Setting up a Maisons du Monde API

For your product data to be created, your products need a category. Add categories to your products by using the generate categories feature, or create new categories from scratch.

• Smart Categorization: This feature automatically assigns categories to your products based on predefined criteria, simplifying the categorization process.
• Manual Categorization: Manually assign categories to your products by setting specific rules. You can create detailed filters to map each product to the correct category.
• Uncategorized Items: Review and categorize any items that remain uncategorized to ensure all products are properly organized.

Click here to read more about the Categorization in APIs.

Create different rules to optimize your product data. For examples, refer to our common rules support article for guidance.

• Rules Setup: Set up various rules to refine your product data. This can include filtering, modifying, or enhancing data fields to meet marketplace requirements.

Click here to read more about the Rules in APIs.

The Build step in Channable allows you to configure all necessary attributes for your items, ensuring your product data aligns with marketplace requirements. This step is crucial for successful product listings and avoiding errors.

3.1 Overview

1. Access the Build step: Start by accessing the centralized interface of the Build step. This is where you will manage and map all product attributes.
2. Identify mandatory and optional Fields: Mandatory fields are highlighted in pink, indicating they are essential for listing your products. Optional fields are marked in orange and can be filled based on specific needs.

3.2 Populate Shared Attributes

1. Fill Shared Attributes: Enter common details that apply to all products, such as EAN, prices, and titles. This step ensures uniformity in basic product information across your listings.
   • Use static or dynamic Values:
     • Static Values: Directly input values that remain constant, like brand name or manufacturer.
     • Dynamic Values: Utilize fields that automatically update based on linked data, ideal for variables like stock levels or prices.

After you have filled in the desired values for the Shared attributes, continue to the Category specific attributes below.

3.3 Specify Category-Specific Attributes

1. Select product category: Choose the relevant category for your product, such as clothing or furniture.
2. Input Category - specific attributes: Fill in attributes that are specific to the selected category, such as size for clothing or dimensions for furniture. This step helps in fine-tuning your listings according to category requirements. Here you can again use static or dynamic values.

Click here to read more about the Build step.

The quality step provides instant feedback on setup quality, highlighting mandatory and optional errors to ensure your product data meets the marketplaces' standards.

Actions

• View items: See products with specific issues.
• View in build: Redirects to the build step to map missing information.
• Set categories: Directs to the categories step to categorize items.
• Show source: Available for ID fields, directing to the settings step.

Click here to read more about the Quality step.

The preview step displays mapped attributes for multiple items, highlighting errors before exporting to the marketplace.

Features

• Search & filter: Find specific products or filter by error message/category.
• Item overview: Shows all items to be exported; it can filter to show only items with errors.
• Detailed product preview: Displays missing information and dynamic actions to correct errors.

Checklist for finalizing attributes

• Review shared attributes: Ensure all mandatory shared attributes are filled.
• Review category-specific attributes: Ensure all mandatory category-specific attributes are filled.
• Check for errors: Correct any red-marked fields.

Click here to read more about the Preview step.

The result tab provides an overview of your API setup outcomes, including successful uploads, errors, and a preview of the products to be listed. This tab ensures your product data is correctly processed and identifies any issues that need resolution.

• Overview: The result tab shows the status of your product listings, highlighting errors and issues for detailed insights.
• Preview products: Displays an overview of products to be sent to the marketplace, allowing verification of correctly filled attributes.
• Successful: Lists products successfully processed and ready for listing, confirming compliance with marketplace requirements.
• Errors: Identifies errors during processing, providing detailed information to troubleshoot and resolve issues.

Optional tabs like repricer errors, repricer event history, stock updates, and fulfillment updates appear only if relevant to the API you are using. Click here to read more about the Result step.