Determine stock status of a webshop

In addition to retrieving the price, PricingControl can also retrieve the stock of a product. This is only on request. However, we must immediately note that this is not always possible, as webshops do not always disclose their stock status.

Within the application, you will find the stock status on the overview screen next to the price. This status can have a number of different values. The options are listed in the table below.

 

	In overview screen	In Export	Via API
In stock	instock	instock	instock
Out of stock	nostock	nostock	nostock
A fysical amount*	y	y	y
In stock within x days**	x-days	x-days	x-days
Unknown	-	unknown	unknown
Unknown status found***	*unknown	*unknown	*unknown
Not possible	np	np	np
No check done yet	<empty>	<empty>	<empty> of null

^{*: in case of a physical amount, a number is actually displayed
**: for x-days, the x is replaced by a number
***: if an unknown status is found, we will try to add it}

Since our administrators often have to manually configure the stock control, it can take up to a few days before the stock of a product is retrieved.