CSV2CQ

A node.js script to convert a CSV file into CQ5 .content.xml files.

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Install

1. This script needs node.js, you can install it from here:
   http://nodejs.org/#download

2. Install the following node.js packages: mkdirp, csv and mu2.
   To do so, type the following into your command line:

   npm install mkdirp
   npm install csv
   npm install mu2

Import

1. In Excel, export the file in CSV format.
   Note: The 1st row defines the name of the variables for the following rows.

2. Convert the exported CSV file to utf-8 (eg. using Mac TextMate => Save As => utf-8).

3. In the command line, use node.js to run the csv2cq.js script. Provide the config.js script as arugment:

   node csv2cq.js config.js

This should have created a content folder with the whole product structure underneath. Don't forget that the generated files are named ".content.xml" and are thus hidden on UNIX systems.

Implementation

This importer consists of 4 parts:

csv2cq.js:
This script acts like a micro import framework that iterates over a CSV file and for each line will call a mustache template to render the output. It requires a config.js script as argument, for the import-specific information.

config.js:
This script provides all import-specific information, like the CSV file to import and a "transform" function that will be called for each CSV row. This function allows to edit the data before the template is rendered. It is important that for each row the following variables are set:

• importFile: the name of the file that will contain the output of the rendered template.
• importPath: the path where to write the importFile.
• importTemplate: the mustache template to use to write the output.

template.mustache.xml:
The Mustache template syntax is explained here:
http://mustache.github.com/mustache.5.html

content.csv:
This file contains all data to be imported. Before running the import script, make sure that the CSV file is in UTF-8 format. The 1st row defines the name of the variables to access each column.