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Matt 359 posts 842 karma points

Oct 31, 2018 @ 14:35

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Usync Export and Import on command line

Hello all,

I've been testing out uSync and loving what I can see so far, makes things so much easier when moving content/files across environments.

I have the following setup;

UmbracoSiteA

-uSync installed

-uSync Content Installed

UmbracoSiteb

-uSync installed

-uSync Content Installed

I've also created a batch file which copies;

Media, Scripts, uSync, Views and CSS folders across from SiteA to SiteB

My issue is now, I'm looking to run a command line from SiteA which will run the uSync export

I will then run my batch file.

Then if possible, have a command line to Import Usync on siteB

I found the following thread about uSync.Chauffeur

https://our.umbraco.com/packages/developer-tools/usync/usync/81793-executing-import-on-umbraco-site-from-program

However I didn't quite understand how this works? Could someone point me in right direction how I can run the Usync export and import via command line?

Thanks in advance,

Matt

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Kevin Jump 2348 posts 14896 karma points MVP 8x c-trib

Oct 31, 2018 @ 15:19
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Hi,

So, if you install both the Chauffeur.Runner (https://www.nuget.org/packages/Chauffeur.Runner/) and and uSync.Chauffeur (https://www.nuget.org/packages/uSync.Chauffeur/) packages installed

Then you can run chauffeur from a command line in your projects bin folder. (see https://aaronpowell.github.io/Chauffeur/getting-started.html)
```
> bin/Chauffeur.Runner.exe
```
From here you get an umbraco> command prompt

if you type help you should get a list of available commands (including uSync if you've installed it)

equally help uSync will give you more detail of what uSync commands you have/

In general usync commands are in the format uSync [action] [folder]

the folder is optional and allows you to use something that isn't usync/data

so an export to the standard folder is :
```
Umbraco> uSync export 
```
and standard folder import is
```
Umbraco> uSync Import
```
You can be more specific if you want - for example only import content-types might be
```
Umbraco > uSync content-type import [somefolder/path]
```
You can call chauffeur and have it run the command in one, so for example
```
> bin\chauffeur.runner usync export 
```
Will start up chauffeur, run a uSync export to the default folder and exit. (you don't need to do this if uSync is already exporting everything when you make changes) and
```
> bin\chauffeur.runner usync import 
```
Will do the import (which might be all you want/need to import to your second site)

When Importing on the command line you should turn off import at startup in the usync config (config/usyncBackoffice.config) - set import to false (<Import>false</Import>) because you don't need it and it will slow boot times down.

It is worth noting there is a difference between the built-in chauffeur content-type (and other) commands and the uSync content-type commands, they have different format files and do things differently.

Kevin
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Matt 359 posts 842 karma points

Nov 05, 2018 @ 13:37

Hello Kevin,

Thanks for the reply.

I tried to install the uSync Chauffeur and I'm getting the following error;

Installing uSync.Chauffeur 1.0.0.
Install failed. Rolling back...
Package 'uSync.Chauffeur.1.0.0 : Chauffeur.Runner [1.3.0, ), uSync [4.0.5, )' does not exist in project 'UmbracoSiteA'
Package 'uSync.Chauffeur.1.0.0 : Chauffeur.Runner [1.3.0, ), uSync [4.0.5, )' does not exist in folder 'UmbracoSiteA\packages'
Executing nuget actions took 743.85 ms
Install-Package : Could not install package 'uSync.Chauffeur 1.0.0'. You are trying to install this package into a project that targets '.NETFramework,Version=v4.5.2', but the package does not contain any 
assembly references or content files that are compatible with that framework. For more information, contact the package author.
At line:1 char:1
+ Install-Package uSync.Chauffeur -Version 1.0.0
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Install-Package], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NuGetCmdletUnhandledException,NuGet.PackageManagement.PowerShellCmdlets.InstallPackageCommand

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