Documentation

The specification of the current Veloconnect version is available online here.
The documentation refers specifically to the XML schema reference for the XML schemas to be explained.

Version information:

In progress:

  • Click & Collect and Dropshipping
    • (Collect goods ordered online from a local retailer and have selected but out-of-stock goods delivered directly to your home by the supplier).

Current version:

  • V. 1.6: 
    • Detailed sales data
      (Dealers can transmit article number, quantity, date of sale, and optionally price, zip code, sales channel and frame number for bicycles. Sales data is transmitted on a voluntary basis, among other things to improve the analysis of market demand and thus increase availability).
  • V. 1.5:
    • Structured product data
      (Transmission of extended product data with attributes, optionally also via service providers such as Bidex, DST, e-vendo, ...).
  • V. 1.4:
    • Transmission of dealer availabilities to manufacturer or service providers.
      (enables the display on the manufacturer's homepage or a marketplace of which shop in the vicinity has a desired product in stock).
  • V. 1.3:
    • Document management
      (order confirmation, delivery note, invoice - with transfer of serial numbers)
  • V. 1.1:
    • Article master data transfer (description, GTin/EAN, order no., prices)
    • Availability query
    • Orders (with immediate price and quantity comparison)

Libraries for developers, interfaces for merchandise management systems

  • pyveloedi, Python library.
  • A description of the content of the extension to V. 1.3 can be found here.