Updating Products in ShipStation

This task will update existing products in ShipStation. The product data must be supplied in an XML file.

Important

This task does not support creating new products in ShipStation.

Settings

ShipStation Connection

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

Fail File

Required
The name of a file for failed imports to be output to.

Input File

Required
The source file containing the records to import into ShipStation. The file must be in the XML format shown below.

Success File

Required
The name of a file for successful imports to be output to.

Prevent Reprocessing

Required
Set this to 'True' to check whether the ExternalId of each record supplied in the input XML file has already been processed, and if so skip the record.

Zynk Settings

See Common Task Settings

Examples

A sample input file is shown below.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Products xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <Product>
    <Id>38464895</Id>
    <ExternalId>TEST0001</ExternalId>
    <Sku>TEST0001</Sku>
    <Name>Test Product</Name>
    <Price>19.95</Price>
    <DefaultCost>9.40</DefaultCost>
    <Length>2.3</Length>
    <Width>1.8</Width>
    <Height>1.2</Height>
    <WeightOz>4.2</WeightOz>
    <InternalNotes>For test purposes only</InternalNotes>
    <FulfillmentSku>TEST0001</FulfillmentSku>
    <Active>true</Active>
    <ProductCategory>
      <CategoryId>352</CategoryId>
      <Name>Test Products</Name>
    </ProductCategory>
    <WarehouseLocation>Aisle 4</WarehouseLocation>
    <DefaultCarrierCode>DHL</DefaultCarrierCode>
    <DefaultServiceCode>48H</DefaultServiceCode>
    <DefaultPackageCode>SMALL</DefaultPackageCode>
    <DefaultIntlCarrierCode>DHL</DefaultIntlCarrierCode>
    <DefaultIntlServiceCode>48H</DefaultIntlServiceCode>
    <DefaultIntlPackageCode>SMALL</DefaultIntlPackageCode>
    <DefaultConfirmation>None</DefaultConfirmation>
    <DefaultIntlConfirmation>None</DefaultIntlConfirmation>
    <CustomsDescription>Test product</CustomsDescription>
    <CustomsValue>8</CustomsValue>
    <CustomsTariffNo>None</CustomsTariffNo>
    <CustomsCountryCode>GB</CustomsCountryCode>
    <NoCustoms>true</NoCustoms>
    <Tags>
      <Tag>
        <Id>853</Id>
        <Name>Test</Name>
      </Tag>
    </Tags>
  </Product>
</Products>