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.

Availability & Prices update Request (AU RQ)

AU RQ Schema Complete Definition

Legend: O = Optional

Level	Element / @Attribute	Data Type	Number of occur.	Description
0	boat	number	1	Boat code for the api
0	cabin_type	number	1	Cabin code for the api
0	departures	array	1	Tour to be updated
1	@departure_date	date	any	Dates on which promotion is applicable
1	@arrival_date	date	any	Dates on which promotion is applicable
1	@days	number	any	Days from departure_date to which promotion is applicable
1	@available	number	any	Tour's availability
1	@hold	number	any	Tour's sold
1	@promotion_name	string	any	Name of the promotion
1	@promotion_description	string	any	Description of the promotion
1	@adult_price	number	any	Adult price to be updated
1	@children_price	number	any	Children price to be updated
1	@discount_type	string	any	Discount type for the promotion that can be %, $, -
1	@promotion_type	string	any	Type of the promotion
1	@promotion_policies	string	any	Policies of the promotion