RapLink - Diamond Feed from RapNet

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How to

•	Upload inventory to RapNet
•	Download Rapaport price data
•	List RapNet inventory on my website
•	Upload certificates
•	Integrate the Rapaport Price List
•	Keep inventory on RapNet
•	Code samples

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RapLink Diamond Feed - Implementing the download listings service

RapLink is a RapNet service that lets you retrieve diamond listings from RapNet that you can post on your own website or save in your own database. Typically this is useful if you have your own website, and want to have a diamond search on it. RapLink allows you to do exactly that, to populate your website with diamonds from RapNet.

There are a number of ways to go ahead with this:

RapNet Inventory Link
diamond feeds

live link (new)
link your site directly to RapNet.

PRO
iframe - copy one line of HTML

PLUS
XML Web Services
pass-through queries

pros:
* Very easy to set up and intergration into your website
* Always live data.
* Very low maintenance.
* No need for your own database.
cons:
* Yearly cost
* Limited to what you can do.

download listings (classic)
download data from RapNet to your own database

CSV
HTTP POST

Dataset
XML Web Services
download data

pros:
* If your application is already working, why change?
* Complete flexibility with the data
* Included with your RapNet subscription
cons:
* Need technical staff to maintain
* A lot of work to set up
* Difficult to make adjustments
* Out of date listings

The first step is to find the right diamonds for you. By default, diamond listings are not included in RapLink, and only become available when a vendor lets you download her stock. Some vendors have set everyone to be allowed to download their stock listings. You can use the RapNet search and RapNet member directory to find vendors that match your business needs.

Please note that automatically gathering information from the regular RapNet search or storing this information in your own database, is in violation of the RapNet policy and will get you banned from RapNet.

RapNet Inventory Link Pro
More info can be found here.
The setup screen can be found here. (requires RapNet and InventoryLinkPro subscriptions)
At the end of the setup you will get one line of HTML code for the iframe which you will have to paste into your website at the place you want your search engine to appear.

RapNet Inventory Link Plus
More info can be found here.
The setup screen can be found here. (requires RapNet and InventoryLinkPlus subscriptions)
The service description can be found here.
A code sample to get started with your integration can be found here.

RapNet Inventory Link CSV Download
The setup screen can be found here. (requires RapNet subscription)

RapNet Inventory Link Dataset Download
More technical info can be found here.

Click here for more information how to set up your feed.