Here’s a brief 1-2-3 overview of how Adopt a Pet's AutoUploading system for software works, and a PDF file attached below with our full AutoUpload documentation.
Note: Our software "import" system, used by some software, is different.
- Your shelter management software generates pet data export as a comma-delimited file, named pets.csv
- Your pet data export file (pets.csv), import configuration file (import.cfg) and any possibly pet photos are transferred by your software via FTP to your account's FTP folder on the AdoptaPet.com servers. Most software uses photo URLs to do the transferring.
- Assuming there are no problems with the pet data and configuration, our AdoptaPet.com AutoUploading process will importing your pet data onto your My Pet List and display your pets on the AdoptaPet.com website.
You may also reference our AutoUpload Breed and Color values article.