The new Linkshare LMP datafeed

How do you use this?

[Compworld]

Hello,

Does anyone know how to use the LMP datafeed with wget pull? I do not know how to pull the information. Can anyone help me out?

Thanks,

CompWorld

[hbirnbaum]

CuteFTP has a command called "Get Link as File". This might work.

Not sure why Linkshare, deceided to go this route. They're the only ones that do it. They should just make the files available for download like they had it.

[Compworld]

Thanks for the info. Yes, it seems like it was the best decision to make. Do you know how to pull them in WS FTP Pro?

Thanks,

CompWorld

[shri]

Here's what I got from them.

The key is not to use the mget command, but to use a client that can be programmed to do automagic get commands in a batch mode.

In your affiliate FTP account, you will notice files ending in “.lmp” instead of “.gz”. The “.lmp” extension represents functions and not actual files and you should not attempt to download them.

Although the file with the “.gz” extension may not be visible in the FTP directory, you will still be able to download them by using FTP commands such as the following example.

get #*$!_xxx_mp.txt.gz (for the text file version)

Please note that this function only works with the “get” command and will not work with the “mget” command in your script.

[shman]

Can you tell me how does one get a LMP feed from Linkshare?