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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.
Check the References and Samples accordion to learn how to share these feeds with us.
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 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complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2024-10-31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 feeds define the services you offer, their availability, and relevant merchant details for Google Actions Center integration."],["Three primary feeds are crucial: Merchants, Services, and Availability, with the Merchants feed being mandatory for all integrations, while the other two are mandatory for end-to-end integrations."],["Feeds must be uploaded with processing_instruction `PROCESS_AS_COMPLETE` and can be formatted as protocol buffer 3 syntax in pb3 or JSON, with JSON being the recommended format."],["For optimized upload, Google recommends compressing the feeds using gzip."]]],[]]