# Check a Product Feed Before Google Shopping

**Use case:** 

Validate Google Merchant Center fields and find missing attributes, invalid links, bad prices, and identifier errors before feed upload.

## Input

```json
{
  "products": [
    {
      "id": "shoe-42",
      "title": "Men's Black Running Shoes - Size 42",
      "description": "Lightweight running shoes with mesh upper and rubber sole.",
      "link": "https://example.com/products/shoe-42",
      "image_link": "https://example.com/images/shoe-42.jpg",
      "availability": "in_stock",
      "price": "79.99 USD",
      "brand": "Example",
      "gtin": "4006381333931",
      "condition": "new",
      "color": "Black",
      "size": "42"
    },
    {
      "sku": "broken-item",
      "name": "SALE BUY NOW",
      "url": "not-a-url",
      "image": "missing-scheme.example/image.jpg",
      "stock_status": "maybe",
      "price": "price on request"
    }
  ],
  "profile": "google_merchant_2026",
  "maxProducts": 500,
  "fieldMap": {},
  "includeNormalizedProduct": true,
  "includeOriginalProduct": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "productId": {
    "label": "Product ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "qualityScore": {
    "label": "Quality",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "grade": {
    "label": "Grade",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "issueCount": {
    "label": "Issues",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "criticalCount": {
    "label": "Critical",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "errorCount": {
    "label": "Errors",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "warningCount": {
    "label": "Warnings",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "issueCodes": {
    "label": "Issue codes",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "repairSuggestions": {
    "label": "Repairs",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "normalizedProduct": {
    "label": "Normalized",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "validatedAt": {
    "label": "Validated",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Product Feed Validator](https://apify.com/gifted_wagon/product-feed-validator.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/gifted_wagon/product-feed-validator.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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