PW equivalent of WP All Import Pro?

[hellomoto]

Would anyone here be able and inspired to develop a ProcessWire equivalent to the WordPress plugin WP All Import Pro? or to help me do so?

This is what I'm envisioning...

• Upon installation the module creates an admin page titled "Import & Update". On the module config page you can specify allowed templates to run this on, otherwise allowing any.
• Include the following PHP libraries: hQuery for web scraping, Csv for CSV handling, and Parser for XML.
• Create template "import-update".
• On the "Import & Update" page, a list of current import/updaters will be displayed (0 initially), each with corresponding links to "edit" or "run".

When you "Add New", this be the "import-update" template (with all module-specific fields tagged "impupd"):

• title
• destination (req.): parent, template
• source (req.):
  • type (web, csv, xml)
  • location (url, file, text)
    • if web: opt. index URL & link selector, + paginator selector
    • if csv: opt. ignore 1st row
    • if xml: req. individual item node xpath
• actions (check):
  • import (if none matching UID)
  • update (if matching UID & field values differ)
• save() [req. here in flow]
• map (repeater):
  • input (select fields from specified template to affect)
  • intake (corresponding DOM selectors / CSV col. letters/headers / xpath per field) (req.)
• UID (unique ID; field reference to compare against, from selected input fields) (req.)
• Lazy Cron interval

Scripts can be run via the import-update template; keep logs; show preview (iframe/ajax) for manual runs. ...