Can I Import New Users as .csv File

[bittersweet]

I'm currently reviewing the capabilities of several discussion forum software packages. I have a specific need where I need to import new users to the forum in bulk say in a .csv file, where I'm importing the following info -

Display Name
Username
Password
E-mail Address
Password

Can I easily do this with vBulletin through some kind of already existing add-on or mod and will the script or add-on validate the information upon import, that is provide an error message for duplicate information, say already existing usernames or e-mail addresses of members in the vBulletin database?

I'm running a student site, so I need to import new users in bulk every week for 5-6 months and then my site goes offline over the summer until the next year when I import an entirely new list of students.

Appreciate any assistance.

[Steve Machol]

We do have a CSV/text importer. My understanding is that you will only be able to import:

- username
- password
- email address

[bill99]

Hi All,

On a very similar note I was wondering about how to write a new user directly to the vbulletin database.

I am looking at integrating vbulletin with our current ecommerce application, on which users create an account before they buy. I don't want to make the user create a new account to access the bulletin board but would just like them to be able to login to vbulletin using their ecommerce credentials

Would we be able to add a user record to the vbulletin database directly, or is there an API / function call / web service or something that we could call to do it.

TIA for any more thoughts on this one.

Bill

[Steve Machol]

Integrating vBulletin with a non-vB member system would require a rather extensive modification of the code. Of course, we cannot provide official support for code modifications. What most people do is modify their current system to use the vB member system.

Either way the place for help with this would be over at the mod site: http://www.vbulletin.org

Once you register you can post in the Pre-Sales forum there.

[bill99]

Thanks Steve,

Just to clarify, when I say 'integrating vbulletin with our existing ecommerce system' that is perhaps a little misleading. I don't need to modify the way vbulletin works or looks ( apart from skins etc.).

What I need to do is to have a way of adding a user record to the vbulletin user table directly - probably via a php script. We are quite happy to write scripts like this that can directly acces the table structure, but I'm mindful that this would be unsupported.

I guess what I really need though is some guidance on what needs to happen when a user is created - which tables do we need to populate and with what.

Is this information available anywhere?

Cheers,

Bill

[Steve Machol]

You can view the full API here:

http://members.vbulletin.com/api/

And here's info on the data managers:

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/data_managers

Note: As I said this is not something we ptovide official support for.

[bill99]

Thanks very much Steve,

I'll take a look

Cheers,

Bill