AccountImport command (Business Edition)

This command imports a business account in XML format into WebSphere Commerce.

Command structure

https://host_name/path
The fully qualified name of your WebSphere Commerce Server and the configuration path.

Diagram of the command structure: the command starts with the fully qualified name of your WebSphere Commerce Server and the configuration path, followed by the command name, AccountImport  and the ? character. End the command with a list of parameters in the form of name value pairs. Separate each name value pair with the & character. For a detailed description of the parameters and their values, refer to the list entitled Parameter values.

Before issuing this command, you must be logged into WebSphere Commerce. You can log in to WebSphere Commerce using the Logon command. For more information in the Logon command, see the related reference below.

Parameter values

fileName
(Required) The name of the XML file that you want to import as a business account. The XML file must be validated with the B2BTrading DTD.

The XML file being imported must exist in the location specified in the WebSphere Commerce configuration file (instance_name.xml), and the file must be validated with the B2BTrading DTD or Package.xsd.

The configuration file is in the following locations:

WC_installdir/instances/instance_name/xml/ instance_name.xml where instance_name is name of your WebSphere Commerce instance.

The location for the business account XML file to be imported is specified in the XMLPath attribute of the Trading tag in the WebSphere Commerce configuration file. For example, if the WebSphere Commerce configuration file contains the following:

<DTDPath="D:/WebSphere/CommerceServer55/xml/trading/dtd"
XMLPath="D:/WebSphere/CommerceServer55/xml/trading/xml"
XSDPath="D:/WebSphere/CommerceServer55/xml/trading/xsd" />

The business account XML file to be imported using this command must be in D:/WebSphere/CommerceServer55/xml/trading/xml.

xsd
(Required) Specifies whether the account XML is in DTD or XSD format. Use true to specify the account XML is in XSD format, otherwise use false.
validate
Specifies whether the account XML should be validated by the XML parser. Valid values for this parameter are true and false. Use true to have the account validated. Use false to prevent the account from being validated by the XML parser.

If this parameter is not specified, a value of true is assumed.

URL
(Required) The URL to be called when the command completes successfully.

Example

The following example imports an account:

https://myhostname/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/
AccountImport?fileName=myaccountfile.xml&xsd=false&URL=AccountDisplay

Behavior

This command imports a business account into the WebSphere Commerce database from an XML file. Before importing the business account, the command checks to ensure the business account being imported meets the following conditions:

Exception conditions

The following exceptions may be thrown by this comment: