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Importing content using the command line

Content Importer can be run from the command line.

Synopsis

contentimporter [ command ] [ option ] [ --help ] [ --version ]

Description

Content Importer exposes commands that perform specific imports, such as contentimporter import and contentimporter run. Each command defines its own arguments. Type --help after each command to access a brief documentation, and contentimporter help for a list of available commands with a short description.

Errors and other messages are by default logged to the console. Logging can be configured in the NLog.config file which is stored in the directory where the executable is located.

The account to connect to the Repository must be added in interactive mode (that is, when you start Content Importer from the Start menu).

Commands

The available Content Importer commands are:

contentimporter convert-and-import
Convert content and metadata files and import them in the Repository.
contentimporter help
Print the list of available commands with short descriptions.
contentimporter import
Import content and metadata files in the Repository.
contentimporter import-translation
Import translations in the Repository.
contentimporter run
Execute the job files.
contentimporter version
Print out the version of the Content Importer in use.

Options

The options for contentimporter are (type contentimporter --help at a command line to find them):

--help
Print out documentation for a given command.
--version
Print out the version of the Content Importer in use.