API Definition

Overview

Communication Protocol

The communication protocol between properties and GalapagosGDS API consists of HTTPS (HTTP Secure) transactions with embedded JSON documents. Note the following:

Only HTTPS posts to GalapagosGDS’s secure server are supported. Using HTTP will not work (GalapagosGDS API servers are not configured to accept posts over unsecured HTTP).
Communication is synchronous -- on the same socket, GalapagosGDS API reads the request and issues a positive or negative response, depending on whether GalapagosGDS API is able to process the request or not.
Content-Type of the HTTP Request Header should be: “text/JSON”.
Only connecting via our URLs is supported. GalapagosGDS does not support connection directly via IP Address, as this address is subject to change without notice. If the GalapagosGDS partner generally prefers IP Addresses for communication performance reasons, it may consider implementing an address caching strategy to reduce DNS lookups for the URLs. Additionally, if partner whitelists outbound connections, it must do so using a URL pattern rather than an IP range, as GalapagosGDS cannot guarantee a specific IP range / subnet.

Create booking Request (CB RQ)

CB RQ Schema Complete Definition

Legend: O = Optional

Level	Element / @Attribute	Data Type	Number of occur.	Description
0	reference_number	number	1	Reference number - if booking details is to be updated
0	boat_id	number	1	Boat to be booked
0	tour_id	number	1	Tour to be booked
0	departure_date	date	1	Departure date of the booking
0	agency_id	number	1	Agency that is responsible for the booking
0	type	string	1	Type of the booking
0	hold_expiration	date	1	Hold expiration date
0	adults	number	1	Number of adults
0	children	number	1	Number of children
0	cabins	array	1	An array that hold cabin and its guests
1	@cabin_id	array	any	cabin_id to hold the cabin data
2	@passport_number	string	any	Passport number of the guest
2	@first_name	string	any	First name of the guest
2	@middle_name	string	any	Middle name of the guest
2	@last_name	string	any	Last name of the guest
2	@gender	string	any	Gender of the guest
2	@date_of_birth	string	any	Date of birth of the guest
2	@email	string	any	Email of the guest
2	@phone	string	any	Phone number of the guest
2	@mobile	string	any	Mobile number of the guest
2	@is_family_or_group_header	string	any	Is the guest is in a group
2	@dietary_requirements	string	any	Dietary requirements
2	@other_requirements	string	any	Other requirements
2	@complementary_information	string	any	Other information