In order to be able to show your product listing to best effect to our customers around the world, Fruugo requires a product data feed. We need to retrieve this feed frequently to keep stock levels accurate and thereby improve the customer experience.
The method used to get product information into the Fruugo system is via a suitably constructed product data feed. This feed contains the information which the Fruugo system requires to be able to correctly display your products to the customer, correctly calculate the cost (including shipping and sales tax where appropriate) to shoppers in all of the Fruugo countries.
Feed Policy
It is our policy that all data must be submitted on an automated feed which does not require manual upload. The feed must be provided in the Fruugo feed specification.
It means a full feed of your product data in our formats being automatically generated by a feed script on a pre-defined schedule (at least daily but ideally more frequently) and the script publishing the output feed file to a static URL (http) from which our system can collect the file each time a new version has been published for automatic processing. We operate in this manner to ensure that the products remain consistently up to date - stock, prices etc.
CSV Feed Overview
CSV (comma-separated values) is a common, simple file format that is widely supported by consumer, business, and scientific applications. A CSV file consists of any number of records, separated by line breaks; each record consists of fields, separated by a character or string, most commonly a comma. All records have an identical sequence of fields.
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- Is in “plain text” using a character set such as UTF-8.
- Consists of records (one record per line).
- With the records divided into fields separated by delimiters (typically a single reserved character such as comma, semicolon, or tab).
- Where every record has the same sequence of fields.
Why use CSV?
The Fruugo Product CSV Feed is a simple data format which allows you to integrate your product data into the Fruugo systems. The use of CSV allows the easy customisation of your ecommerce system to produce user-defined export data files.
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- Amending current products
- Stock Status
- Image
- Title
- Adding new products
- Removing old products
- Adding promotional offers to products
Fruugo CSV Field Specification
There are only 11 mandatory fields in the Fruugo CSV format to ensure you can get up and running as soon as possible. The remaining fields, although not compulsory*, are there so that we can fine tune your experience to get you the most sales possible. Throughout this process the Fruugo Integration Team will be on hand to advise on submitting a feed that ensures your products are set-up correctly. *They may become compulsory dependent on the nature of your products.
For information on the mandatory fields and all other fields please see Fruugo Feed > Field Specification.
Specification of Character Enclosing & Decimal Separators
Fields are separated by commas in the Fruugo CSV format. A consequence of this is that the comma cannot be used as a decimal separator for pricing. Regardless of the normal practice in your home country you should always use a decimal point as a decimal separator.
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