The Fruugo StockStatus API is an interface for retailers to allow retailers to enable real-time product stock updates and synchronisation with their own system.
The StockStatus API which allows each product to be updated with real-time requests, but these only relate to stock status and stock quantity. Authentication is handled with HTTP Basic - method. The API doesn't allow the update of other product information such as title or price - these must be controlled by the product feed.
The Stock Status API is in two parts:
- Stock Inventory Feed - Allows a GET request which returns a simple XML feed of the retailer's live SKUs on Fruugo to allow you to map the status of the product in your own system. It will provide you with our internal Fruugo Sku Id; retailers Product Id; retailers Sku Id; product title; availability status; and if provided to us it will return the quantity of items in stock.
- Stock Inventory Update - Allows a Post request in a simple XML format which prompts our system to update the current stock status of the product. It identifies the product using our internal Fruugo Sku Id, and allows the update of the product availability status, and the quantity of items in stock.
Update Process
The update requests are processed synchronously and subsequent requests for an stock inventory feed will return the updated values.
Replication from Fruugo's master product index to the slaves used by the live site is asynchronous and it may take a few minutes for the update to go live.