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Goods
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Catalogs
Catalogs - what it is, how to create, edit and delete
General requirements for catalogs
Catalog for products according to Google specification
Catalog for products according to Yandex specification
Catalog for real estate
Catalog for real estate according to Yandex specifications
Catalog for transport
Catalog for transport according to Yandex specifications
Catalog for services
Catalogs for flights
Catalogs for flights (Google specification)
Catalogs for hotels
Catalogs for hotels (Google specification)
Catalog for medicinal products according to Yandex specification
Catalog for medicinal products according to Google specification
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Dynamic retargeting based on mobile events
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Integration of applications from Huawei AppGallery with trackers
Integration RuStore apps with trackers
Campaigns for RuStore apps – optimization by events
Seamless app install from RuStore
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Catalogs for hotels

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Feeds for hotels are supported in XML and CSV/TSV formats. See below for sample files.

Required fields

hotel_id

Type: string

Description: Unique identifier of the hotel in the catalog

Requirements/Constraints: 

  • Maximum allowed number of characters: 128.
  • The product ID must be unique within one product feed.
  • The product ID can include all characters of the Latin alphabet in upper and lower case, underscores and hyphens, as well as numbers.

Example: 322223

name

Type: string

Description: Hotel name

Requirements/Constraints: Maximum allowed number of characters: 256

Example: IBIS Dynamo Moscow

url

Type: string

Description: Link to an external site where you can book a hotel room

Requirements/Constraints: Links must be working, start with http:// or https:// and be placed on the domain of your company website. They must lead to the correct service page

Example: https://example.ru/

image

Type: string

Description: Image of the hotel

url

(nested in image)

Type: string

Description: URL of the hotel image

Requirements/Constraints:

  • Acceptable image file formats are JPEG, PNG, GIF, WEBP.
  • Recommended size: 600 pixels on the largest side.
  • Minimum size: 300 pixels on the largest side.
  • Maximum size: 6000 pixels on the largest side.
  • The background of the image should be monochrome, we recommend using white colour for the background.
  • The image should only show the product itself without any additional inscriptions, watermarks or logos.

The image of the product must comply with Rules for Placing Advertisements.

Example: http://example.com/some.image_1.jpg

Note! When updating an image, be sure to change the link to it, otherwise the changes will not be recognized.

location

Type: string

Description: Location of the hotel

address

(nested in location)

Type: string

Description: The main address of the hotel

Requirements/Constraints: Maximum allowed number of characters: 256

Example: 35 Green St.

locality

(nested in location)

Type: string

Description: Settlement where the hotel is located

Requirements/Constraints: Maximum allowed number of characters: 256

Example: St. Petersburg

region

(nested in location)

Type: string

Description: Region where the hotel is located

Requirements/Constraints: Maximum allowed number of characters: 256

Example: St. Petersburg

country

(nested in location)

Type: string

Description: Country where the hotel is located

Requirements/Constraints: Maximum allowed number of characters: 256

Example: Russia

price

Type: string

Description: Cost of hotel accommodation  

Requirements/Constraints:

  • Price as a number with the three-letter ISO 4217 currency code separated by a space. 
  • Use a period (.) as the decimal separator, not a comma (,). 
  • Do not use $, €, or £ symbols to represent currency.

Supported currency codes:

  • RUR or RUB: Russian Ruble
  • USD: US dollar
  • EUR: euro
  • UAH: Ukrainian grivna
  • BYN: Belarusian ruble
  • KZT: Kazakh tenge
  • MDL: Moldovan Leu
  • AZN: Azerbaijani manat
  • UZS: Uzbek soum
  • AMD: Armenian Dram
  • TJS: Tajik Somoni
  • KGS: Kyrgyz som

Example: 1000000 RUB

Optional fields

metro

Type: string

Description: Nearest metro station

name

(nested in metro)

Type: string

Description: Name of metro station. Can be up to 4 stations. Each station in separate <metro> tag

Requirements/Constraints: Maximum allowed number of characters: 256

Example: Udelnaya

category

Type: string

Description: Type of hotel. Valid values:

  • Hotel
  • Hostel
  • Apartment
  • Guest House
  • Cottage
  • Villa
  • Bungalow
  • Camping
  • Glamping

Requirements/Constraints: Maximum allowed number of characters: 256

Example: Hotel

sale_price

Type: int

Description: Discounted price per night

Requirements/Constraints: Price as a number with a three-letter ISO 4217 currency code, separated by a space

Example: 3000 RUB

min_price

Type: int

Description: Minimum price. When adding the minimum price of the product in the banner, the preposition "from" is specified before the price

Requirements/Constraints: Maximum allowed number of characters: 256

Example: 3000 RUB

max_price

Type: int

Description: Maximum price. When adding the minimum price of the product in the banner, the preposition "to" is specified before the price

Requirements/Constraints: Maximum allowed number of characters: 256

Example: 3000 RUB

description

Type: string

Description: Short description of the hotel

Requirements/Constraints: Maximum allowed number of characters: 256

Example: Hotel in the center of Moscow

brand

Type: string

Description: Hotel chain brand

Requirements/Constraints: Maximum allowed number of characters: 256

Example: Moscow Hotels

custom_label

Options: custom_label_0, custom_label_1, custom_label_2, custom_label_3, custom_label_4

Type: string

Description: Custom fields with additional information. Used when creating product groups.

Requirement/Constraint: Max allowed number of characters: 256

Example: Summer sale

guest_rating

Type: string

Description: User rating of the hotel

score

Nested in guest_rating

Type: float

Description: User rating of the hotel

Requirements/Constraints: Use a positive float number between 1 and 10 inclusive

Example: 5.1

Required fields for mobile apps

android_tracking_url

Type: string

Description: Tracking link for Android

Requirements/Constraints: 

  • Links must be valid, starting with http:// or https://
  • Acceptable domains depending on the application tracker used
    • MyTracker: trk.mail.ru
    • Adjust: app.adjust.com
    • Appsflyer: app.appsflyer.com
    • AppMetrica: redirect.appmetrica.yandex.com

Example: https://app.appsflyer.com/goldapple.ru.goldapple.customers?pid=mail.ru_int

Learn more about using tracking links

ios_tracking_url

Type: string

Description: Tracking link for iOS

Requirements/Constraints: 

  • Links must be valid, starting with http:// or https://
  • Acceptable domains depending on the application tracker used
    • MyTracker: trk.mail.ru
    • Adjust: app.adjust.com
    • Appsflyer: app.appsflyer.com
    • AppMetrica: redirect.appmetrica.yandex.com

Example: https://app.appsflyer.com/id1154436683?pid=mail.ru_int

Learn more about using tracking links

android_package

Applink field attribute

Type: string

Description: Identifier of the Android application

Requirement/Constraints: none

Example: <applink property="android_package" content="myapp_package"/>

ios_app_store_id

Applink field attribute

Type: string

Description: Identifier of the iOS application

Requirement/Constraints: none

Example: <applink property="ios_app_store_id" content="111222333"/>

android_url

Applink field attribute

Description: Deep link for Android

Requirements/Constraints:

URL schemas of mobile_android_app_link and mobile_ios_app_link fields must match
The deep link must open correctly (valid)

Example: <applink property="android_url" content="myapp://product/01.00.01.1-1.0.8-8.25.3"/>

Подробнее об использовании диплинков

ios_url

Applink field attribute

Type: string

Description: Deep link for iOS

Requirements/Constraints:

URL schemas of mobile_android_app_link and mobile_ios_app_link fields must match
The deep link must open correctly (be valid)

Example:  <applink property="ios_url" content="myapp://product/01.00.01.1-1.0.8-8.25.3"/>

Подробнее об использовании диплинков

Example of a catalog for hotels – XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<listings>
  <title>My Hotel Feed</title>
  <listing>
     <hotel_id>1234</hotel_id>
     <name>The best hotel</name>
     <description>A very nice hotel</description>
     <brand>Premium_brand</brand>      
     <price>1990.99 RUB</price>
     <phone>+61 2-96027455</phone>
     <location>
       <address>ул. Разбитых Фонарей д.1</address>
       <region>Самарская область</region>
       <country>Россия</country>
       <locality>Самара</locality>
       <metro>
         <name>Удельная</name>
       </metro>
     </location>
     <image>
        <url>http://example.com/image_1.jpg</url>         
     </image>      
     <guest_rating>
        <score>5.1</score>
     </guest_rating>
     <url>http://www.thebesthotel.com</url>     
     <applink property="ios_url" content="example-ios://electronic" />
     <applink property="ios_app_store_id" content="42" />        
     <applink property="android_url" content="example-android://electronic" />
     <applink property="android_package" content="com.electronic" />     
     <ios_tracking_url>https://app.adjust.com/abcd?campaign=&amp;creative=&amp;deep_link=ozon://products/105207/</ios_tracking_url>
     <android_tracking_url>https://app.adjust.com/abcd?campaign=&amp;creative=&amp;deep_link=ozon://products/105207/</android_tracking_url>
  </listing>
</listings>

Example of a catalog for hotels – CSV

Download an example CSV file

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