Instructions For Providing An Open House Data Feed To OpenHomez.com

 

To provide an XML data feed of open house data to be listed on OpenHomez.com and all of our syndication partners please:

 

  1. Go to OpenHomez.com and create a user account.  Fill in the required information and as much of the optional information as you like.
  2. Once you have created your OpenHomez.com user account, click on the My Account link on the left of the screen.  Your user account information will be displayed.  Please note the UserID number at the top of the form.
  3. Create your XML feed in the format described below.
  4. When you are ready to go send email us the URL of your feed AND your UserID that you noted in Step 2 above.
  5. We will confirm via email when we have validated and are processing your feed or if there are any issues with the feed. 

 

XML Data Feed Fields

 

Field Name.  (Red fields are required) Field Format and (length) Notes
LID Text (50) Listing ID.  A unique value for your listing.
Laddr1 Text (50) Address Line 1
Laddr2 Text (50) Address Line 2
Lcity Text (50) City
Lstate Text (2) State
Lcountry Text (50) Country
Lzip Text (10) Zip code/Postal Code
Ldate YYYY-MM-DD Date of the open house
Lstime HH:MM (24 hour format) Start time of the open house
Letime HH:MM (24 hour format) End time of the open house
Lhost Text (50) Host name
Ldesc Text (250) Description/Narative
Lweb URL (150) URL of the property web site
Lflyer URL (150) URL of the property flyer
Ltour URL (150) URL of the property virtual tour
Lphoto URL (150) URL of the property photo (300 pixels wide)
LgeolocText (50)Geo location (longitude,latitude,0) (example: -87.9404,44.3569,0)

 

Sample Preferred XML Feed Format:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<openhomez>
    <listing>
        <Laddr1>333 C  street</Laddr1>
        <Laddr2>Apartment 3A</Laddr2>
        <Lcity>Some City</Lcity>
        <Lstate>CA</Lstate>
        <Lcountry>USA</Lcountry>
        <Lzip>95833</Lzip>
        <Ldate>2007-11-03</Ldate>
        <Lstime>14:00:00</Lstime>
        <Letime>16:00:00</Letime>
        <Lhost>Mary Realtor</Lhost>
        <Ldesc>A really nice house.  Stop by and see it</Ldesc>
        <Lweb>http://propertywebsite.com</Lweb>
        <Lflyer>http://propertywebsite.com/flyer</Lflyer>
        <Ltour>http://propertywebsite.com/tour</Ltour>
        <Lphoto>http://propertywebsite.com/photo.jpg</Lphoto>

        <Lgeoloc>-87.9404,44.3569,0</Lgeoloc>

    </listing>
    <listing>
        <Laddr1>444 D  street</Laddr1>
        <Laddr2></Laddr2>
        <Lcity>Another City</Lcity>
        <Lstate>CA</Lstate>
        <Lcountry>USA</Lcountry>
        <Lzip>95955</Lzip>
        <Ldate>2007-11-03</Ldate>
        <Lstime>14:00:00</Lstime>
        <Letime></Letime>
        <Lhost>Marty Realtor</Lhost>
        <Ldesc>Aother really nice house.  Stop by and see it.</Ldesc>
        <Lweb>http://propertywebsite.com</Lweb>
        <Lflyer>http://propertywebsite.com/flyer</Lflyer>
        <Ltour>http://propertywebsite.com/tour</Ltour>
        <Lphoto>http://propertywebsite.com/photo.jpg</Lphoto>

        <Lgeoloc>-88.9303,45.4419.0</Lgeoloc>

    </listing>
</openhomez>

 

Alternate Feed Formats

 We can process alternate feed formats as long as they contain the basic information described above.  If you have an alternate feed format that you would like us to consider, please email us with a sample of that feed.