Connecting a Catalog

Before you can build Recommendations, Merchandising or Search strategies, Commerce needs your products. A catalog source is connected from Settings → Integrations (or via the Connect catalog source card on the Get started checklist).

Supported sources

Commerce can ingest your catalog from any of the following sources:

Source	Notes
Catalog Feed	Custom feed (JSON, XML or CSV) served from a feed URL you control.
Shopify	OAuth app install; select collections or all products.
Shopify Markets	Region-specific catalogs, pricing, currency and localization.
Salesforce Commerce Cloud	API credentials (Catalog Id, Site Id, Client Id/Secret, API Version).
Prestashop	Store URL plus admin credentials / API tokens, then the AB Tasty module.
Magento	Magento API credentials (Consumer Key/Secret, Access Token/Secret, Store Code/ID, Currency).
Catalog API	Programmatic catalog management without a CMS feed. See catalog-api.
Google Sheet	Shareable sheet, one product per row.
SFTP Upload	Catalog file delivered over SFTP.
Manual Upload	Manual CSV upload, one product per row.

Merchandising is not supported with the CSV (Manual Upload) or Google Sheet sources, only Recommendations and Search use cases are available with those sources. For full Merchandising support, use a CMS, Catalog Feed, SFTP or Catalog API source.

Connecting from Settings

All sources are managed from the Integrations tab of Account settings.

The general flow is: open Settings → Integrations, find your platform in the Catalog section, click Connect, then provide the source's credentials or details. The full step-by-step procedure for every source lives in Settings → Integrations.

A summary of what each source needs:

• Catalog Feed: choose the feed format (JSON / XML / CSV), provide the feed URL, map attributes (Product ID, name, category, price, image URL, stock status) and set the sync schedule.
• Shopify: click Connect, authorize the AB Tasty app on Shopify, approve permissions and Install app, then select collections and sync frequency (daily recommended).
• Shopify Markets: connect, then configure region-specific catalogs, pricing, currency and localization.
• Salesforce Commerce Cloud: enter Catalog Id, Site Id, Client Id, Client Secret and API Version, then validate the connection.
• Prestashop: connect, enter the store URL and admin credentials / API tokens, map attributes, then install the AB Tasty module under Modules & Services.
• Magento: connect and enter the Magento API credentials; category and subcategory sync is automatic, and the catalog refreshes on a recurring schedule (hourly by default).
• Google Sheet: paste the shareable sheet URL and grant access; AB Tasty auto-matches columns to standard attributes.
• SFTP Upload / Manual Upload (CSV), provide the file (one product per row, attributes in columns) with unique product IDs.

Minimum catalog fields

Whatever the source, Commerce expects a minimum set of product fields so that strategies, tracking and display work correctly:

Field	Purpose
ID	Unique product identifier, the key reference for every recommendation.
title	Product display name shown in widgets.
URL	Product page link for click-through tracking.
price + currency	Price and its ISO currency code (EUR, USD…).
stock / availability	Controls whether a product is eligible to be displayed.
categoriesIDs	Category identifiers or hierarchy.
createdAt	ISO creation date; enables "new arrivals" rules.
imageUrl	Public HTTPS image URL.

Changing product IDs, attribute names or the catalog structure after connection may break existing strategies. Keep your identifiers stable.