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This section specifies the feed files used to transmit your
inventory data to the Actions Center. The contents of your feeds defines
which services you are providing, what services are available, and when the
services are available.
The structure of the inventory feeds are defined by the Google Maps Booking
API.
The following feed is mandatory across any integration:
Merchants feed: Contains data describing your merchants.
In addition, the 2 following feeds are mandatory for end-to-end integration.
Services feed: Describes the services provided by your
merchants.
Availability feed: Lists availability slots of services provided
by your merchants.
Some optional feeds are also specified:
Conversion feed: Describes conversion metrics that
were generated by your partnership with the Actions Center.
Some fields in these feeds are required and some are optional. Any field
marked as optional can be left out of the feed when empty.
The feeds format is described using protocol buffer 3 syntax. You have the
option to upload the feeds file as a binary serialization of the protocol
buffer data in pb3 format or in a derived JSON format.
We recommend uploading the feeds in JSON format.
This guide is specific to the Actions Center protocol buffers. For
general information on how to use the protocol buffers to generate a pb3
file,
here is an example in Java.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2024-10-31 UTC."],[[["Inventory data feeds, including Merchants, Services, and Availability feeds, determine the services you offer and their availability on Google's platform."],["You must share your inventory data feeds with Google as outlined in the legacy starter integration guide and formatted according to the Google Maps Booking API."],["While Merchants, Services, and Availability feeds are mandatory for full integration, optional feeds like the Conversion feed can provide additional insights."],["Feeds must be uploaded using `PROCESS_AS_COMPLETE` processing instruction and can be formatted in pb3 or the recommended JSON format, ideally compressed with gzip."]]],[]]