DataFeedManager XML file format The DataFeedManager XML file format is ideal for platform integrations although it can be used for a single store import.

It is also the preferred format for large product set imports for stores with tens of thousands of SKUs since it has a built in paging mechanism to make the import process more efficient. There are three XML node sections to this file’s schema, Fields, Products and Paging; each is discussed below.

Fields node The Fields node section lets DataFeedManager know what product attributes to expect for your import. This node contains multiple child Field nodes (up to 50), each representing a product attribute to be imported from your system. Each Field node must contain a name attribute that contains the field name as a value.

For example: <Fields> <Field name="UniqueID" /> <Field name="Name" /> <Field name="Description" /> <Field name="Price" /> More Field nodes… </Fields> Products node The Products node section provides your product listings to DataFeedManager.

This node contains multiple child Product nodes, each representing a product in your system. Each Product node must contain child nodes named according to the Fields node section, all fields from the Fields node section must be present in each Product node.

For example:
<Products> <Product> <UniqueID>6816916</UniqueID>
<Name>Apple iPod Video 30GB White 5.5 GEN</Name>
<Description>With 5.5 generation iPods all your music at your fingertips you may never want to stop listening…</Description>
<Price>237.99</Price>
More fields … </Product> More Product nodes… </Products>
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Paging node The Paging node section allows DataFeedManager to relay paging calls to your system, providing an efficient mechanism for large product set imports and eliminating server timeouts on large XML files. The Paging node contains three child nodes:

Start– This is the starting index of the first product to be returned

Count - The number of products to return

Total – The total products to be returned for this import


Must populate each of these nodes as calls are made to your system.

For example: <Paging> <Start>1</Start> <Count>100</Count> <Total>1000</Total> </Paging> DataFeedManager will make calls to your system via HTTP and will pass query string parameters that indicate which product page to return.

The HTTP call will be similar to the following:

http://www.MyStore.com/MyWebPage?start=1&count=100 To retrieve the second page of a 1000 products file the call will be similar to the following:

http://www.MyStore.com/MyWebPage?start=101&count=100