This feature is not yet widely released, but it is available for testing. Contact your Account Manager at Spotler to have the RSS Feed module added to your Connect account.
Please note that feeds will only function if at least one connector is actively importing products into Connect, ensuring that the feed is constantly populated with relevant product data.
In this article, you will find the following information:
Feeds module
The Feeds module enables you to create a RSS feed based on your Connect product data. This feed can be used to load products into other systems that support RSS feeds. You can also define custom fields to be added to your RSS feed, allowing you to tailor outgoing feeds to specific needs and workflows.
When you have the Feeds module added to your account, you can find it in the left main menu of Connect, under Dashboard:
Create a new RSS feed
When you open the new Feeds module, you have the option to click the yellow New feed button.
A pop-up appears to add a new feed, where you enter a name and, optionally, a description and a link. We offer three outgoing feed types, based on RSS layout:
- Facebook Product
- Google Shopping item
- Maileon item
Give your feed a name, select a kind and click Create. Your feed will be created, after which it's possible to add custom fields.
Adding custom fields to the feed
Please note
With custom fields, it's only possible to add custom fields to each feed item (i.e., a value for each product in the feed). It's not possible to add to or modify the RSS feed structure itself.
When you click on Edit and go to you feed details, you'll find the option to add custom fields by clicking the blue Add button. Use the input fields to create field mappings for additional custom feeds.
Do not yet click on Copy feed URL
The feed has a one-hour cache that is activated when the copy feed URL option is clicked. This means that if customisation fields are added after clicking this button, they will not become available until one hour has passed since the feed was triggered.
Field mappings follow the same logic as Rules. Any field you fill out under the column 'Field' takes its value from the filled-in or selected field under the column 'Value'. You can either choose to use a default Connect field to source values from, or fill out fields manually (i.e. when you want to use metadata fields).
Default Connect fields
In the example below, the Raw.URL field will be added to each feed item, taking its value from the default Connect field 'Product URL'. You can access this list of fields by clicking on 'use variable' when hovering over the Value field.
Meta-data fields
In the next example, the custom field Raw.BP will be added to each feed item, retrieving its values from the ctx:Meta.bonusPoints. This ctx field is a meta field, meaning that it doesn't exist by default in Connect.
Please ensure a data rule is in place on your account to create this bonusPoints meta field before using it to retrieve values for your feed. Otherwise, there won't be any field to pull data from, and the value in your feed for this field will be NULL.
When you're finished, click Save mappings to save the custom field settings you just added, then click Save to save and close the feed.
Copy the feed URL
You can now copy the feed URL by again going to the three dots on the right of your feed and clicking Copy feed URL, and copying it in your browser to see the feed in action. You can use this URL on any platform that requires an RSS feed link.