Connection and Authentication
Communication with the Bonotel API is performed through secured hypertext transfer protocol (https) connections. The API is written to receive requests and generate responses in XML.
Request Method | POST |
|---|---|
Content-Type | application/xml |
All customers are required to use GZip compression to effectively manage the size and speed of responses. Utilize the following header to accomplish this.
Request Header Name | Request Header Value |
|---|---|
Accept-Encoding | gzip,deflate,compress;q=0.9 |
URL Category | URL / Path |
|---|---|
UAT Base | https://rps-uat.svc-ops.bonotel.com |
Production Base | https://rps.svc.bonotel.com |
API Path | /bonotelapps/bonotel/reservation |
Action Name | Endpoint | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Availability (Shopping) | /GetAvailability.do | Initial shopping action. Return results and select a reservation candidate. |
Pre-book | /PreBookCheck.do | Request with a specific reservation candidate to confirm non-cached availability. |
Reservation | /GetReservation.do | Request with a specific reservation candidate to confirm a reservation. |
Cancel | /GetCancellation.do | Cancel a specific confirmed reservation. |
Report | /XMLReservationReport.do | Request with parameters a report of recorded reservations (confirmed, canceled, or both). |
Lookup | /LookupReservation.do | Lookup details of a specific reservation (confirmed, canceled, or either). |
Authentication is handled by passing in a username and password combination in the XML body of each request method.