Attributes

Product attributes

XML tag	CSV column	Declaration	Data type	epoq Search/ epoq Advise	epoq Inspire/ epoq Connect
g:id	productId	A clear identification of the product.	Text
title	name	The name of the product.	Text
link	productUrl	The absolute URL to the product detail page.	URL
g:price	price	Current price in Euro. Set the "currency" attribute for other currencies.	Double
g:image_link	smallImage	The absolute URL to the (small) product image. Here we recommend, to provide the images all in a uniform size.	URL
description	description	The description of the product.	Text
g:product_type	category	The category of the product. Subcategories can be clarified by ">". See also the section "How to specify multiple categories".	Text
g:brand	brand	The brand of the product.	Text
e:variant_of	variantOf	Indicates whether the product is a special variant of another product. See also section "How to hand over main products and variants".	Text
e:recommendable	recommendable	Indicates whether the product should appear in the epoq recommendations.	Text
g:quantity	quantity	Indicates how many copies are in stock (0 for no longer in stock).	int
g:condition	condition	The condition of the product (new, used).	Text
g:color	color	The color of the product.	Text
g:size	size	The size of the product, e.g. 36, 38, 40, XL, XXL.	Text
e:sizes_Info	sizesInfo	Size # quantity # original price # price # linkID # special price (e.g. customer price) separated with "|". See also the section "How to transfer the availability of individual sizes".	Text
e:large_image	largeImage	The absolute URL to a large product image.	URL
e:locakey	locaKey	Defines the language of the entry if the catalog is available in several languages. (e.g. en).	Text
e:currency	currency	Should be indicated if a currency other than Euro is to be used.	Text
e:deliveryTimeIn Days	deliveryTimeIn Days	Indicates how long an item normally takes to reach the customer.	int
e:newArticle	newArticle	Indicates whether the article is a novelty.	boolean
e:accessories	accessories	A list of compatible accessories; productIds separated by ",".	Text
e:crosssell	crosssell	A list of cross selling items; productIds separated by ",".	Text
e:ean	ean	Product labeling for commercial articles.	Text
e:old_price	oldprice	Old price of the article. If an article is reduced, the reduced price is shown in the field "price".	double
e:gender	gender	Indicates the gender for which the product is intended.	Text
e:season	season	Indicates the season of the product.	Text
e:sale	sale	Indicates whether the product is on sale.	boolean

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	epoq recommends
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Content attributes

XML tag	CSV column	Declaration	Data type	epoq Search/ epoq Advise	epoq Inspire/ epoq Connect
g:id	productId	A clear identification of the content.	Text
title	name	The name of the content.	Text
link	productUrl	The absolute URL to the content detail page.	URL
description	description	The description of the content.	Text
short_description	shortDescription	The short description of the content.	Text
tags	tags	A list of compatible content, separated by ",".	Text
g:image_link	smallImage	The absolute URL to the (small) content image. Here we recommend that the images are all provided in a uniform size.	URL
g:product_type	category	The category of the content. Subcategories can be clarified by ">". See also the section "How to specify multiple categories".	Text
e:recommendable	recommendable	Indicates whether the content should appear in the epoq recommendations.	Text
e:large_image	largeImage	The absolute URL to a large content image.	URL
e:locakey	locaKey	Defines the language of the entry if the catalog is available in several languages. (e.g. en).	Text
published	published	Date of publication.	int
updated	updated	Time of the last update.	int
author	author	Name of the content author.	Text

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Additional attributes

If you need other attributes than the predefined ones, this is no problem. You can pass them yourself according to the guidelines of XML and CSV. The following points show how other attributes can be transferred.

XML

With the XML format you can simply pass them in the custom namespace "c:" in the following form:

Catalog format XML

<c:engine type="string">2.5l TDI</c:engine>

Here the data type is variable. Integers, boolean values or others can be transmitted in the same way.

CSV

With CSV format you can simply add an additional column:

Catalog format CSV

productId;name;productUrl;price;smallImage;engine
3435x5;CarAB;www.epoq.de/cars?foo;14999.99;2.5l TD

The new attribute name in the header and the corresponding values in the following lines must be added.