CouponID - Our proprietary coupon ID - especially useful in identifying deals that are delivered more than once because they have changed.
MerchantName
MerchantID
Network
Label - The main description text the merchant describes the deal with. May be have been modified to fix typos.
Restrictions
CouponCode - If the coupon requires the user to enter a code, it is in this field. Any deal with a code will also contain "coupon" in the DealTypes field.
StartDate
EndDate
Link - This is the actual affiliate link used to go to the merchant's landing page and set the appropriate network cookies with your affiliate info. It requires that you have inserted your affiliate IDs in the Feed Settings. NOTE: For deals marked "coupon" in the DealTypes field (below) this link may be required in order to activate the deal.
DirectLink - This field is deprecated, please ignore it. It remains for backward compatibility.
Categories (Multiple values are seperatated by commas)
DealTypes (Multiple values are seperatated by commas)
Image
Status - The status should always be checked, and only "active" deals should be displayed (regardless of expiration date). The status is critical to tell if the deal is currently valid. Values may be: active - Deal is live and may be displayed; deleted - Deal was deleted or otherwise invalidated - ignore other values and remove deal; suspended - The merchant was deactivated in the network so this deal may not be paybale; or expired - The deal expired normally.
LastUpdated - When this deal was last modified in the system.
ErrorReportURL (Optional, Turn on/off on Manage Feeds page)
ChangeAudit (Optional, Turn on/off on Manage Feeds page)
<deals>
<item>
<couponid>int</couponid>
<merchantid>int</merchantid>
<merchantname>string</merchantname>
<network>string</network>
<label>string</label>
<restrictions>string</restrictions>
<couponcode>string</couponcode>
<link>string</link>
<directlink>string</directlink>
<startdate>YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM TMZ</startdate>
<enddate>YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM TMZ</enddate>
<image>string</image>
<type>string</type>
</dealtypes>
<category>string</category>
</categories>
<status>status</status>
<lastupdated>YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM TMZ</lastupdated>
<errorreporturl>string</errorreporturl>
<changeaudit>string</changeaudit>
</item>
</deals>
