BuyHotCars.com Listing Feed Guide

Overview

This technical guide to the BuyHotCars Listings Feed is intended for the technical team within a company that wishes to submit their feed to BuyHotCars.com.

How do I sign up to submit my feed to BuyHotCars.com?

Go to www.buyhotcars.com feed page fill out the form, and enter the feed URL, if you have it. Then click “Submit.” We will contact you soon to share further details and to complete the setup process. If you encounter any problems, e-mail info@buyhotcars.com for assistance.

What communication protocols do we support?

We support HTTP protocols.

Who do I contact in case something isn’t working correctly?

Please contact BuyHotCars Customer Support via e-mail at info@buyhotcars.com.

Feed Format.

Our feed format is xml format it look like RSS 2.0 format with a bit different. The bold is require information.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<listings>
      <item>
            <title></title>
            <image>
                <url></url>
            </image>
            <link></link>
            <description></description>
            <price></price>
            <category></category>
            <make></make>
            <model></model>
            <address></address>
            <city></city>
            <state></state>
            <zip></zip>
            <country></country>
      </item>
      <item>
            ...
      </item>
</listings>

Tag Description

Element	Required	Format	Comments
<title>	Yes	any text
<image>	Yes		see more on url below
<url>	Yes	URI format. Including http://	The url of your images
<link>	Yes	URI format. Including http://	The detail link of your car in your website.
<description>	Yes	Any text.	The detail of your cars. HTML code is accept in this tag.
<price>	Yes	Number format.	The price of your cars
<category>	Yes	Using one of folowing text only. Coupes Hybrid Luxury Minivans Sedans SUVs Trucks Wagons Other
<make>	No	Using one of folowing text only. Acura Alfa Romeo Allard Alpina Alvis AM General AMC Amphicar Aston Martin Audi Austin Austin-Healy Avanti II Bentley BMW Bugatti Buick Cadillac Caterham Chevrolet Chrysler Citroën Consulier Continental Cord Crosley Daewoo Daihatsu Daimler Datsun De Tomaso DeLorean DeSoto Dodge Dual-Ghia Dummy Eagle Essex Facel Vega Ferrari Fiat Ford Franklin Frazer Geo Ghia GMC Henry J Holden Honda Hudson HUMMER Hyundai Imperial Infiniti International Isuzu Jaguar Jeep Jensen Jensen-Healey Kaiser Kaiser-Jeep Kia Lamborghini Lancia Land Rover LaSalle Lexus Lincoln Lotus Maserati Maybach Mazda McLaren Mercedes-Benz Mercury Merkur Metropolitan MG MINI Mitsubishi Morgan Mosler Muntz Nash Nissan Noble Oldsmobile Opel Packard Panoz Peugeot Pierce-Arrow Plymouth Pontiac Porsche Qvale Rambler Renault Reo Rolls-Royce Rover Saab Saleen Saturn Scion Seat Skoda smart SS Jaguar Sterling Studebaker Subaru Sunbeam Sunbeam-Talbot Suzuki Terraplane Toyopet Toyota Triumph TVR Vauxhall Vector Volkswagen Volvo Willys
<model>	No	any text	Model of your car
<address>	No	any text	Location address of your car. Where user can contact.
<city>	Yes	any text	Location city of your car.
<state>	Yes	Two-letter abbreviation of state. Detail.	Location state of your car.
<zip>	Yes	Basic five-digit zip	Location zip of your car.
<country>	No	Two-letter abbreviation of country. Detail.	Location country of your car. Default is US.

Sample Code.

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