How to import multiple images with Feeds importer from CSV?

Question

I am using feeds importer for importing images. I have mapped the column "Image" in my CSV to the "Image: URI (field_image:uri)" field in my importer configuration. It workds for now when I put only one image URL in the CSV file, but how to import multiple images?

Answer 1

You can accomplish this with choosing a character to separate your image urls with in the CSV file and using the Feeds Tamper plugin "Explode".

1. Separate the image URLs in your CSV file with a certain character, for example a pipe character: "|". Your CSV file could then look something like this:

   title,image Lorem Ipsum,http://www.example.com/image1.png|http://www.example.com/image2.png

2. Install the module Feeds Tamper. Also enable the Feeds Tamper Admin UI module (included with Feeds Tamper).

3. Go the Tamper page of your feeds importer (/admin/structure/feeds/[importer_id]/tamper).
4. Click "Add plugin" for the "Image: URI" mapper.
5. For the plugin to add, select "Explode". As string separator, choose the character that you used to separate your image URLs. If you followed the example, then this would be the pipe character: "|". See also the image:

The explode tamper plugin cares that your input data (for example "http://www.example.com/image1.png|http://www.example.com/image2.png") is handled as multiple values.