The Content API/Fit Guide can be configured to return only products sold by the end user. Uploading the product assortment can be accomplished a retailer. This can be accomplished by Installernet in two ways:
Brand Selection
Pre-selecting the brands the retailer carries will allow all products for those brands that are in our master database to be available in the fit guide. This is the easiest option (maintenance wise) but may return products for a particular brand that the retailer does not actually carry.
Product File
The alternative (or in addition to) is to send a list of the products carried; either by a manual process (email) or automated (FTP file delivery). Either Either method uses the the standard template hereretailer template. The FTP process runs each night and products that are in our Master Database will be available in the fit guide immediately after the file has been processed.
Note: This should be used by retailers only, not manufactures. This process pulls information into company/user specific fields and not into our master database.
Field Descriptions
Note: Fields in RED are required. Field in BLUE are required only for manufactures.
Add/Remove - Must be "Add or remove from the product mix
Category- Name of the category the product should be listed under, if none given the product will be listed under the category determined by the Installernet tech team.
Sub-Category - Name of the sub-category the product should be listed under, if none given the product will be listed under the sub-category determined by the Installernet tech team (if applicable).
Manufacturer - Optional field that will be returned by the API for end user implementation.
Brand - Brand or "Make" or the product
Model Number - Product Model Number assigned by the manufacturer
Product Description - Required for manufacturers, optional for retailers. Retailers will receive the manufacturers description unless otherwise specified.
UPC - Manufacturer use only.
Unique ID - Not used by InstallerNet tech team but will be returned by the API for use in the end user implementation
Product Picture
Product Literature ID
Product Category Size Weblink
Product Specific Weblink
Product Manufacturer Weblink
Misc. Weblink
RFID Number
MSRP
Active Date
Inactive Date
Product Size
Product Depth
Car Specific
Universal Product
Accessory To Another Product
Product Note
Parent_SubCat" or "Remove" - "Add" will update existing product if added previously.
Part Number - Manufacturer model number
Company Part Number - Retailer specific part number if different than the manufacturer part number - If provided, this will be returned as the "Part Number" via both the API and Fit Guides.
Category - Custom retailer specific category for the item. In Fit Guides, the product will show under this category and in the API this will be returned as "Custom Category".
Description - Retailer specific description will override manufacturer description if provided.
Large Description - Retailer specific large description will override manufacturer large description if provided.
On Landing Page - N/A
Available In Store - Flag usable on both fit guide and API (AvailableInStore)
Available Online - Flag usable on both fit guide and API (AvailableOnline)
Special Order - Flag usable on both fit guide and API (SpecialOrder)
Application Notes - Information regarding the fit specific or application the product can be used in. Available via the API (ApplicationNotes)
Website Link - Used to link the product in the fit guide to the user specified product detail page. Also available in the API (Link)
SKU - User specified SKU available for use in the API (SKU)