A Database File On a daily basis, the merchant uploads a file containing all available holidays to Kelkoo's ftp server. This allows kelkoo to process the file and update its database servers with the supplied products. Kelkoo are able to handle many different product file formats. (xml, csv, txt). The base file allows, a merchant?s products to return faster, and significantly reduces load on the merchant site then a spider adapter. (Please Ensure the file is uploaded before 9pm the night before you would like it to go live).

Please note that the initial feed size must be no greater than 50,000 offers. If you wish to display more, please speak to your salesperson after your offers begin appearing on the site.

Holidays Category File Format

The Data Feed Format

The data feed format describes the way we'd like to receive the results from your script. Xml is our preffered format, alternatively each piece of information can be separated by another delimiter (comma, pipe, tab) and each product or by an end of line character.

An example of one product in our preferred XML format:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
<holiday>
 
    <type>P</type>
 
    <countryDest>SPAIN CANARY ISLANDS</countryDest>
 
    <arrivalTown>LANZAROTE</arrivalTown>
 
    <arrivalOther/>
 
    <airportDeparture>GLA </airportDeparture>
 
    <departureTown>GLASGOW</departureTown>
 
    <dayDuration>8</dayDuration>
 
    <nightDuration>7</nightDuration>
 
    <startValidity>2004-08-03</startValidity>
 
    <endValidity>2005-12-20</endValidity>
 
    <shortDesc>7 Nights SC holiday in LANZAROTE leaving on 20/12/2005 based on 2Adults.</shortDesc>
 
    <departureDate>2005-12-20</departureDate>
 
    <returnDate>2005-12-27</returnDate>
 
    <boardBasis>Self Catering</boardBasis>
 
    <accommodation/>
 
    <hotelName/>

    <pictureURL>www.pictureurl.com/image.png</pictureURL>
 
    <keyword/>
 
    <capacity>2</capacity>
 
    <rating>2</rating>
 
    <price>324.00</price>
 
    <money>GBP</money>
 
    <searchLongDesc/>
 
    <searchEquipment/>
 
    <moreinfo>www.company.com/deeplink</moreinfo>
 
</holiday>