{"id":6586,"date":"2019-11-14T11:26:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T11:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/?p=6586"},"modified":"2019-11-14T11:26:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T11:26:04","slug":"price2spy-can-now-read-feeds-that-are-password-protected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/price2spy-can-now-read-feeds-that-are-password-protected\/","title":{"rendered":"Price2Spy can now read feeds that are password protected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce that we have recently introduced a big change in Price2Spy. Since some of our clients are not comfortable with exposing their product feeds in an unprotected way, we decided to find a solution for this, enabling Price2Spy to read\u00a0feeds that are password protected.<\/p>\n<p>Price2Spy now supports &#8216;Authentication Basic&#8217; for <strong>Google Shopping feed<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Custom Price2Spy import\u00a0feed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AuthenticationBasic.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6587\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AuthenticationBasic.jpg\" alt=\"AuthenticationBasic\" width=\"1023\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AuthenticationBasic.jpg 1793w, https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AuthenticationBasic-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you also don&#8217;t want to expose\u00a0your product feed in an unprotected way, henceforth,\u00a0 you can choose one of the following options\u00a0from your\u00a0<strong>Link My Store wizard<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HTTP<\/li>\n<li>HTTP password protected<\/li>\n<li>FTP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/customfeedstep2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6588\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/customfeedstep2.jpg\" alt=\"customfeedstep2\" width=\"1025\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/customfeedstep2.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/customfeedstep2-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you choose <strong>HTTP<\/strong>, you only need to paste the feed URL as up to now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Link-my-store-wizard-http.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6589\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Link-my-store-wizard-http.png\" alt=\"Link my store wizard - http\" width=\"1027\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Link-my-store-wizard-http.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Link-my-store-wizard-http-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1027px) 100vw, 1027px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, if you have password-protected feeds, you need to choose <strong>HTTP &#8211; password protected<\/strong> and fill username and password input fields out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Link-my-store-wizard-http-password-protected.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6590\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Link-my-store-wizard-http-password-protected.png\" alt=\"Link my store wizard - http password protected\" width=\"1025\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Link-my-store-wizard-http-password-protected.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Link-my-store-wizard-http-password-protected-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The third available option is to use the FTP server.\u00a0If you chose <strong>FTP<\/strong>, you need to fill out the following input fields (except the folder name all other fields are mandatory):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Host \/ server name &#8211; tooltip &#8211; For example, ftp.mydomain.com<\/li>\n<li>Port &#8211; default = 21 &#8211; tooltip &#8211; Your FTP port, if unsure leave at 21<\/li>\n<li>A folder name &#8211; tooltip &#8211; Fill in only if the folder where the feed is located is in a subfolder of the default folder shown after FTP user logs in)<\/li>\n<li>File name &#8211; tooltip &#8211; the name of the file containing the feed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Link-my-store-wizard-ftp.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6591\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Link-my-store-wizard-ftp.png\" alt=\"Link my store wizard - ftp\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Link-my-store-wizard-ftp.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.price2spy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Link-my-store-wizard-ftp-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We hope these changes will improve your experience with Price2Spy, and help you track your products and monitor the market in a better way. If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to send it at <a href=\"mailto:info@price2spy.com\">info@price2spy.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce that we have recently introduced a big change in Price2Spy. 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