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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complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2024-10-31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 is transmitted to the Actions Center through feed files, which define the services, availability, and scope of the services."],["The Merchants feed is mandatory for all integrations, and the Services and Availability feeds are required for end-to-end integration."],["An optional Conversion feed is available to describe conversion metrics."],["Feeds must be uploaded with the `PROCESS_AS_COMPLETE` processing instruction, and `PROCESS_AS_INCREMENTAL` is deprecated."],["Feeds can be uploaded in either protocol buffer 3 (pb3) format or JSON format, with JSON recommended, and gzip compression is suggested."]]],["Inventory data is transmitted through feed files, defining available services and their schedules. A merchants feed is mandatory for all integrations. End-to-end integrations also require services and availability feeds. An optional conversion feed tracks partnership-generated metrics. Feeds must be uploaded with `PROCESS_AS_COMPLETE`, in either pb3 or JSON format. Compressing feeds with gzip before upload is recommended. The Google Maps Booking API defines the feed structure.\n"]]