Every day we publish product information, price and stock details. This information can be imported into your Web shop, ERP system, POS system etc. for sales and comparison functions.
Data feeds are generated daily, during the night. In general, files are generated and ready for import at 06:00 in the morning. During the initial setup of the service agreement you can specify which days of the week you would like to receive the data feed. 2.2 File Types Article data is available in the following formats:
To prevent excessive file size we compress the data feeds. This saves transfer time and bandwidth on both sides. We use the GZIP (.gz) standard to accomplish this. During the initial setup it is possible to (de)activate this option.
Both file types, CSV and XML use the UTF-8 Character encoding set. When doing an import make sure to use: 65001 Unicode (UTF-8).
There are 3 options available to obtain the data feed. 1 Manual download via the NEDIS website (my account > my downloads > NEDIS connect) 2 NEDIS FTP server 3 Your own FTP server
The best way to obtain the data feed is by downloading it from our FTP server or have it uploaded to your own FTP server. At the initial setup, we will create a private account on the NEDIS FTP server to post the data feed to and will send you your personal login details for the server. From here, you can download the file in the morning for processing.
The following file format is used: nedis_catalog_YYYY-MM-DD_ll_LL_CCCCCCCC_VVVV_VVVV.EEE CSV Example nedis_catalog_2013-01-01_en_US_282828_v1-0_csv_full.csv XML example nedis_catalog_2011-10-27_en_US_282828_v1-0_xml.xml
The creation process in short: 1 While the file is being generated it will appear on the server as a TMP file 2 After a successful transfer we will rename the file to the according format 3 The old file will be deleted. 4 This means that there is always 1 file available for download. 5 We don’t store old files on the NEDIS FTP server.
NOTE: When you choose the option to receive the file on your own FTP server, please make sure you have enough disk space available. Also take note that you purge/delete old files after a certain time interval. We do not delete files on external FTP servers.