Export Product Categories from Magento

This task will export a list of all product categories from Magento in XML format.

Settings

Connection

Required
The Magento connection to use. See the Connecting to Magento v1 article if you require more information on how to create/manage connections.

Output File

Required
The name of the file to export the product categories to.

Export Detailed

Required
Set to true to export detailed category data, or false to just export the category tree containing the category names and IDs.

Parent Category ID

Optional
Enter the ID of the category to export a list of sub categories from, or leave blank to export all sub categories from the root level.

Zynk Settings

See Common Task Settings.

Examples

Sample output file, when Export Detailed is set to true:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ArrayOfCategory>
  <Category>
    <Fields>
      <Field Name="thumbnail" Value="" />
      <Field Name="children_count" Value="3" />
      <Field Name="filter_price_range" Value="" />
      <Field Name="custom_use_parent_settings" Value="" />
      <Field Name="custom_apply_to_products" Value="" />
    </Fields>
    <all_children>1,2,3,4</all_children>
    <created_at>2014-01-17 12:59:14</created_at>
    <category_id>1</category_id>
    <parent_id>0</parent_id>
    <path>1</path>
    <children>2</children>
    <url_key>root-catalog</url_key>
    <name>Root Catalog</name>
    <position>0</position>
    <level>0</level>
    <updated_at>2014-01-17 12:59:14</updated_at>
    <include_in_menu>1</include_in_menu>
  </Category>
  <Category>
    <Fields>
      <Field Name="thumbnail" Value="" />
      <Field Name="children_count" Value="2" />
      <Field Name="filter_price_range" Value="" />
      <Field Name="custom_use_parent_settings" Value="" />
      <Field Name="custom_apply_to_products" Value="0" />
    </Fields>
    <display_mode>PRODUCTS</display_mode>
    <all_children>2,3,4</all_children>
    <created_at>2014-01-17 12:59:15</created_at>
    <category_id>2</category_id>
    <parent_id>1</parent_id>
    <parent_name>Root Catalog</parent_name>
    <is_anchor>0</is_anchor>
    <path>1/2</path>
    <children>3,4</children>
    <is_active>1</is_active>
    <url_key>office-supplies</url_key>
    <name>Office Supplies</name>
    <position>1</position>
    <level>1</level>
    <updated_at>2014-07-24 11:56:24</updated_at>
    <include_in_menu>1</include_in_menu>
  </Category>
  <Category>
    <Fields>
      <Field Name="thumbnail" Value="" />
      <Field Name="children_count" Value="0" />
      <Field Name="filter_price_range" Value="" />
      <Field Name="custom_use_parent_settings" Value="0" />
      <Field Name="custom_apply_to_products" Value="0" />
    </Fields>
    <display_mode>PRODUCTS</display_mode>
    <all_children>3</all_children>
    <created_at>2014-07-24 11:46:22</created_at>
    <category_id>3</category_id>
    <parent_id>2</parent_id>
    <parent_name>Office Supplies</parent_name>
    <is_anchor>0</is_anchor>
    <url_path>stationary.html</url_path>
    <path>1/2/3</path>
    <children />
    <meta_title>Stationary</meta_title>
    <is_active>1</is_active>
    <description>This is our collection of stationary supplies</description>
    <url_key>stationary</url_key>
    <name>Stationary</name>
    <position>1</position>
    <level>2</level>
    <updated_at>2014-07-24 11:46:22</updated_at>
    <include_in_menu>1</include_in_menu>
  </Category>
  <Category>
    <Fields>
      <Field Name="thumbnail" Value="" />
      <Field Name="children_count" Value="0" />
      <Field Name="filter_price_range" Value="" />
      <Field Name="custom_use_parent_settings" Value="0" />
      <Field Name="custom_apply_to_products" Value="0" />
    </Fields>
    <display_mode>PRODUCTS</display_mode>
    <all_children>4</all_children>
    <created_at>2014-07-24 11:48:16</created_at>
    <category_id>4</category_id>
    <parent_id>2</parent_id>
    <parent_name>Office Supplies</parent_name>
    <is_anchor>0</is_anchor>
    <url_path>office-equipment.html</url_path>
    <path>1/2/4</path>
    <children />
    <meta_title>Office Equipment</meta_title>
    <is_active>1</is_active>
    <description>We stock a wide range of office equipment.</description>
    <url_key>office-equipment</url_key>
    <name>Office Equipment</name>
    <position>2</position>
    <level>2</level>
    <updated_at>2014-07-24 11:48:16</updated_at>
    <include_in_menu>1</include_in_menu>
  </Category>
</ArrayOfCategory>

Sample output file, when Download Detailed is set to false:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ArrayOfCategory>
  <Category>
    <Fields />
    <category_id>1</category_id>
    <parent_id>0</parent_id>
    <name>Root Catalog</name>
    <position>0</position>
    <level>0</level>
  </Category>
  <Category>
    <Fields />
    <category_id>2</category_id>
    <parent_id>1</parent_id>
    <name>Office Supplies</name>
    <position>1</position>
    <level>1</level>
  </Category>
  <Category>
    <Fields />
    <category_id>3</category_id>
    <parent_id>2</parent_id>
    <name>Stationary</name>
    <position>1</position>
    <level>2</level>
  </Category>
  <Category>
    <Fields />
    <category_id>4</category_id>
    <parent_id>2</parent_id>
    <name>Office Equipment</name>
    <position>2</position>
    <level>2</level>
  </Category>
</ArrayOfCategory>