Changes in Icecat JSON File Structure (Pull-API)

From the 2th of June, the structure of the Icecat JSON files in our Pull-API (API-out) will be changed slightly. The impact of this update is very low.

Currently, we may have for the same tag sometimes an object and sometimes an array depending on if there is data for the object or not. An empty array is used when there is no data in the object, but when there is data it’s represented by an object. You can see an example below regarding ProductFamily tag:

Empty object: 
"GeneralInfo": {       
            "ProductFamily": [],       
            "ProductSeries": {         
           "SeriesID": "1"       
       }    
   }

Populated object:
"GeneralInfo": {     
        "ProductFamily": {         
                "ProductFamilyID": "67439",         
                "Value": "OMEN",         
                "Language": "EN"    
           },    
        "ProductSeries": {         
                "SeriesID": "5821",         
               "Value": "880",         
              "Language": "EN"    
          } 
    }

In the new structure, we will always publish an object’s array, even when it is an empty one without data. The situation with data populated objects will stay as it is right now:

 "GeneralInfo": {       
            "ProductFamily": {},       
            "ProductSeries": {         
           "SeriesID": "1"       
       }    
   }

 "GeneralInfo": {     
        "ProductFamily": {         
                "ProductFamilyID": "67439",         
                "Value": "OMEN",         
                "Language": "EN"    
           },    
        "ProductSeries": {         
                "SeriesID": "5821",         
               "Value": "880",         
              "Language": "EN"    
          } 
    } 

For some entities which are scalar, we are using an array. We will still use an array there even with an empty data set. Example: GTIN.

"GeneralInfo": {     
       "GTIN": [         
                    "08710103824428",         
                    "8710103824428"    
            ] 
     } 

Or:

"GeneralInfo": {     
      "GTIN": [] 
 }

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