Getting started with Product Feed Generator

Follow these steps to create your first product feed and make it available at a unique URL.

1. Create a feed from a template (optional)

   Go to Product Feeds > Feeds and click New. If you already have a template that matches your target format, select it in the Template field and click Apply Template to pre-fill the format, field mappings, and other settings in one action.

   

2. Choose the output format

   Set the Format field to JSON, XML, CSV, or Excel (XLSX). Format-specific options appear automatically: root and item element names for XML, column delimiter for CSV, or worksheet name for Excel.

   

3. Configure product settings

   Define which products to include using a domain filter. Choose whether to iterate product templates or individual variants, select a pricelist, specify warehouses for stock calculation, and enable Skip Out-of-Stock Products if needed.

   

4. Edit field mappings

   In the Field Mappings tab, add one row per output field. Set the Output Key (e.g. title, price, sku) and the Odoo Field using dotted-path notation (e.g. name, list_price, categ_id.name, image_256). Use the Formatted Value template to add prefixes or static overrides.

   

5. Set up authentication

   In the Authentication section, choose the auth method that suits your integration. Click Generate Token to create a secure credential. Share the feed URL and the generated credentials with your integration partner.

   

6. Generate the feed

   Click Generate Now to produce the feed file immediately. The status badge transitions through Draft → Generating → Ready. Once ready, the unique feed URL is shown on the form - copy it for your integrations.

   

7. Enable Generate on Demand (optional)

   Turn on Generate on Demand if you need the feed to be built fresh on every request. This is ideal for small catalogs where near-real-time data matters. For large catalogs, leave this off and rely on the scheduled background regeneration.

   

Configuration

This section covers the main options available when configuring a product feed.

Authentication types

Each feed endpoint can be secured with one of four methods:

• None - the feed URL is publicly accessible with no credentials required.
• Basic Auth - the caller must send a username and password encoded in the Authorization: Basic header.
• X-Api-Key Header - the caller must include a token in the X-Api-Key request header.
• Bearer Token - the caller must send a token in the Authorization: Bearer header.

Click Generate Token on the feed form to create a cryptographically secure random credential for the selected method.

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Field mapping options

Each row in the Field Mappings tab supports these settings:

• Output Key - the column header or JSON property name in the exported file (e.g. title, price, gtin).
• Odoo Field - dotted path to the product field (e.g. name, list_price, categ_id.name, default_code).
• Field Type - Auto-detect, Text, HTML, Number, Boolean, Image URL, Image (Base64 data-URI), or Multi-value.
• Formatted Value - output template using {value} as a placeholder. For example, https://mystore.com/products/{value} produces a full URL. Any string without {value} becomes a static override applied to all rows.
• Strip HTML Tags - for HTML fields, removes markup and returns clean plain text.
• Multi-value fields support a sub-field path and an optional item tag for structured JSON/XML output.

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Feed templates

Go to Product Feeds > Templates to create and manage reusable field mapping templates. A template stores the format, image size, include-variants flag, field mappings, and optional defaults for language, domain, and delimiter settings.

Creating a new template with predefined field mappings

Template list - manage all reusable templates from one view

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Scheduled actions

The module installs two scheduled actions that run automatically after installation:

• Product Feed: Schedule Regeneration - runs every 3 hours and queues all non-on-demand feeds that have not been regenerated in the past 3 hours. No manual intervention required.
• Product Feed: Process Batches - runs every 2 minutes and advances each queued feed by processing up to 2 000 products per run. This prevents timeouts on large catalogs and ensures feeds are finalized progressively in the background.

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User groups

The module adds two security groups under Settings > Users & Companies > Users. Assign the appropriate group to each user from their user profile.

• Product Feed / User - read-only access to feeds, field mappings, and templates. Users in this group can view all feed configurations and copy feed URLs, but cannot create, edit, or delete any records.
• Product Feed / Manager - full access (create, edit, delete) to feeds, field mappings, and templates. Managers can also trigger manual generation, configure authentication, and manage templates. This group implies Product Feed / User, so no need to assign both.