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Operations - Availability and Inventory
This web service operation allows the Windsurfer CRS to request external channel to update the availability status, inventory count and restrictions of a hotels inventory. Two messages are used in this operation:
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OTA_HotelAvailNotifRS: In response the external channel sends an OTA_HotelAvailNotifRS message (unless a SOAP level error occurs, in which case a SOAP fault message is sent).
Change Inventory Count
The inventory count update has to be sent separately on room type basis. It means there is only room type and no RatePlan information passed in the RQ message.
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<OTA_HotelAvailNotifRQ xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" EchoToken="2906892291"
TimeStamp="2020-04-28T13:58:02.6508395-06:00" Target="Production"
Version="1" xmlns="http://www.opentravel.org/OTA/2003/05">
<AvailStatusMessages HotelCode="PSSN">
<AvailStatusMessage BookingLimitMessageType="SetLimit" BookingLimit="17">
<StatusApplicationControl Start="2020-04-28" End="2020-04-28" InvCode="RoomA" />
<UniqueID Type="16" ID="2906892291" />
</AvailStatusMessage>
<AvailStatusMessage BookingLimitMessageType="SetLimit" BookingLimit="18">
<StatusApplicationControl Start="2020-04-29" End="2020-05-08" InvCode="RoomA" />
<UniqueID Type="16" ID="2906892291" />
</AvailStatusMessage>
</AvailStatusMessages>
</OTA_HotelAvailNotifRQ> |
Change in Availability Status and Restrictions
Any change in availability status or restrictions update should include both RoomType and RatePlan information.
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<OTA_HotelAvailNotifRQ xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
EchoToken="2901727514" TimeStamp="2020-01-31T17:00:39.344971-06:00"
Target="Production" Version="1" xmlns="http://www.opentravel.org/OTA/2003/05">
<AvailStatusMessages HotelCode="HTBEN">
<AvailStatusMessage>
<StatusApplicationControl Start="2020-03-31" End="2020-04-30" RatePlanCode="CHK" InvCode="KRO" />
<LengthsOfStay>
<LengthOfStay Time="1" TimeUnit="Day" MinMaxMessageType="SetMinLOS" />
<LengthOfStay Time="1" TimeUnit="Day" MinMaxMessageType="SetForwardMinStay" />
</LengthsOfStay>
<RestrictionStatus Status="Open" />
</AvailStatusMessage>
</AvailStatusMessages>
</OTA_HotelAvailNotifRQ> |
OTA_HotelAvailNotifRQ XML Usage Specification
Element/@Attribute | Description | Occurrences |
@TimeStamp | Time of the transaction in xml schema date-time format | 1 |
@EchoToken | Unique Identifier to track the RQ/RS message | 1 |
@Target | Always set to “Production” | 1 |
@Version | Always set to “1.0” | 1 |
AvailStatusMessages | Contains list of availability messages (AvailStatusMessage) | 1 |
@HotelCode | The code of the property whose availability is being updated | 1 |
@HotelName | The name of the property whose availability is being updated | 0..1 |
AvailStatusMessage | An availability message. One of the BookingLimit or RestrictionStatus or LengthsOfStay must be included | 1..n |
@BookingLimit | The number of rooms available. Optional, to be set at Room level | 0…1 |
@BookingLimitMessageType | Always set to “SetLimit”. Mandatory if “BookingLimit” is available | 0…1 |
StatusApplicationControl | The date range, room type code and rate code for which this notification is sent is specified in the element. | 1 |
@Start | The start date for which the availability update is being set | 1 |
@End | The end date for which the availability update is being set | 1 |
@invCode | Identifies the Room type for which the availability is being updated. The room type code + rate code identify a unique product for which this update applies. | 1 |
@RatePlanCode | Identifies the Rate plan for which the availability is being updated. Optional, in case of Inventory count (“BookingLimit”) only. | 0..1 |
@UniqueID | Unique identifier for each availability message | 1 |
@LengthsOfStay | Availability based on length of stay can be set using this. Optional | 0..1 |
/OTA_HotelAvailNotifRQ/AvailStatusMessages/AvailStatusMessage LengthOfStay | Mandatory if LengthsOfStay is present | 1 |
@Time | Mandatory if LengthOfStay is present. Sets the minimum number of days required for a stay. | 1 |
@TimeUnit | Mandatory if LengthOfStay is present. Always set to “Day” | 1 |
@MinMaxMessageType | Mandatory if LengthOfStay is present. Stay control type. Can be any of the options below: SetMinLOS : To set minimum length of stay. SetMaxLOS: To set maximum length of stay. | 1 |
RestrictionStatus | Availability status assigned to the room rate combination. | 0..1 |
@Status | The restriction status. Mandatory if RestrictionStatus is present. Can be any of the options below: Open: The Sale is open. Close: The Sale is closed. ClosedOnArrival: Arrival is closed. ClosedOnDeparture: Departure is closed. OpenOnArrival: Arrival is open. OpenOnDeparture: Departure is open. ClosedOnArrivalDeparture: Both Arrival & Departure is closed. MinAdvancedBookingOffset: Minimum number of days before the arrival date the hotel is bookable. | 1
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OTA_HotelAvailNotifRS
External channel must respond to the above request by returning an OTA_HotelAvailNotifRS message. The only exception to this is when a SOAP level fault occurs while External channel processes the request.
At this stage the messages are screened for conformance to basic business rules only. Additionally, messages are screened to ensure that the values passed meet the business constraints specified here.
Response messages indicating failures will contain at least one error element. It is possible that more than one error element is returned.
If the request has been received correctly and External channel has screened the messages for consistency, it will return an OTA_HotelAvailNotifRS message with a single Success element. It should be understood that receiving a message successfully does not imply that the updates will be made successfully. Errors could be generated due to business rule or communication failures could result in update failures.
Sample Success Message
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<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:a="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing">
<s:Header>
<ActivityId CorrelationId="cb97f8b7-3cd8-4cba-8ecf-c6d489ffbd58" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2004/09/ServiceModel/Diagnostics">430e18a5-eda8-4b40-bdfc-313faa065a9e</ActivityId>
<a:To s:mustUnderstand="1">http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing/role/anonymous</a:To>
</s:Header>
<s:Body xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<OTA_HotelAvailNotifRS EchoToken="5684" TimeStamp="2016-05-12T02:23:22" Target="Production" Version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.opentravel.org/OTA/2003/05">
<Success/>
</OTA_HotelAvailNotifRS>
</s:Body>
</s:Envelope> |
Sample Error Message
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<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:a="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing">
<s:Header>
<ActivityId CorrelationId="de098bde-55c3-43a1-bdc2-7cd34b49f76c" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2004/09/ServiceModel/Diagnostics">19ab8e8f-23c2-4228-81be-558dbdea845c</ActivityId>
<a:To s:mustUnderstand="1">http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing/role/anonymous</a:To>
</s:Header>
<s:Body xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<OTA_HotelAvailNotifRS EchoToken="15684" TimeStamp="2016-05-13T13:11:48" Target="Production" Version="1" xmlns="http://www.opentravel.org/OTA/2003/05">
<Errors>
<Error Type="4" Code="361">Invalid Hotel Code</Error>
</Errors>
</OTA_HotelAvailNotifRS>
</s:Body>
</s:Envelope> |
XML Usage Specification
Element/@Attribute | Description | Occurrences |
@TimeStamp | Time of the transaction in XML schema date-time format | 1 |
@EchoToken | Unique Identifier to track the RQ/RS message | 1 |
@Target | Always set to “Production” | 1 |
@Version | Always set to “1.0” | 1 |
@Success | If included this element will indicate that the request message was successfully processed. Either a Success element or Errors/error element(s) are required in every response. | 0..1 |
Errors | Either a Success element or Errors/Error element are required in every response. | 0..1 |
Error | Description of cause for a fatal problem during request message processing. If an Errors element is included, one or more Error elements are required. | 1 |
@Type | This is an enumeration of HTNG approved error types (OTA code list EWT). See appendix for supported values. | 1 |
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@Code | This is an enumeration of HTNG approved error codes (OTA code list ERR). See appendix for supported values. |
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