed in the config settings - the first one.

Glad you figured it out!

[LVT LTD]

Is there a 400 product limit on this feed?

[delia]

No, I've imported over 2000 products at a time.