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The calendar API request returns the content for all the activities requested, depending on the filters being used, in the response you’ll also see the operational dates, so you can create your calendar according to the information being returned. 

POST https://api.hotelbeds.com/activity-api/3.0/activities/availability

The availability search requires to include the pax distribution.

You can use any filters (see filters section) the results will be according to the filters selected.

{
	"filters": [{
			"searchFilterItems": [{
					"type": "destination",
					"value": "BCN"
				}
			]
		}
	],
	"from": "2022-05-11",
	"to": "2022-06-22",
	"paxes": [{
			"age": 30
		}
	],
	"language": "en",
	"pagination": {
		"itemsPerPage": 100,
		"page": 1
	},
	"order": "DEFAULT"
}

From a business perspective, the response returned by the API contains:

  • Service information: code, name, picture and description.
  • Modalities available including code and name
  • Contents factsheet code.
  • Lowest price for each service’s modality and considering it by pax type for the given request dates. Also the Box office price (price at the gate or counter of the activity) is returned in the response of the call. The box office price it is not the selling price but can be compared against it.
  • Cancellation policies, including a date from and to in which the cancellation policy applies and the amount.

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NODE/ATTRIBUTE

DATA TYPE

DESCRIPTION

operationId

String

Factsheet Operational ID, informative only.

Errors

List

Contains a list of errors (error code and error description). Here you can find a list of errors and their meaning

errors/@code

String

Error code

errors/@text

String

Error description

pagination

Element

This element indicates the values for pagination

pagination/@itemsPerPage

Integer

Number of items per page

pagination/@page

Integer

Number of page

pagination/@totalItems

Integer

Total items returned in the search including the ones in the current page.

auditData

Element

This element contains internal information. You can provide it in the event of needing specific support.

activities

List

List of activities available

activities/@code

String

Service code

activities/@order

Integer

Activity order in the list of activities returned

activities/@type

String

Type of activity being returned:

  • TICKET: Standard ticket.
activities@country Object Provides the country information together with the destinations that are included in the particular country.

activities/country/@code

String

Country code where the activity takes place. See Country codes in the Contents API.

activities/country/@name String Country name where the activity takes place. It will be provided in the same language as the request indicated
activities/country/@destinations List A list of destinations. In the response we will always return one and only one destination for the particular product.

activities/country/destinations/@node

String

Destination code where the activity takes place. See Destination codes in the Contents API.

activities/country/destinations/@name

String

Destination name where the activity takes place. . See Destination codes in the Contents API.

activities/@name

String

Name of the activity. It will be returned in the same language as the request indicated.

activities/amountsFrom

Object

Lowest price for the activity in the given dates. A detail of the pax type, amount for that pax type and box office price is provided in a deeper level.

activities/amountsFrom/@paxType

String

Type of Passenger (ADULT, CHILD)

activities/amountsFrom/@amount

BigDecimal

Price from for the pax type.

activities/amountsFrom/@boxOfficeAmount

BigDecimal

Box office Price from for the pax type

The Box office price is the price value at the gate or counter. It is not the selling price of the activity but it can be taken into consideration for the comparison of the price if not booked in advance.

activities/@currency

String

Currency in which the prices are returned. See Contents API for more details.

activities/@currencyName

String

Activity currency name. It will be provided in the same language as the request indicated

activities/@content Object This object contains all content factsheet information that is relevant for that particular product. The infromation is the same as the one detailed in the detail response. Its structure is exactly the same as in the detail. Please refer to it. Nevertheless a brief summary of all attributes is provided here.
activities/content/@contentId String Content Factsheet code.
activities/content/@Name String Name of the activity. It will be returned in the same language as the request indicated.
activities/content/@geolocation Coordinate Activity geolocation in GPS coordinates. Contains Latitude and Longitude (please refer to activitiesContent in detail response.

activities/content/@description

String

Activity full description. It will be provided in the same language as the request indicated

activities/content/@media

List

 

More attributes are included as part of this list. These are not detailed here but in the Detail Response.

This list is detailed in  detail response. In this operation of Search only one media image will be returned with the full information as detailed in the Detail Response. 
activities/content/@location

List

More attributes are included as part of this list. These are not detailed here but in the Detail Response.

This list is detailed in detail response. In this operation of Search will return the relevant location as detailed in the Detail Response. 
activities/content/@segmentationGroups

List

More attributes are included as part of this list. These are not detailed here but in the Detail Response.

This list is detailed in  detail response. In this operation of Search will return the relevant segmentation group as detailed in the Detail Response. 
activities/content/@featureGroups

List

More attributes are included as part of this list. These are not detailed here but in the Detail Response.

This list is detailed in detail response. In this operation of Search will return the relevant segmentation group as detailed in the Detail Response. 
activities/Content/@guidingOptions

GuidingOptions

More attributes are included as part of this list. These are not detailed here but in the Detail Response.

If the activity is a guided activity, the following attributes provide details of the attributes of the guiding.
activities/Content/@redeeminfoString

The type can have the following values:

- "EVOUCHER" - The voucher is required to be presented however, this can be provided in digital. No need to printed but it is still mandatory to show it. 

- "PRINTED" -The voucher must be printed in paper and shown at the entrance to enjoy the activity.

- "VOUCHERLESS" - There’s no need to show a voucher, but a valid information such as a supplier confirmation number and an ID (i.e. passport) shall be provided before enjoying the activity. An example of this is Disney Orlando where a Disney Ticket Confirmation Number is given to the customer. The client can take this written out or save as a note in the phone but no voucher is required to be presented.

- NONE - No voucher is required.

activities/@url

String

Optionally, a URL that points to a landing site to purchase the product can be returned. Depending on how you are planning to sell your product different solutions can be provided for example whitelabels, B2C sites… Please, ask integrations.btb@hotelbeds.com for more details.

activities/promotions

List

List of promotions for a specific activity. A promotion includes a badge (see promotions/@imagePath below) and application dates.

Examples of promotions are: “Free Drink”, “Free children” or not related to price elements such as “Top Seller”

Integrated clients can use promotions to enhance the activities presented in their websites or apps.

activities/promotions@order

Integer

Promotion order for the list of promotions retrieved

activities/promotions@code

String

Promotion code

activities/promotions@imagePath

String

Promotion image path

activities/promotions@description

String

Promotion description. It will be provided in the same language as the request indicated

activities/promotions@name

String

Promotion name. It will be provided in the same language as the request indicated

activities/promotions@dateFrom

Date

Promotion is applicable from: dateFrom

activities/promotions@dateTo

Date

Promotion is applicable until: dateTo

activities/modalities

List

List of modalities for a specific activity.

activities/modalities@code

String

Modality code

activities/modalities@duration

Double

The duration is given in Dates, Hours or Minutes depending on the activity that is returned. Some activities duration is higher than one day. If that’s the case, please calculate the desired dates to be passed to the “detail” operation.

activities/modalities@name

String

Modality name. It will be provided in the same language as the request indicated

activities/modalities/amountsFrom

Object

Amounts object type. Cheapest price for this modality

activities/modalities/amountsFrom/@paxType

String

Type of Passenger (ADULT, CHILD)

activities/modalities/amountsFrom/@amount

BigDecimal

Total amount for the modality

activities/modalities/amountsFrom/@boxOfficeAmount

BigDecimal

Modality amount from the box office

activities/modalities/amountsFrom/@ageFrom Integer Is the age from that is linked to the specific amount provided in the @amount attribute.
activities/modalities/amountsFrom/@ageTo Integer Is the age To (together with the age from represent the ages in between the amount is valid) for a particular amount. 

activities/modalities/cancellationPolicies

Object

CancellationPolicies object type. Modality cancellation price.

Please, see an example of returned cancellation policies below to understand how the cancellation costs are calculated.

activities/modalities/cancellationPolicies/@dateFrom

Date

Starting from the specified date, cancellation costs are applied. Each cancellation policy includes a date and an amount. That means, starting from the date, the amount is applied, please also be aware that the date and time are calculated based on local time in the destination.

Please, see an example of returned cancellation policies below to understand how the cancellation costs are calculated.

activities/modalities/cancellationPolicies/@amount

BigDecimal

Cancellation cost starting on the specified dateFrom in the specified at activity level under activities/@currency

 

Specific details to identify the cancellation costs

Cancellation costs are returned as a list of objects containing a date and an amount.

The following example shows a cancellation cost with a single entry for an availability between 29 and 20 March 2016 and a product price 58 eur:

"cancellationPolicies": [                           {                               "dateFrom": "2016-03-28T00:00:00.000Z",                               "amount": 58                           }                         ]

That means if the booking is cancelled starting from 28 March and after, then 100% (58 eur) are charged and no cancellation fees are applied if the booking is cancelled before.

The following one, for an availability between 1 and 31 March 2016 and a price of 58 eur, has different time frames with different cancellation costs:

"cancellationPolicies": [

  {

    "dateFrom": "2016-03-15T00:00:00.000Z",

    "amount": 20

  },

  {

    "dateFrom": "2016-03-22T00:00:00.000Z",

    "amount": 35

  },

  {

    "dateFrom": "2016-03-28T00:00:00.000Z",

    "amount": 58

  }

]

The time frames shown implies that:

  • If the booking is cancelled before 15 March, no cancellation fees are charged.
  • If the booking is cancelled between 15 (included) and 22 (excluded) March,then 20 euros are charged.
  • If the booking is cancelled between 22 (included) and 28 (excluded) March, then 35 euros are charged.
  • If the booking is cancelled starting from 28 March, then 58 euros are charged.