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Creating your Feed

Each field is fairly self-explanatory, but any additional information is provided below.

Name

Setup a name for you feed, so you can easily keep track of what you're importing.

Feed URL

Provide the URL for your feed. This can be an absolute URL, relative (to the web root) and make use of any aliases.

Feed Type

Set the Feed Type to match the type of data you're importing. Your options are:

  • ATOM
  • CSV
  • Google Sheet
  • JSON
  • RSS
  • XML

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When using Google Sheet as your feed type, consult the Google Sheets API docs. Your URL should include a key value for your API key. For example:

https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/values/SheetName?key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Element Type

Select the element type you wish to import your feed content into.

Target Site

If you have a multi-site Craft installation, you'll have an additional “Target Site” setting where you can select which site the elements should be initially saved in. The content will get propagated to your other sites from there, according to your fields’ Translation Method settings.

Import Strategy

The Import Strategy tells Feed Me how to act when (or if) it comes across elements that are similar to what you’re importing. If you’ve imported your content once, there will very likely be elements with the same title or content as what you're trying to import.

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The actual matching behavior is determined by a unique identifier, which you’ll configure in a moment.

For example: you have an existing entry called “About Us,” but you also have an item in your feed with exactly the same title. You should tell Feed Me what to do when it comes to processing this entry in your feed. Do you want to update that same entry, or add a new one?

You can select from any combination of the following:

AttributeDescription
Create new elementsAdds new elements if they do not already exist (as determined by a unique identifier). If an element does exist, it will only be updated if Update existing elements is enabled.
Update existing elementsUpdates elements that match the unique identifier. If no existing element matches, one will be only be created if Create new elements is also enabled.
Disable missing elementsDisables elements that are not updated by this feed.
Disable missing elements in the target siteDisables elements that are not updated by this feed, but only in the feed’s target site.
Delete missing elementsDeletes elements that are not updated by this feed. Be careful when deleting.
Update search indexesWhether search indexes should be updated.

Passkey

A generated, unique string to increase security against imports being run inadvertently. This is mainly used when triggering an import via the direct feed link.

Backup

Enable a backup of your database to be taken on each import. Please note the performance implications when switching this on.

Set Empty Values

When enabled, empty values in a feed item are considered valid and will clear the corresponding fields when your Import Strategy includes update existing elements. When disabled, empty values are ignored or treated as unchanged.

Keys omitted from a feed item are not considered “empty” and will not clear values on existing entries.


Click Save & Continue to be taken to the Primary Element screen, or Save to continue making changes on this screen.