Magmi - Issue uploading more than one media_gallery image

Question

i have been using Magmi for a long time and have never had issues until i started using the media_gallery column.

When using this column the first image is always imported. Any subsequent images appended by a ";" are throwing an error "cannot be found in image path".

Here is an example upload:

    sku     media_gallery
    00090   00090.pt01.jpg
    01321   01321.alt01.jpg;01321-pt02.jpg;01321-pt03.jpg;01321-alt02.jpg;0131-alt03.jpg;01321-lf.jpg
    01322   01322.alt01.jpg;01322.alt02.jpg;01322.alt03.jpg;01322.lf.jpg
    01327   01327.alt01.jpg;01327.pt02.jpg;01327.lf.jpg
    01417   01417.lf.jpg
    01433   01433.pt01.jpg
    2450001 2450001.pt01.jpg
    27730301    27730301.pt02.jpg;27730301.pt03.jpg
    31321   31321.pt02.jpg;31321.pt03.jpg;31321.alt02.jpg;31321.alt03.jpg
    31325   31325.pt02.jpg;31325.pt03.jpg
    46505   46505.pt02.jpg;46505.pt03.jpg
    52021   52021.pt02.jpg
    52251   52251.pt02.jpg
    58529

    64413   64413.pt02.jpg
    64750   64750.pt02.jpg
    64751   64751.alt01.jpg
    64755   64755.alt01.jpg;64755.pt02.jpg;64755.alt02.jpg;64755.alt03.jpg
    64906   64906.pt02.jpg;64906.alt02.jpg
    65114   65114.alt01.jpg;65114.pt02.jpg;65114.alt02.jpg
    65123   65123.pt02.jpg
    7732001 7732001.alt01.jpg;7732001.pt02.jpg;7732001.pt03.jpg;7732001.alt02.jpg;7732001.alt03.jpg
    7732301 7732301.alt01.jpg;7732301.pt02.jpg;7732301.pt03.jpg;7732301.alt02.jpg
    7791301 7791301.pt02.jpg
    7792001 7792001.alt01.jpg;7792001.pt02.jpg;7792001.pt03.jpg;7792001.alt02.jpg
    78030   78030.pt01.jpg
    7805101 7805101.lf.jpg;7805101.pt01.jpg
    8440501 8440501.pt02.jpg;8440501.pt03.jpg;8440501.alt02.jpg;8440501.alt03.jpg;8440501.pt01.jpg
    90072   90072.pt01.jpg
    93210301    93210301.pt01.jpg
    99110   99110.pt01.jpg


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(Commas left out between columens but are there in import)

In the above example anything with one image imports perfectly. A sku with multiple images only imports the first one.

I am following all the standard rules such as using a semi-colon in between image names. I tried different enconding formats

The images reside in a remote path:

http://example.com/images/

I have spent many hours on this and would really appreciate any help.

Answer 1

You need to explicitely define the remote path on your media_gallery column for each image:

http://example.com/images/xxxxx.jpg;http://example.com/images/yyyyy.jpg;

or if you are using the latest magmi git , you might use the new "Remote Image root" field to define a remote server base url (http://example.com/images/) where all those images could be found.