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Import Customers to WooCommerce 2.2+

This task will update or insert customers into your WooCommerce store from an XML file. The customers in the input file are matched to customers in WooCommerce based on the <id> or the <email>. If an <id> is provided, the existing customer in WooCommerce with this ID will be updated. If an <email> is provided and a customer already exists in WooCommerce with a matching email, the existing customer will be updated. Otherwise a new customer will be created.

Settings

Connection

Required
The WooCommerce connection to use. See the Connecting to WooCommerce 2.2+ article if you require more information on how to create/manage connections.

Fail File

Required
The name of the XML file to save any customers which fail to import to WooCommerce. Defaults to 'woo_commerce_customer_import_fail.xml'.

Input File

Required
The name of the XML file containing the customers to import to WooCommerce. Defaults to 'woo_commerce_customer_import.xml'.

Success File

Required
The name of the XML file to save any customers which successfully imported to WooCommerce. Defaults to 'woo_commerce_customer_import_success.xml'.

Prevent Reprocessing

Required
When set to true this will prevent another customer with the same <external_id> as a previously imported record from being imported to WooCommerce.

Zynk Settings

See Common Task Settings.

Examples

A sample input file showing an update for the customer with email address ' [email protected]' is shown below. The file is the same format as the output from the Export Customers from WooCommerce 2.2+ task. Any fields which are not included in the XML won't be updated, and will keep their current value.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<CustomerList>
  <customers>
    <customer>
      <email>[email protected]</email>
      <first_name>Adam</first_name>
      <last_name>Wardle</last_name>
      <username>admin</username>
      <billing_address>
        <first_name>Adam</first_name>
        <last_name>Wardle</last_name>
        <company>Zynk Software Ltd</company>
        <address_1>Nelson House</address_1>
        <address_2 />
        <city>Jesmond</city>
        <state>Tyne & Wear</state>
        <postcode>NE2 3AE</postcode>
        <country>GB</country>
        <email>[email protected]</email>
        <phone>08451232920</phone>
      </billing_address>
      <shipping_address>
        <first_name>Adam</first_name>
        <last_name>Wardle</last_name>
        <company>Zynk Software Ltd</company>
        <address_1>Nelson House</address_1>
        <address_2 />
        <city>Jesmond</city>
        <state>Tyne & Wear</state>
        <postcode>NE2 3AE</postcode>
        <country>GB</country>
      </shipping_address>
    </customer>
  </customers>
</CustomerList>