Basic workflow for a touristic website:
Homepage:
We create a search bar with 3 inputs: arrival_date, departure_date and people.
The button “Search availability” will go to a new page with the parameters for the inputs, where we will show the list of available properties.
List of properties:
We read the parameters of the URL.
1/ If the parameters exist → we will show the available properties for those dates / people.
2/ If there are no parameters → we will show all the properties in the system.
Option 1: Show available properties:
First, we call DailyAvailability()
DailyAvailability(“2022-01-01”, “2022-01-05”, 3, “en”, “test_user”, “test_psw”)
This will return the list of available properties in those dates, with all the information except prices.
Then, we call DailyRates() for each one in a recursive function.
DailyRates(1011, “2022-01-01”, “2022-01-05”, 3, “en”, “test_user”, “test_psw”)
This will return de prices for that property and dates.
Field in screenshoot | Webservice | Field in webservice |
|---|---|---|
1. Title | DailyAvailability | headline / name |
2. Description | DailyAvailability | description |
3. Photo | ||
4.1 Capacity | DailyAvailability | maximum_capacity |
4.2 Bedrooms | DailyAvailability | number_of_rooms |
4.3 Surface | DailyAvailability | surface |
4.4 Wifi | DailyAvailability | lodging_equipment.wifi / lodging_equipment.free_wifi |
Price of stay | DailyRates | price |
Other important fields from DailyAvailability and DailyRates:
Webservice | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
DailyAvailability | lodging_id | You must read this to access the DailyRates function |
DailyAvailability | lodging_type | Useful to filter by apartment / villa |
DailyAvailability | city | Useful to filter by destination |
DailyAvailability | latitude & longitude | Necessary if you want to create a Google Maps |
DailyAvailability | release | Necessary if the properties have different release ** |
DailyAvailability | rating & review | Useful if you want to put the stars + reviews here |
DailyRates | closed_to_arrival | If closed_to_arrival=true, that property can’t be booked with the arrival_date, even if it’s available. You should put a message informing the user. |
DailyRates | closed_to_departure | If closed_to_departure=true, that property can’t be booked with the departure_date, even if it’s available. You should put a message informing the user. |
DailyRates | minimum_stay | If search nights < minimum_stay, the reservation can’t be made for that number of nights. You should put a message informing the user. |
Option 2: Show all properties:
We call Catalog()
Catalog("", 0, "en", "test_usr", "test_pwd")
The parameters will be almost the same that when doing a search.
The only thing that changes is the price. We will not show the price of the stay, because we don’t have dates and thus we can’t calculate the prices for a specific interval of dates.
What we can show is the minimum_price of that property.
Catalog.minimum_rate → this will give us the minimum price, then we can put something like:
Property page:
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Advanced workflow for a touristic and long-term rental website:
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