It’s a known issue that importing a CSV file can break your image associations and delete your images. I learned this the hard way. In this post I’m going to share what causes it, how to avoid it, and how to fix it if it’s already happened. What Causes It I believe we’ve diagnosed that the issue i…

Thank you so much! Saved me a lot of trouble. By the way, if anyone wants a python script to automatically check the urls and add /deleted if they 404, here: import csv import requests def check_url(url): try: response = requests.head(url) return response.status_code != 404 …

You deserve a medal for sharing this information in such a detailed and well structured manner. In addition, it worked perfectly. I just saved a lot of work and stress applying your fix. What I noticed in my case was that it was easy to determine which URLs were broken. Those were found on CSV line…

Thank you so much for sharing. Saved the day! I can’t believe Shopify still hasn’t fixed this issue. And I can’t believe they don’t signpost the risk anywhere

import csv import asyncio import aiohttp from aiohttp import ClientSession from pathlib import Path INPUT_CSV = Path(r'Your_File.csv') OUTPUT_CSV = Path(r'Your_File.csv') MAX_CONCURRENT = 50 # adjust as needed async def check_url(session: ClientSession, url: str) -> bool: try: async w…

Amazing, thank you. Just wrote a quick script in cursor and it saved me and my designer hours of manual work.

Shopify CSV Import Deleting Images: Here's My Solution

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GusGianetti May 4, 2022, 3:45pm 2

¡Thanks! Saved my life.

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