Cross-Site Content Import System

The client needed to bring products and posts in from another site — a custom Laravel build with its own custom fields — which made a simple CSV export/import unworkable out of the box. Done manually, adding content one item at a time was slow and didn't scale as the catalog grew.

Built reusable import logic supporting both API-based and CSV-based ingestion, with field mapping and transformation handling the differences between the two systems' custom fields. Importing is now a CSV upload or a single click. The next phase — already planned — is auto-detecting new fields on import, with an admin confirmation step before anything new gets created, so nothing unexpected ends up published.

The source site is a custom Laravel build with its own custom-field structure, which is what made a plain CSV export/import unworkable — the fields on each side don't line up automatically. The system handles that translation with a mapping layer between the two structures, and supports two ingestion paths so the client isn't locked into one method: a direct API pull, or a CSV upload for cases where API access isn't practical. The next phase, already planned, is auto-detecting new fields on import — gated behind an admin confirmation step so nothing unexpected gets created automatically.