Add a CSV template feature to download a sample CSV file

@ikeigenwijs the patch adds the following path to feeds.routing.yml:

/feed/add/{feeds_feed_type}/template

Looks like the patch works, tnx. I've added an additional check before help creation to avoid pre-defined values in the template(for example mapped fields)

Did this patch ever get finished? Is there a way to Download a template yet?
Thanks

@kappaluppa
No, this is not finished yet. The latest patch did not apply and the one before that was failing tests. This one is still planned to be done, but it is currently competing with other issues that also look important to get done, such as media support, file target issues and additional multilingual support. See 🌱 [meta] Feeds 8.x roadmap Active what else is planned to be picked up.

Tests are passing!

One thing I'd like to see added is a method for returning the raw template contents - as a string. This can then be used by Feeds Textarea Fetcher → . With that module you can put in the source data in a textarea. It would be nice that in case of the CSV parser, it would already display the CSV columns. And that is only possible if Feeds Textarea Fetcher can load the raw template contents.

For now I set this to "needs review" because it is ready to be tested.

Whaaaaaaao @megachriz - impressive work once again! This works great, thank you so much!
Agree that #38 would make sense!

@anybody
Thank you for testing and for your compliments! 😊
Now that I'm mostly done porting my projects to Drupal 11 (I decided to take a break on that for the remaining) and all Feeds stable release blockers have been resolved, I can finally pick some issues that I had put on the wait list. So I sort of randomly picked up this as it looked like it could be resolved in a relative small amount of work hours.

I'm testing this myself. One thing that I think is not correct is that if you have the permission to import your own feeds, but not feeds you do not own, you can still access the CSV template of other feeds. Also, I think it makes sense that you should also be able to access if you can create or update feeds, even if you cannot import them.

What I'd like to change as well is the path for the feed specific template. Currently this is /feed/template/{feeds_feed_type}/{feeds_feed}, but I think it makes more sense if it was /feed/{feeds_feed}/template instead. This requires also additional access control and tests.

The feed type specific template can stay to be /feed/template/{feeds_feed_type}

So, work to be done!

I've opened ✨ Display CSV headers in textarea when creating a new feed Active , so this feature can be tested in combination with the Feeds Textarea Fetcher → module.

I think that I completed all of the listed remaining tasks, but to be sure it would be good to check that.

I merged the changes. Thanks all!

Thank you so much @megachriz! Sorry I couldn't help this time, very busy currently, I saw your progress. Wonderful enhancement! :)

@anybody
Thanks for your compliments! 😊
I'm pleased as well that I could get this one finished. Up to the next thing!

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