Title: External database/api to Woo
Last modified: August 17, 2022

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# External database/api to Woo

 *  Resolved [Lasha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lashac/)
 * (@lashac)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-database-api-to-woo/)
 * Hi.
    I’m building an Woocommerce website for a client and have an issue. They
   have external products database and want to connect it to Woocommerce. The database
   includes product name, price, and stock and I need to fetch them to Woocommerce,
   and images, descriptions, etc will be edited from Woocommerce itself. They also
   have an API. Is there a way or a plugin that will connect the external product
   database to Woo?

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 *  [seank123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seank123/)
 * (@seank123)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-database-api-to-woo/#post-15924144)
 * Services like [n8n](https://n8n.io/cloud?ref=seankennedy11&utm_source=affiliate)
   and [Zapier](https://zapier.com/) will let you link APIs to automate that sort
   of thing
 *  [Luminus Alabi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luminus/)
 * (@luminus)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-database-api-to-woo/#post-15925784)
 * Hi [@lashac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lashac/),
 * If they can export the products from the external database into a CSV document,
   they can import those details into WooCommerce by following the directions here–
   [https://woocommerce.com/document/product-csv-importer-exporter/](https://woocommerce.com/document/product-csv-importer-exporter/)
 * Bear in mind that WooCommerce expects the CSV document to be formatted in a specific
   manner, so some massaging of that exported CSV doc may be required. You’ll want
   to pay attention to the **How to create the CSV** section of that document to
   make sure you get it right.
 * ALternately, you can look into [@seank123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seank123/)’
   s suggestion and see if that works for your needs.
 *  Thread Starter [Lasha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lashac/)
 * (@lashac)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-database-api-to-woo/#post-15926667)
 * [@seank123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seank123/) I will try them.
 * [@luminus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luminus/) CSV is a good option
   but they don’t want to import products. Products will be in another database 
   and they must connect to Woocommerce and update automatically.
 *  [con](https://wordpress.org/support/users/conschneider/)
 * (@conschneider)
 * Engineer
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-database-api-to-woo/#post-15927293)
 * Hi Pete,
 * I would probably setup my own server and then configure it to connect to an external
   database. Something like: [https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/configure-wordpress-remote-database/](https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/configure-wordpress-remote-database/)
 * You also mentioned:
 * > They also have an API.
 * This sounds like the go-to solution then.
 * Kind regards,
 *  Thread Starter [Lasha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lashac/)
 * (@lashac)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-database-api-to-woo/#post-15931994)
 * APi is good but I don’t have any experience.
 *  [Mirko P.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainfallnixfig/)
 * (@rainfallnixfig)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-database-api-to-woo/#post-15933232)
 * Hi [@lashac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lashac/),
 * > APi is good but I don’t have any experience
 * There are many resources and tutorials online on API but if you feel like you
   need help from a professional API developer/expert we recommend reaching out 
   to the official WooCommerce development partners via this link: [https://woocommerce.com/experts/](https://woocommerce.com/experts/).
 * Best regards.

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