Setting up a Unilae + PcComponentes API

PcComponentes is one of the largest electronics marketplaces in Spain. It specializes in online sales, computing, and technology. You may already know, but PcComponentes is a joint effort with another marketplace called Unilae. This means that when you send your products to PcComponentes they can end up on both PcComponentes and Unilae marketplace, depending on which category you select.   

Step 1: Generate the API credentials in your PcComponentes account

The Unilae + PcComponentes API uses the Mirakl platform, which means you will need a Mirakl account to start sending your product listings to Unilae + PcComponentes.

When you have a Mirakl PcComponentes account, log in and navigate to My User Settings by clicking on your email address in the top right corner. After that, you go to the API key tab and click "generate API key" if there is no key available yet. If there is an API key available, you can use that one, you don't have to create a new one. Copy the API key, because you will need this for the next step.

Next, you will need to find your Shop ID in your PcComponentes account. First, select the shop you want to send products to in the top right corner. Next, go to My Account > Settings to find your Shop ID. Copy your Shop ID as well, since you will need this for the next step.

Step 2: Add a new PcComponentes connection in Channable

To add a new Unilae + PcComponentes API, you will first need to add a new connection. Go to Channable, open your project, and go to APIs > Add new API. A new screen with the API Settings will open where you can click on the "+ Add new connection" button. Now, select Unilae + PcComponentes to create a new Unilae + PcComponentes connection:

Now, you can fill in the Shop ID and API Key you saved from your PcComponentes account, as well as a label for the connection:

Click on 'Create' to finish creating the Unilae + PcComponentes connection.

Step 3: Add a new Unilae + PcComponentes API in Channable

You will now return to the "New API" overview where you can select the Unilae + PcComponentes connection and give your new API a name:

Select the field you want to use for a Unique ID per item (we recommend the 'id' field) and the Country you want to sell. Note that the Unilae + PcComponentes API is only available for Spain.

You can also add a master rule group here if you would like. Click on "Continue" to finish creating the new Unilae + PcComponentes API. 

Step 4: Create your product listings in Channable

Once you have created the Unilae + PcComponentes API you can set up your product data by following the steps of the API:

1. Categories
   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.
   
   Important: PcComponentes is a joint effort with another marketplace called Unilae. This means that when you send your products to PcCompenentes they can end up on both PcComponentes and Unilae marketplace, depending on which category you select. Most likely that PC components will end up on PcComponentes and everything else on Unilae. 
2. Rules
   Create different rules to optimize your product data. Take a look at our common rules support article for some examples.
3. Build
   Here you can find our preset template for the product listings. All you have to do is to fill it out by clicking on the field itself and selecting what you would like to go in there. For example, the field 'Title' should display the title of your product and so on. When you have finished setting up the product listings, just click 'save' at the bottom of the screen.
   
   Tip! Notice the question mark behind every field, if you hover over the question mark you will see the description of the field and suggestions for possible values.
   Important: For the Unilae + PcComponentes API the canon_tax field is mandatory. This field is about the tax on electronic devices that could infringe copyright, like storage media, cameras, etc. Basically, it's about customs and import duty for the recording or reproducing of digital content. You can hover over the question mark behind this field to see what the possibles values are. 
4. Attributes
   Almost done! Next up is filling in the fields in the Attributes step. Select the category you want to optimize first. An example of what should be in front of you now can be seen in the screenshot below. A more detailed explanation of what to do in the Attributes step can be found in our Attributes support article.
   

Step 5: Send your products to Unilae + PcComponentes

Almost there, your product listings are ready to be sent. If you have not activated your project go to Setup > Project settings on the left-hand side of the screen and click 'activate project'. After, go back to the APIs overview and go to "Your Unilae + PcComponentes API Name" > Settings where you activate the API by selecting "Activate API". After you have completed this step navigate back to the APIs overview and select the blue "Run now" button to send your product listings to Unilae + PcComponentes.

Step 6: Check your product listings for errors

After you have sent your product listings to Unilae + PcComponentes, go to the Results tab of your Unilae + PcComponentes API. Click filter on 'error'. Now you can see which product listings have errors and have not been listed. Click on a specific error to see more information on what is causing the error. If you have solved some errors by changing the settings or product information, re-run the Unilae + PcComponentes API to see the new results.