Workflow

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:

COMING SOON

Advanced workflow for a touristic and long-term rental website: