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How to Import Orders via CSV Auto-fetch


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Overview


With AfterShip Shipping’s CSV auto-fetch, you don't have to upload a CSV file every time you want the shipping details of your eCommerce platform orders imported to the Orders dashboard because we will automatically fetch the orders as per your import rule and time.


What you'll learn


In this tutorial, we will introduce:



How to set up CSV auto-fetch:


  1. Go to ** Orders ** in the AfterShip Shipping admin
  2. Click on CSV import and select the CSV auto-fetch option



  • Once you click the CSV Auto Fetch option, you will be asked to set the import rule. Click on Create new rule



a. Set the Daily import time

b. Input the HTTP, HTTPS, FTP or SFTP link that points directly to the CSV file you want AfterShip to download at the time you specify

c. Fill in the username and password, if the URL is password protected. With this, you can simply update the CSV file at the URL you specify, and AfterShip will automatically download the file and import the shipments


  1. Click Save to finish the procedure
  2. Your newly created rules will display on the CSV auto-fetch dashboard


Edit the CSV auto-fetch import rules


  1. Choose the rule you need to edit and click on it go to the rule pop-up page to edit it
  2. Do the required changes and click Save to finish modifying the rule


Delete the CSV auto-fetch import rules


  1. Click Delete for the rule you want to delete



  1. Click Delete again in the secondary confirmation and the rule will be deleted



View import logs


The import log dashboard gives a detailed view of your one-time and auto-fetch CSV import logs.


  1. Go to ** Orders ** in the AfterShip Shipping admin
  2. Click on CSV import and select the View logs option



  1. No logs will appear if you haven’t imported any orders yet. If you have, the dashboard will display the following information.



  • Feed URL: The name of the CSV import file
  • Feed type: The method used to import orders
  • Import to: The platform where the file was imported
  • Processed time: The date and time when the fill was processed
  • Processed: The total number of orders in the file that are meant to be imported
  • Succeeded: The total number of orders that are successfully imported
  • Failed: The total number of orders that failed to be imported
  • Error log: The reason behind the unsuccessful order import which you can see by downloading the log.


Find the failed reason under the reason column, rectify it, and import the file again.



Updated on: 06/06/2024