Portal Website Integration
4.1 Portal Edition Booking Mask
There is a set of possible parameters to link a booking form to the list of hotels of the portal booking engine. These parameters are explained below in detail. Below is an example of a portal booking engine URL:
https://portalname.book-onlinenow.net/index.aspx?Page=22&Area=&City=&Villa=&portal=18&orderby=random&
arrival=17/03/2015&departure=18/03/2015&adults=2&kids=
| Name | Type | Values | Required | Default | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page | Int | 22 | Yes | 22 | Page=22 | Fixed value |
| lan_id | String | Yes | lan_id= | lan_id = en-US | Selected Language | |
| promo | String | No | promo= | Promo Code or Agent Code | ||
| arrival | Date | Yes | arrival=29/05/2013 | Format dd/MM/yyyy | ||
| departure | Date | Yes | Format dd/MM/yyyy | |||
| rooms | Int | Yes | rooms=1 | Number of Rooms | ||
| adults | Int | Yes | adults=3 | Number of Adults | ||
| kids | Int | Yes | kids=1 | Number of Children | ||
| Extra | Int | 0 | Yes | Fixed value | ||
| cot | Int | 0 | Yes | Fixed value | ||
| Area | String | Yes | Area, acts as a filter leave empty for all areas | |||
| City | String | Yes | City, acts as a filter leave empty for all cities | |||
| Villa | String | Yes | Hotel name, acts as a filter for selected hotel - Leave empty for all hotels | |||
| Portal | String | Yes | Portal ID – unique fixed value | |||
| orderby | String | Yes | orderby=totalprice asc | Possible values: totalprice, random, stars Default is “random” Asc or Desc can be used in ordering. |
4.2 Portal Edition Direct Link
To launch the Bookonlinenow portal edition booking engine with no dates, the link should follow the format:
https://portalname.book-onlinenow.net/index.aspx?Page=22&Area=&City=&Villa=&
portal=9&adults=2&kids=0&lan_id=&orderby=random
The link is redirected to the portal edition, showing the results for the following criteria: Arrival date is the current date, Overnights = 1
4.3 Portal Edition – Available hotels and order
There are two parameters in the Portal Link that works as follows: onlyavail=no : Displays all hotels regardless their availability onlyavail=yes : Displays only available hotels orderby=totalprice desc : Displays hotels from higher to lower price orderby=totalprice asc : Displays hotels from lower to higher price orderby=random : Displays hotels on a random order
Examples
Show all hotels from higher to lower price:
https://portalname.book-onlinenow.net/index.aspx?Page=22&Area=&City=&Villa=&
portal=XX&adults=2&kids=0&orderby=totalprice desc&onlyavail=no
Show all hotels from lower to higher price:
https:// portalname.book-onlinenow.net/index.aspx?Page=22&Area=&City=&Villa=&
portal=XX&adults=2&kids=0&orderby=totalprice asc&onlyavail=no
Show all hotels with random order:
https:// portalname.book-onlinenow.net/index.aspx?Page=22&Area=&City=&Villa=&
portal=XX&adults=2&kids=0&orderby=random&onlyavail=no
Show only available hotels with random order:
https:// portalname.book-
onlinenow.net/index.aspx?Page=22&Area=&City=&Villa=&portal=XX&adults=2&kids=0&
orderby=random&onlyavail=yes
where XX is the portal ID