CategoryImporter module for Magento 2 >= 2.1.x

Simple category importer from CSV file. Allows to import / update categories not only from Magento shops (use old shop category ID)

Features

• adds attribute to category 'Old category ID'
• adds possibility to add custom attribute codes by command option
• adds links between parent and child categories (by 'Old category ID')
• work only for admin store (multi stores are not implemented yet)

Install module

• add module via composer or download and copy files to app/code/Macopedia/CategoryImporter
• run bin/magento module:enable Macopedia_CategoryImporter in command line

Usage

NOTICES:

• please add parent categories before children in file
• use semicolon (';') as delimiter in file

Attributes supported by default:

• Required attributes:

  • id
  • name
  • parent_id

• Optional attributes with predefined values:

  • is_active - default value: 1
  • is_anchor - default value: 1
  • include_in_menu - default value: 1
  • custom_use_parent_settings - default value: 1

• Base additional attributes:

  • description
  • meta_title
  • meta_keywords
  • meta_description
  • url_key
  • url_path
  • position

Base usage examples

bin/magento import:categories [--path|-p <path to file in Magento dir>] [--additional|-a <additional attributes separated by comma>]

bin/magento import:categories -p var/import/categories-example.csv 
	
bin/magento import:categories -p var/import/categories-example.csv -a my_custom_attribute1,my_custom_attribute2,my_custom_attribute3

Simple CSV file to import categories

id;name;parent_id
10;Category name 1;null
11;Category name 2;null
20;First child of cat 1;10
21;First child of cat 2;11
22;Second child of cat 2;11