Data from Shopware (Download & Matching)

The Shopware 6 API Connector not only transfers data to Shopware, it can also retrieve data back from Shopware and match existing objects automatically. This is essential when you introduce the connector in a shop that is already populated: existing products, properties, images, and categories are linked instead of created twice.

The matching principle

Matching is based on unique identifiers:

• Web-ID – the Shopware ID that is stored on the BC record.
• productNumber / SKU – matching existing products by item number.
• Email address – matching customers during order import.

Topics

Product Matching by SKU & Web-ID

Link existing products by item number. Open

Match Attributes & Properties

Link property groups and options by matching names and values. Open

Match Variants (Color & Size)

Assign parent items and variants (option 1/2/3). Open

Retrieve Product Images & Media Info

Retrieve media assignments and maintain default images and covers. Open

Download Categories

Load and link existing Shopware categories. Open

Recommendation: First load the initial data, then the categories and tags, then match the attributes, and only afterwards match the products. You will find the complete sequence under Item Matching & Data Import from Shopware.