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Setting up your Product Feed

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To set up your Product Feed, you’ll need to host an XML or TXT file on an external service and submit the URL of that file to Publitas.

URL standards compatible with Publitas are:

  • HTTP
  • HTTPS
  • FTP (authentication must be disabled, ie. no required username & password)
  • SFTP (credentials required)
    If required, we can set up an SFTP location for you. For more information, contact support.

Before you submit your Feed, we highly recommend running through the specifications below to ensure your feed is properly formatted.
 

I want to use an XML format

In the specification below, we've only mentioned the item attributes that are imported.

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0">
  <channel>
    <item>
     <title><![CDATA[Product title]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Product description]]></description>
     <g:price><![CDATA[Product original price]]></g:price>
     <g:sale_price><![CDATA[Product discounted price]]></g:sale_price>
     <link><![CDATA[Product link]]></link>
     <g:id><![CDATA[Product ID]]></g:id>
     <g:image_link><![CDATA[URL to image]]></g:image_link>
     <!-- we import maximum 5 additional image links -->
     <g:additional_image_link><![CDATA[URL to image]]></g:additional_image_link>
     <g:additional_image_link><![CDATA[URL to image]]></g:additional_image_link>
     <g:additional_image_link><![CDATA[URL to image]]></g:additional_image_link>
     <g:additional_image_link><![CDATA[URL to image]]></g:additional_image_link>
     <g:additional_image_link><![CDATA[URL to image]]></g:additional_image_link>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>

Here is a link to a working XML Product Feed

 

I want to use a TXT or TSV format

This format requires a tab-delimited text file hosted on an external service according to the following specification:

1. We support the following attributes:

  • id (required)
  • title (required)
  • description
  • price
  • sale price
  • link
  • image link
  • additional image link

2. The first line must contain table headers for the attributes used, each separated by a tab.
3. From the second line, each line represents a Product. Separate values for each attribute with a tab.

Here is a link to a working TXT Product Feed

 

If you are using Channable as your feed management tool, you can select Publitas as a channel. This blog post explains how you can easily create your product feed through Channable.

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