This extension improves default features of Magento API.
It allows you to:
- Associate simple products to configurable or grouped product;
- Specify category names rather than the ids;
- Specify the name of the attribute set rather than the id;
- Specify options labels rather than the ids;
- Specify the website code rather than the id.
Install with modgit:
$ cd /path/to/magento
$ modgit init
$ modgit -e README.md clone jr-api https://github.com/jreinke/magento-improve-api.git
or download package manually:
- Download latest version here
- Unzip in Magento root folder
- Clean cache
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