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Data Feeds Documentation We offer two methods of data loads: Full Overlay - you send us all current postings. We remove any ads found in our database that no longer exist in your data feed, update any existing ads, insert any new ads found in the data feed. Incremental - you send us only new postings, changes to existing ads, or deletes that have occurred since the last data feed. The choice as to which method you choose depends on your existing processes and which method will be easiest for your company to follow when generating the data feed. Deleting Ads Ads will be deleted if Incremental data load method and delete indicator is set for a specific ad or if Full Overlay mode and ad is no longer included in the your data feed. Data Feed Processing Rentbits will poll for new Data Feeds daily Rentbits will process the Data Feed and update the Rentbits database within 24 hours of receipt of that data feed. Please find the XSD and sample XML and description as follows: Element Format Required Description ads Element Required XML root element containing ad elements ad Element Required XML ad element cv Numeric Required Version of the xsl that is being utilized. Value: 1.2 siteUrl URL Required Url of the source site. Example: http://yoursite.com/yourfeed.xml method String[1] Required Indicator of data load type. Values: (O) - Overlay, (I) - Incremental market String[1] Required Type of rental market. One of the following values R - Single Family Home listing A - Apartment Community listing commName String[64] Optional Name of the community. This field is required if market = A for the ad action String[1] Optional Indication as to the action that is to be performed by rentbits in relation to this ad. Values: (U) - Add/Update existing ad, or (D) - Delete existing ad NOTE: This element is required if you have chosen the "Incremental" Data Feed method and will be blank of "Full Overlay" method. address/line1 String[128] Required Address line 1 of the rental unit location address/line2 String[64] Optional Address line 2 of the rental unit location address/city String[128] Required City of the rental unit location. Please use the city full name as recognized by the US Post office address/province String[16] Required Province or state code of the rental unit location. For the United States and Canada, please provide the two character code as recognized by the USPS and Canada Post address/postal String[16] Required Postal or zip code of the rental unit location. This field is not required if non-US or Canadian location. For the United States and Canada please provide the five character numeric (US) or alpha numeric (CA) code Example: 68154 address/country String[2] Required Country of the rental unit location. Please use the two character country code as outlined in ISO 3166 Example: US latitude Decimal Optional Latitude of the property Example: 30.023433 longitude Decimal Optional Longitude of the property Example: -12.845732 url URL Required URL of the ad posting on it's source site. This is the URL that will be used to re-direct the customer to your source site when they request additional information regarding the rental unit type String[16] Required The Type of rental unit. Rentbits will support the following rental types: A (Apartment), D (Duplex), C (Condo), H (House), T (Townhome), V (Villa), L (Loft) If type other than as noted above, please pass full description Example: A -or- Vacation Villa headline String[128] Required Title or short headline for the specific posting Example: Gorgeous Loft in Downtown description String[1k] Required Description of the rental unit Example: Brand new unit located in Downtown/City Center. The property has hardwood and tile floor throughout. Huge bathroom with whirlpool tub floorPlan String[64] Optional Floor plan name or id. price numeric Required Monthly rental price of the unit in numeric or decimal format. Any decimal places will be removed when posting is displayed on RentBits Example: 1750.00 -or- 1750 priceMax numeric Optional The max/highest price listed for this rental unit or floor plan if price range is defined on the source ad. priceCurr String[3] Optional Three character ISO code as outlined in ISO4217 of the currency associated with the rental price If not given USD is assumed. beds String[1] Required Number of Bedrooms for the rental unit. If studio indicate as S Example: 1, 2, 3, .. or S Note - If bedrooms is defined as a range, Rentbits will apply the lowest value as the # of bedrooms for display baths String[3] Optional Number of Bathrooms for this unit. Half bath should be defined as .5 Example: 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 ... area Numeric Optional Total Square footage of this rental unit areaMax Numeric Optional Max/Highest Square Footage for this rental unit or floor plan if range is defined on source ad. sqt String[1] Optional Unit of measurement associated with the square footage. This field is required if area is defined Values: F (Square Feet) -or- M (Square Meters) floor String[128] Optional Text indicating the type of flooring within the rental unit, comma delimited if multiples Example: Tile, Carpet, Hardwood garage String[128] Optional Text indicating the type of garage (if any and known) available with this unit Example: 2 Car garage pets String[128] Optional Information regarding the pet policy for the unit such as pets allowed, pets not allowed, No pets, cats only, small dogs and cats, deposit required etc. This text can be as specific or as vague as currently available on the source site for this unit Example: No Pets Allowed, Cats Only, Cats and small dogs. $25 deposit required deposit Numeric Optional Amount of deposit required to secure the lease in numeric or decimal format. Any decimal places will be removed when posting is displayed. Example: 1250.00 -or- 1250 lease String[255] Optional Terms of the lease such as Yearly, X years, X Months, month to month, or Negotiable. Multiple options may be passed as comma delimited Example: Yearly, 3 Months amenities String[255] optional Comma delimited list of amenities available for this unit. The format and content of the data passed within this field will vary depending on how your site stores and displays amenities. Include any information detailed on your site that would be considered an amenity (could be detailed within multiple fields or formats) Example: Air Conditioning, Deck, dishwasher, doorman, cable, Appliances: Refrigerator, Dishwasher, Heating: Central Air, Gas Heat includes String[255] optional Comma delimited list of utilities included in the rent amount Example: Gas Heat, Water, Trash, Electric, Heat, Cable, Internet furnished Boolean Optional If your site is able to identify furnished or un-furnished sites, please indicate as follows: Y (Yes) -or- N (No) -or- 1 -or- 0 sec8 Boolean Optional Section 8 available Y (Yes) -or- N (No) -or- 1 -or- 0 img1 URL optional Image URL img2 URL optional Image URL img3 URL optional Image URL

version 1.2 Revision Details
removed obsolete fields
added additional fields necessary to support apartment community listings

Additional Notes regarding Apartment Community (Multi Family) listings
For those sites that list apartment communities as a single ad with multiple floor plans detailed, each floor plan associated with a community will be passed as an individual ad within the xml feed to rentBits.com Information that is applicable to the community (address, community name, etc) will be duplicated for each ad/floor plan that is written to the xml for that community.