Datafeeds

For a list of methods for this resource, see the end of this page.

Resource representations

Datafeed configuration data.

{
  "kind": "content#datafeed",
  "id": long,
  "name": string,
  "contentType": string,
  "attributeLanguage": string,
  "targets": [
    {
      "country": string,
      "language": string,
      "includedDestinations": [
        string
      ],
      "excludedDestinations": [
        string
      ]
    }
  ],
  "contentLanguage": string,
  "intendedDestinations": [
    string
  ],
  "fileName": string,
  "fetchSchedule": {
    "paused": boolean,
    "dayOfMonth": unsigned integer,
    "minuteOfHour": unsigned integer,
    "weekday": string,
    "hour": unsigned integer,
    "timeZone": string,
    "fetchUrl": string,
    "username": string,
    "password": string
  },
  "format": {
    "fileEncoding": string,
    "columnDelimiter": string,
    "quotingMode": string
  },
  "targetCountry": string
}

Property name	Value	Description	Notes
`attributeLanguage`	`string`	The two-letter ISO 639-1 language in which the attributes are defined in the data feed.	writable
`contentLanguage`	`string`	[DEPRECATED] Please use targets[].language instead. The two-letter ISO 639-1 language of the items in the feed. Must be a valid language for `targetCountry`.	writable
`contentType`	`string`	The type of data feed. For product inventory feeds, only feeds for local stores, not online stores, are supported. Acceptable values are: "`local products`" "`product inventory`" "`product inventory update`" "`products`"	writable
`fetchSchedule`	`nested object`	Fetch schedule for the feed file.	writable
`fetchSchedule.dayOfMonth`	`unsigned integer`	The day of the month the feed file should be fetched (1-31).	writable
`fetchSchedule.fetchUrl`	`string`	The URL where the feed file can be fetched. Google Merchant Center will support automatic scheduled uploads using the HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, or SFTP protocols, so the value will need to be a valid link using one of those four protocols.	writable
`fetchSchedule.hour`	`unsigned integer`	The hour of the day the feed file should be fetched (0-23).	writable
`fetchSchedule.minuteOfHour`	`unsigned integer`	The minute of the hour the feed file should be fetched (0-59). Read-only.
`fetchSchedule.password`	`string`	An optional password for fetch_url.	writable
`fetchSchedule.paused`	`boolean`	Whether the scheduled fetch is paused or not.	writable
`fetchSchedule.timeZone`	`string`	Time zone used for schedule. UTC by default. E.g., "America/Los_Angeles".	writable
`fetchSchedule.username`	`string`	An optional user name for fetch_url.	writable
`fetchSchedule.weekday`	`string`	The day of the week the feed file should be fetched. Acceptable values are: "`monday`" "`tuesday`" "`wednesday`" "`thursday`" "`friday`" "`saturday`" "`sunday`"	writable
`fileName`	`string`	The filename of the feed. All feeds must have a unique file name.	writable
`format`	`nested object`	Format of the feed file.	writable
`format.columnDelimiter`	`string`	Delimiter for the separation of values in a delimiter-separated values feed. If not specified, the delimiter will be auto-detected. Ignored for non-DSV data feeds. Acceptable values are: "`pipe`" "`tab`" "`tilde`"
`format.fileEncoding`	`string`	Character encoding scheme of the data feed. If not specified, the encoding will be auto-detected. Acceptable values are: "`latin-1`" "`utf-16be`" "`utf-16le`" "`utf-8`" "`windows-1252`"
`format.quotingMode`	`string`	Specifies how double quotes are interpreted. If not specified, the mode will be auto-detected. Ignored for non-DSV data feeds. Acceptable values are: "`normal character`" "`value quoting`"
`id`	`long`	The ID of the data feed.
`intendedDestinations[]`	`list`	[DEPRECATED] Please use targets[].includedDestinations instead. The list of intended destinations (corresponds to checked check boxes in Merchant Center).	writable
`kind`	`string`	Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string `"content#datafeed"`.
`name`	`string`	A descriptive name of the data feed.	writable
`targetCountry`	`string`	[DEPRECATED] Please use targets[].country instead. The country where the items in the feed will be included in the search index, represented as a CLDR territory code.	writable
`targets[]`	`list`	The targets this feed should apply to (country, language, destinations).	writable
`targets[].country`	`string`	The country where the items in the feed will be included in the search index, represented as a CLDR territory code.	writable
`targets[].excludedDestinations[]`	`list`	The list of destinations to exclude for this target (corresponds to unchecked check boxes in Merchant Center).	writable
`targets[].includedDestinations[]`	`list`	The list of destinations to include for this target (corresponds to checked check boxes in Merchant Center). Default destinations are always included unless provided in `excludedDestinations`. List of supported destinations (if available to the account): DisplayAds Shopping ShoppingActions SurfacesAcrossGoogle	writable
`targets[].language`	`string`	The two-letter ISO 639-1 language of the items in the feed. Must be a valid language for `targets[].country`.	writable

Methods

custombatch: Deletes, fetches, gets, inserts and updates multiple datafeeds in a single request.
delete: Deletes a datafeed configuration from your Merchant Center account.
fetchnow: Invokes a fetch for the datafeed in your Merchant Center account.
get: Retrieves a datafeed configuration from your Merchant Center account.
insert: Registers a datafeed configuration with your Merchant Center account.
list: Lists the configurations for datafeeds in your Merchant Center account.
update: Updates a datafeed configuration of your Merchant Center account.