Get credentials, explore the demo site and cluster, try the Storefront API, and import custom catalog data to begin integrating Voyado Elevate.
This guide will help you quickly familiarize yourself with Voyado Elevate and explore its features. Whether you’re interested in trying out a demo, or a full custom integration with Elevate, here are the steps to get started.
To access an Elevate environment and explore its capabilities, you need credentials. These consist of three parts:
Cluster ID — a public Cluster ID pointing to the retailer’s Elevate service. The Cluster ID is used for the site integration.
API Key — a private key, used when importing data and notifying customer interactions, such as orders, to Elevate.
Elevate Apps invitation email — used to access the web-based apps for reporting and merchandising.
The following examples are for illustrative purposes only. Throughout this documentation, these example credentials are used as placeholders. When accessing specific environments, make sure to use the credentials provided to you by Voyado.
To get started, access the demo site that is fully integrated with a Voyado Elevate cluster. The cluster is pre-populated with demo data and will henceforth be referred to as the demo cluster.Go to the demo site to experience the product firsthand and understand how it can be integrated with your own online store. The search, autocomplete, product listings, recommendations, and navigation on the site are all powered by Voyado Elevate.
To integrate your own website with the demo cluster, try out the Storefront API that Elevate offers. Experiment with how to integrate Elevate functionality on your own site.
To make queries and notifications to a cluster, you only need the webApiId of the credentials. For the demo cluster, use:
Cluster ID: w47231AC8
All queries must contain valid market and locale parameters, which are aligned with the data loaded in the cluster. For the demo cluster, the following values are valid:
The first step is to execute a query. The following query corresponds to a search on ‘top’ but should of course in a real site integration correspond to the actual user input.
Try it by pasting it in your browser.
To upload your own products, you’ll need an isolated cluster. Contact us to request your Elevate environment. Once set up, you will receive an invitation email to the Elevate Apps. Cluster credentials can be found in the Integration App .Configure your markets and locales for your cluster via the Admin App or an import. After configuring your cluster, you can import custom catalog data using HTTP POST .For import examples, refer to the catalog import examples.The full specification is available in the Admin API specification.If the import completes successfully without any errors, you will receive a 204 OK response, confirming the data has been loaded.The following example shows how to replace all catalog data in Elevate using your credentials and the catalog import file my-data.gz.
You can also test the demo site with your custom data. Connect the demo site to the public part of your cluster to view your data as soon as it’s loaded. You can use this setup as a tool for debugging throughout the integration.To connect the demo site to your cluster, go to the Cluster Settings and enter the Cluster ID of your cluster, and select a market and locale combination from the dropdown menu. Once you’ve made these changes, press the activate button and explore the newly uploaded products by trying out searches and other interactions.
The quality of the results depends on the catalog import quality and the notified user behavior, captured through real interactions. An accurate integration with proper UX also greatly impacts the quality and influences which features can be enabled.Elevate also offers data classification and image analysis.
Related features, such as enhanced color search, may require activation by Voyado and some processing time before becoming active.
Now proceed to the Integration section to continue your setup.
