Availability and Rate API

1 Introduction
2 Communications
3 OTA
4 Process Flow
5 Security
6 Endpoints
7 Limitation

Intended Audience
This document is intended for developers and assumes that the reader has working knowledge of JSON.

Introduction

Partner Applications will be able to query SMX for a variety of functions relating to the partner's subscription setup.

The response will be sent as a JSON message.

Communications

Communications between both systems are via the exchange of JSON messages over secure HTTP (HTTPS). Operations are synchronous request/response pairs.

OTA

The Availability and Rate API is derived from the Open Travel Alliance (OTA) specifications for 2017A.

Process Flow

Data is uploaded by the partner PMS application (Data Publisher) and is stored in SiteMinder's SMX platform. SMX Partner Applications can query SMX to retrieve the data for their subscribing hoteliers. Partner applications will need to use an authentication token that can be generated through the SMX Admin portal. The SMX Partner Application can use this data to offer value added solutions for the hospitality and travel industry.

Security

Encryption is provided by the transport layer via HTTPS. Each message contains a BearerAuthorization token that is unique to that partner application.

Endpoints

DNS TTL should be respected. IP addresses should not be cached indefinitely by the connecting application. Doing so will result in connection timeouts.

Limitation

At the moment, you are not able to obtain ARI data from the following Publishers: Little Hotelier and SiteMinder Channel Manager.