The product export API allows an external system (for example an eCommerce website) to receive the products from bindCommerce.
Connector configuration on bindCommerce
In order to optimize the size of the generated file, the choice of which data to export is delegated to the user through the on-screen configurations.
Information to consider
First, you need to choose which information to export.
Product information
If you have selected the export of product information, you can select the fields to include in the generated file and select a list of alternative descriptions
Information on categories
By selecting the export of categories it will be possible to select the fields to include in the generated file, to include alternative descriptions, and to specify one or more tags (separated by commas) that will be used as a filter to select the categories to include.
Attribute information
By choosing to export the attributes it will be possible to define the list of attributes to export and whether to apply a scale conversion.
Price information
By selecting the export of prices, it will be possible to define the price lists to be exported and the price information to include.
Stock availability
By choosing to export the availabilities it will be possible to define whether to withdraw the availabilities from the Products table or from a specific warehouse and select any additional stocks to include
Images
If you have selected image export, you can choose the type of image to export, whether to take images from the Products table or from an Alternative, and the maximum number of images to export. It will also be possible to define a list of tags separated by commas which will be used as a filter for images (images that have at least one tag among those specified will be selected)
Upload to Web Server node (FTP)
It is also possible to indicate a Web Server node on which to automatically upload the generated file at the end of the export process.
