You can create as many Feeds importer configurations as you would like to. Each can have a distinct purpose like letting your users aggregate RSS feeds or importing a CSV file for content migration. Here are a couple of things that are important to understand in order to get started with Feeds:

', array('!import' => l(t('Import'), 'import'))); } /** * Help text for mapping. */ function feeds_ui_mapping_help() { return t('

Define which elements of a single item of a feed (= Sources) map to which content pieces in Drupal (= Targets). Make sure that at least one definition has a Unique target. A unique target means that a value for a target can only occur once. E. g. only one item with the URL http://example.com/content/1 can exist.

'); } /** * Build overview of available configurations. */ function feeds_ui_overview_form($form, &$form_status) { $form = $form['enabled'] = $form['disabled'] = array(); $form['#header'] = array( t('Name'), t('Description'), t('Attached to'), t('Status'), t('Operations'), t('Enabled'), ); foreach (feeds_importer_load_all(TRUE) as $importer) { $importer_form = array(); $importer_form['name']['#markup'] = check_plain($importer->config['name']); $importer_form['description']['#markup'] = check_plain($importer->config['description']); if (empty($importer->config['content_type'])) { $importer_form['attached']['#markup'] = '[none]'; } else { if (!$importer->disabled) { $importer_form['attached']['#markup'] = l(node_type_get_name($importer->config['content_type']), 'node/add/'. str_replace('_', '-', $importer->config['content_type'])); } else { $importer_form['attached']['#markup'] = node_type_get_name($importer->config['content_type']); } } if ($importer->export_type == EXPORT_IN_CODE) { $status = t('Default'); $edit = t('Override'); $delete = ''; } else if ($importer->export_type == EXPORT_IN_DATABASE) { $status = t('Normal'); $edit = t('Edit'); $delete = t('Delete'); } else if ($importer->export_type == (EXPORT_IN_CODE | EXPORT_IN_DATABASE)) { $status = t('Overridden'); $edit = t('Edit'); $delete = t('Revert'); } $importer_form['status'] = array( '#markup' => $status, ); if (!$importer->disabled) { $importer_form['operations'] = array( '#markup' => l($edit, 'admin/structure/feeds/edit/'. $importer->id) .' | '. l(t('Export'), 'admin/structure/feeds/export/'. $importer->id) .' | '. l(t('Clone'), 'admin/structure/feeds/clone/'. $importer->id) . (empty($delete) ? '' : ' | '. l($delete, 'admin/structure/feeds/delete/'. $importer->id)), ); } else { $importer_form['operations']['#markup'] = ' '; } $importer_form[$importer->id] = array( '#type' => 'checkbox', '#default_value' => !$importer->disabled, '#attributes' => array('class' => array('feeds-ui-trigger-submit')), ); if ($importer->disabled) { $form['disabled'][$importer->id] = $importer_form; } else { $form['enabled'][$importer->id] = $importer_form; } } $form['submit'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('Save'), '#attributes' => array('class' => array('feeds-ui-hidden-submit')), ); return $form; } /** * Submit handler for feeds_ui_overview_form(). */ function feeds_ui_overview_form_submit($form, &$form_state) { $disabled = array(); foreach (feeds_importer_load_all(TRUE) as $importer) { $disabled[$importer->id] = !$form_state['values'][$importer->id]; } variable_set('default_feeds_importer', $disabled); feeds_cache_clear(); } /** * Create a new configuration. * * @param $form_state * Form API form state array. * @param $from_importer * FeedsImporter object. If given, form will create a new importer as a copy * of $from_importer. */ function feeds_ui_create_form($form, &$form_state, $from_importer = NULL) { drupal_add_js(drupal_get_path('module', 'feeds_ui') .'/feeds_ui.js'); $form = array(); $form['#from_importer'] = $from_importer; $form['name'] = array( '#type' => 'textfield', '#title' => t('Name'), '#description' => t('A natural name for this configuration. Example: RSS Feed. You can always change this name later.'), '#required' => TRUE, '#maxlength' => 128, '#attributes' => array('class' => array('feed-name')), ); $form['id'] = array( '#type' => 'textfield', '#title' => t('Machine name'), '#description' => t('A unique identifier for this configuration. Example: rss_feed. Must only contain lower case characters, numbers and underscores.'), '#required' => TRUE, '#maxlength' => 128, '#attributes' => array('class' => array('feed-id')), ); $form['description'] = array( '#type' => 'textfield', '#title' => t('Description'), '#description' => t('A description of this configuration.'), ); $form['submit'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('Create'), ); return $form; } /** * Validation handler for feeds_build_create_form(). */ function feeds_ui_create_form_validate($form, &$form_state) { ctools_include('export'); $importer = feeds_importer($form_state['values']['id']); if (ctools_export_load_object('feeds_importer', 'conditions', array('id' => $form_state['values']['id']))) { form_set_error('id', t('Id is taken.')); } $importer->configFormValidate($form_state['values']); } /** * Submit handler for feeds_build_create_form(). */ function feeds_ui_create_form_submit($form, &$form_state) { // Create feed. $importer = feeds_importer($form_state['values']['id']); // If from_importer is given, copy its configuration. if (!empty($form['#from_importer'])) { $importer->copy($form['#from_importer']); } // In any case, we want to set this configuration's title and description. $importer->addConfig($form_state['values']); $importer->save(); // Set a message and redirect to settings form. if (empty($form['#from_importer'])) { drupal_set_message(t('Your configuration has been created with default settings. If they do not fit your use case you can adjust them here.')); } else { drupal_set_message(t('A clone of the !name configuration has been created.', array('!name' => $form['#from_importer']->config['name']))); } $form_state['redirect'] = 'admin/structure/feeds/edit/'. $importer->id; feeds_cache_clear(); } /** * Delete configuration form. */ function feeds_ui_delete_form($form, &$form_state, $importer) { $form['#importer'] = $importer; if ($importer->export_type & EXPORT_IN_CODE) { $title = t('Would you really like to revert the importer @importer?', array('@importer' => $importer->config['name'])); $button_label = t('Revert'); } else { $title = t('Would you really like to delete the importer @importer?', array('@importer' => $importer->config['name'])); $button_label = t('Delete'); } return confirm_form($form, $title, 'admin/structure/feeds', t('This action cannot be undone.'), $button_label); } /** * Submit handler for feeds_ui_delete_form(). */ function feeds_ui_delete_form_submit($form, &$form_state) { $form_state['redirect'] = 'admin/structure/feeds'; // Remove importer. $form['#importer']->delete(); // Clear cache, deleting a configuration may have an affect on menu tree. feeds_cache_clear(); } /** * Export a feed configuration. */ function feeds_ui_export_form($form, &$form_state, $importer) { $code = feeds_export($importer->id); $form['export'] = array( '#title' => t('Export feed configuration'), '#type' => 'textarea', '#value' => $code, '#rows' => substr_count($code, "\n"), ); return $form; } /** * Edit feed configuration. */ function feeds_ui_edit_page($importer, $active = 'help', $plugin_key = '') { // Get plugins and configuration. $plugins = FeedsPlugin::all(); $config = $importer->config; // Base path for changing the active container. $path = 'admin/structure/feeds/edit/'. $importer->id; $active_container = array( 'class' => array('active-container'), 'actions' => array(l(t('Help'), $path)), ); switch ($active) { case 'help': $active_container['title'] = t('Getting started'); $active_container['body'] = '
'. feeds_ui_edit_help() .'
'; unset($active_container['actions']); break; case 'fetcher': case 'parser': case 'processor': $active_container['title'] = t('Select a !plugin_type', array('!plugin_type' => $active)); $active_container['body'] = drupal_get_form('feeds_ui_plugin_form', $importer, $active); break; case 'settings': drupal_add_js(drupal_get_path('module', 'ctools') .'/js/dependent.js'); ctools_include('dependent'); if (empty($plugin_key)) { $active_container['title'] = t('Basic settings'); $active_container['body'] = feeds_get_form($importer, 'configForm'); } // feeds_plugin() returns a correct result because feed has been // instantiated previously. elseif (in_array($plugin_key, array_keys($plugins)) && $plugin = feeds_plugin($plugin_key, $importer->id)) { $active_container['title'] = t('Settings for !plugin', array('!plugin' => $plugins[$plugin_key]['name'])); $active_container['body'] = feeds_get_form($plugin, 'configForm'); } break; case 'mapping': $active_container['title'] = t('Mapping for !processor', array('!processor' => $plugins[$config['processor']['plugin_key']]['name'])); $active_container['body'] = drupal_get_form('feeds_ui_mapping_form', $importer); break; } // Build config info. $config_info = $info = array(); $info['class'] = array('config-set'); // Basic information. $items = array(); $items[] = t('Attached to: @type', array('@type' => $importer->config['content_type'] ? node_type_get_name($importer->config['content_type']) : t('[none]'))); if ($importer->config['import_period'] == FEEDS_SCHEDULE_NEVER) { $import_period = t('off'); } elseif ($importer->config['import_period'] == 0) { $import_period = t('as often as possible'); } else { $import_period = t('every !interval', array('!interval' => format_interval($importer->config['import_period']))); } $items[] = t('Periodic import: !import_period', array('!import_period' => $import_period)); $items[] = $importer->config['import_on_create'] ? t('Import on submission') : t('Do not import on submission'); $info['title'] = t('Basic settings'); $info['body'] = array( array( 'body' => theme('item_list', array('items' => $items)), 'actions' => array(l(t('Settings'), $path .'/settings')), ), ); $config_info[] = $info; // Fetcher. $fetcher = $plugins[$config['fetcher']['plugin_key']]; $actions = array(); if (feeds_get_form($importer->fetcher, 'configForm')) { $actions = array(l(t('Settings'), $path .'/settings/'. $config['fetcher']['plugin_key'])); } $info['title'] = t('Fetcher'); $info['body'] = array( array( 'title' => $fetcher['name'], 'body' => $fetcher['description'], 'actions' => $actions, ), ); $info['actions'] = array(l(t('Change'), $path .'/fetcher')); $config_info[] = $info; // Parser. $parser = $plugins[$config['parser']['plugin_key']]; $actions = array(); if (feeds_get_form($importer->parser, 'configForm')) { $actions = array(l(t('Settings'), $path .'/settings/'. $config['parser']['plugin_key'])); } $info['title'] = t('Parser'); $info['body'] = array( array( 'title' => $parser['name'], 'body' => $parser['description'], 'actions' => $actions, ) ); $info['actions'] = array(l(t('Change'), $path .'/parser')); $config_info[] = $info; // Processor. $processor = $plugins[$config['processor']['plugin_key']]; $actions = array(); if (feeds_get_form($importer->processor, 'configForm')) { $actions[] = l(t('Settings'), $path .'/settings/'. $config['processor']['plugin_key']); } $actions[] = l(t('Mapping'), $path .'/mapping'); $info['title'] = t('Processor'); $info['body'] = array( array( 'title' => $processor['name'], 'body' => $processor['description'], 'actions' => $actions, ) ); $info['actions'] = array(l(t('Change'), $path .'/processor')); $config_info[] = $info; return theme('feeds_ui_edit_page', array( 'info' => $config_info, 'active' => $active_container, )); } /** * Build a form of plugins to pick from. * * @param $form_state * Form API form state array. * @param $importer * FeedsImporter object. * @param $type * Plugin type. One of 'fetcher', 'parser', 'processor'. * * @return * A Form API form definition. */ function feeds_ui_plugin_form($form, &$form_state, $importer, $type) { $plugins = FeedsPlugin::byType($type); $form = array(); $form['#importer'] = $importer; $form['#plugin_type'] = $type; foreach ($plugins as $key => $plugin) { $form['plugin_key'][$key] = array( '#type' => 'radio', '#parents' => array('plugin_key'), '#title' => $plugin['name'], '#description' => isset($plugin['help']) ? $plugin['help'] : $plugin['description'], '#return_value' => $key, '#default_value' => ($plugin['handler']['class'] == get_class($importer->$type)) ? $key : '', ); } $form['submit'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('Save'), '#attributes' => array('class' => array('feeds-ui-hidden-submit')), ); return $form; } /** * Submit handler for feeds_ui_plugin_form(). */ function feeds_ui_plugin_form_submit($form, &$form_state) { // Set the plugin and save feed. $form['#importer']->setPlugin($form_state['values']['plugin_key']); $form['#importer']->save(); drupal_set_message(t('Changed !type plugin.', array('!type' => $form['#plugin_type']))); } /** * Theme feeds_ui_plugin_form(). */ function theme_feeds_ui_plugin_form($variables) { $form = $variables['form']; drupal_add_js(drupal_get_path('module', 'feeds_ui') .'/feeds_ui.js'); $output = ''; foreach (element_children($form['plugin_key']) as $key) { // Assemble container, render form elements. $container = array( 'title' => $form['plugin_key'][$key]['#title'], 'body' => isset($form['plugin_key'][$key]['#description']) ? $form['plugin_key'][$key]['#description'] : '', ); $form['plugin_key'][$key]['#title'] = t('Select'); $form['plugin_key'][$key]['#attributes']['class'] = array('feeds-ui-radio-link'); unset($form['plugin_key'][$key]['#description']); $container['actions'] = array(drupal_render($form['plugin_key'][$key])); $output .= theme('feeds_ui_container', array('container' => $container)); } $output .= drupal_render_children($form); return $output; } /** * Edit mapping. * * @todo Completely merge this into config form handling. This is just a * shared form of configuration, most of the common functionality can live in * FeedsProcessor, a flag can tell whether mapping is supported or not. */ function feeds_ui_mapping_form($form, &$form_state, $importer) { drupal_add_js(drupal_get_path('module', 'feeds_ui') .'/feeds_ui.js'); $form = array(); $form['#importer'] = $importer; $form['#mappings'] = $mappings = $importer->processor->getMappings(); $form['help']['#markup'] = feeds_ui_mapping_help(); // Get mapping sources from parsers and targets from processor, format them // for output. // Some parsers do not define mapping sources but let them define on the fly. if ($sources = $importer->parser->getMappingSources()) { $source_options = _feeds_ui_format_options($sources); foreach ($sources as $k => $source) { $legend['sources'][$k]['name']['#markup'] = empty($source['name']) ? $k : $source['name']; $legend['sources'][$k]['description']['#markup'] = empty($source['description']) ? '' : $source['description']; } } else { $legend['sources']['#markup'] = t('This parser supports free source definitions. Enter the name of the source field in lower case into the Source text field above.'); } $targets = $importer->processor->getMappingTargets(); $target_options = _feeds_ui_format_options($targets); foreach ($targets as $k => $target) { $legend['targets'][$k]['name']['#markup'] = empty($target['name']) ? $k : $target['name']; $legend['targets'][$k]['description']['#markup'] = empty($target['description']) ? '' : $target['description']; } // Legend explaining source and target elements. $form['legendset'] = array( '#type' => 'fieldset', '#title' => t('Legend'), '#collapsible' => TRUE, '#collapsed' => TRUE, '#tree' => TRUE, ); $form['legendset']['legend'] = $legend; // Add unique and remove forms to mappings. $form['unique_flags'] = $form['remove_flags'] = array( '#tree' => TRUE, ); if (is_array($mappings)) { foreach ($mappings as $i => $mapping) { $param = array( 'processor' => $importer->processor, 'mapping' => $mapping, ); if (isset($targets[$mapping['target']]['optional_unique']) && $targets[$mapping['target']]['optional_unique'] === TRUE) { $form['unique_flags'][$i] = array( '#type' => 'checkbox', '#default_value' => !empty($mapping['unique']), '#attributes' => array('class' => array('feeds-ui-trigger-submit')), ); } $form['remove_flags'][$i] = array( '#type' => 'checkbox', '#title' => t('Remove'), '#prefix' => '', ); } } if (isset($source_options)) { $form['source'] = array( '#type' => 'select', '#options' => array('' => t('Select a source')) + $source_options, ); } else { $form['source'] = array( '#type' => 'textfield', '#size' => 20, '#default_value' => t('Name of source field'), '#attributes' => array('class' => array('hide-text-on-focus')), ); } $form['target'] = array( '#type' => 'select', '#options' => array('' => t('Select a target')) + $target_options, ); $form['add'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('Add'), '#submit' => array('feeds_ui_mapping_form_add_submit'), ); $form['save'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('Save'), '#attributes' => array('class' => array('feeds-ui-hidden-submit')), ); return $form; } /** * Submit handler for add button on feeds_ui_mapping_form(). */ function feeds_ui_mapping_form_add_submit($form, &$form_state) { $importer = $form['#importer']; try { $mappings = $form['#mappings']; $mappings[] = array( 'source' => $form_state['values']['source'], 'target' => $form_state['values']['target'], 'unique' => FALSE, ); $importer->processor->addConfig(array('mappings' => $mappings)); $importer->processor->save(); drupal_set_message(t('Mapping has been added.')); } catch (Exception $e) { drupal_set_message($e->getMessage(), 'error'); } } /** * Submit handler for save button on feeds_ui_mapping_form(). */ function feeds_ui_mapping_form_submit($form, &$form_state) { $processor = $form['#importer']->processor; // We may set some unique flags to mappings that we remove in the subsequent // step, that's fine. $mappings = $form['#mappings']; if (isset($form_state['values']['unique_flags'])) { foreach ($form_state['values']['unique_flags'] as $k => $v) { $mappings[$k]['unique'] = $v; } } foreach ($form_state['values']['remove_flags'] as $k => $v) { if ($v) { unset($mappings[$k]); // Keep our keys clean. $mappings = array_values($mappings); } } $processor->addConfig(array('mappings' => $mappings)); $processor->save(); drupal_set_message(t('Your changes have been saved.')); } /** * Walk the result of FeedsParser::getMappingSources() or * FeedsProcessor::getMappingTargets() and format them into * a Form API options array. */ function _feeds_ui_format_options($options) { $result = array(); foreach ($options as $k => $v) { if (is_array($v) && !empty($v['name'])) { $result[$k] = $v['name']; } elseif (is_array($v)) { $result[$k] = $k; } else { $result[$k] = $v; } } return $result; } /** * Theme feeds_ui_overview_form(). */ function theme_feeds_ui_overview_form($variables) { $form = $variables['form']; drupal_add_js(drupal_get_path('module', 'feeds_ui') .'/feeds_ui.js'); drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'feeds_ui') .'/feeds_ui.css'); // Iterate through all importers and build a table. $rows = array(); foreach (array('enabled', 'disabled') as $type) { if (isset($form[$type])) { foreach (element_children($form[$type]) as $id) { $row = array(); foreach (element_children($form[$type][$id]) as $col) { $row[$col] = array( 'data' => drupal_render($form[$type][$id][$col]), 'class' => array($type), ); } $rows[] = array( 'data' => $row, 'class' => array($type), ); } } } $output = ''; if (count($rows)) { $output .= theme('table', array('header' => $form['#header'], 'rows' => $rows, 'attributes' => array('class' => array('feeds-admin-importers')))); } $output .= drupal_render_children($form); return $output; } /** * Theme feeds_ui_edit_page(). */ function theme_feeds_ui_edit_page($variables) { $config_info = $variables['info']; $active_container = $variables['active']; drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'feeds_ui') .'/feeds_ui.css'); // Outer wrapper. $output = '
'; // Build left bar. $output .= '
'; foreach ($config_info as $info) { $output .= theme('feeds_ui_container', array('container' => $info)); } $output .= '
'; // Build configuration space. $output .= '
'; $output .= '
'; $output .= theme('feeds_ui_container', array('container' => $active_container)); $output .= '
'; $output .= '
'; $output .= '
'; // ''
'; return $output; } /** * Render a simple container. A container can have a title, a description and * one or more actions. Recursive. * * @todo Replace with theme_fieldset or a wrapper to theme_fieldset? * * @param $variables * An array containing an array at 'container'. * A 'container' array may contain one or more of the following keys: * array( * 'title' => 'the title', * 'body' => 'the body of the container, may also be an array of more * containers or a renderable array.', * 'class' => array('the class of the container.'), * 'id' => 'the id of the container', * ); */ function theme_feeds_ui_container($variables) { $container = $variables['container']; $class = array_merge(array('feeds-container'), empty($container['class']) ? array('plain') : $container['class']); $id = empty($container['id']) ? '': ' id="'. $container['id'] .'"'; $output = '
'; if (isset($container['actions']) && count($container['actions'])) { $output .= ''; } if (!empty($container['title'])) { $output .= '

'; $output .= $container['title']; $output .= '

'; } if (!empty($container['body'])) { $output .= '
'; if (is_array($container['body'])) { if (isset($container['body']['#type'])) { $output .= drupal_render($container['body']); } else { foreach ($container['body'] as $c) { $output .= theme('feeds_ui_container', array('container' => $c)); } } } else { $output .= $container['body']; } $output .= '
'; } $output .= '
'; return $output; } /** * Theme function for feeds_ui_mapping_form(). */ function theme_feeds_ui_mapping_form($variables) { $form = $variables['form']; // Build the actual mapping table. $header = array( t('Source'), t('Target'), t('Unique target'), ' ', ); $rows = array(); if (is_array($form['#mappings'])) { foreach ($form['#mappings'] as $i => $mapping) { // Some parsers do not define source options. $source = isset($form['source']['#options'][$mapping['source']]) ? $form['source']['#options'][$mapping['source']] : $mapping['source']; $target = isset($form['target']['#options'][$mapping['target']]) ? check_plain($form['target']['#options'][$mapping['target']]) : '' . t('Missing') . ''; $rows[] = array( check_plain($source), $target, drupal_render($form['unique_flags'][$i]), drupal_render($form['remove_flags'][$i]), ); } } if (!count($rows)) { $rows[] = array( array( 'colspan' => 4, 'data' => t('No mappings defined.'), ), ); } $rows[] = array( drupal_render($form['source']), drupal_render($form['target']), '', drupal_render($form['add']), ); $output = '
'; $output .= theme('table', array('header' => $header, 'rows' => $rows)); // Build the help table that explains available sources. $legend = ''; $rows = array(); foreach (element_children($form['legendset']['legend']['sources']) as $k) { $rows[] = array( check_plain(drupal_render($form['legendset']['legend']['sources'][$k]['name'])), check_plain(drupal_render($form['legendset']['legend']['sources'][$k]['description'])), ); } if (count($rows)) { $legend .= '

'. t('Sources') .'

'; $legend .= theme('table', array('header' => array(t('Name'), t('Description')), 'rows' => $rows)); } // Build the help table that explains available targets. $rows = array(); foreach (element_children($form['legendset']['legend']['targets']) as $k) { $rows[] = array( check_plain(drupal_render($form['legendset']['legend']['targets'][$k]['name'])), check_plain(drupal_render($form['legendset']['legend']['targets'][$k]['description'])), ); } $legend .= '

'. t('Targets') .'

'; $legend .= theme('table', array('header' => array(t('Name'), t('Description')), 'rows' => $rows)); // Stick tables into collapsible fieldset. $form['legendset']['legend'] = array( '#markup' => '
'. $legend .'
', ); $output .= drupal_render($form['legendset']); $output .= drupal_render_children($form); return $output; }