Skyscanner API guide - LauzHack'16

Skyscanner Flights & Hotels API guide. Presented at Lauzhack'16
Blog post at https://esaezgil.com/events/

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2. Flights Hotels Car Hire
   

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5. Resources
   https://github.com/Skyscanner/skyscanner-python-sdk https://duckduckgo.com/?q=skyscanner+api+cheatsheet&t=h_&i
   a=cheatsheet
   https://github.com/search?o=desc&q=partners.api.skyscanner.ne
   t&ref=searchresults&s=indexed&type=Code&utf8=%E2%9C%93
   Docs:
   https://support.business.skyscanner.net/hc/en-
   us/categories/201253249-Documentation
   

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6. Postman collection (Flights & Hotel queries):
   https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8qoMCJeZpJATG92Z01na1cyNDA
   http://www.getpostman.com/
   

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7. Challenge: Hotels & Fights APIs
   

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8. Flights
   1. Get API Key
   2. Query Autosuggest for city/country/airport identifiers (SkyscannerID)
   3. Query Browse Cache with SkyscannerID
   4. Create the referral
   

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9. Get API Key
   http://en.business.skyscanner.net/
   

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10. Location Autosuggest
    From Paris To London
    For a list of places
    http://partners.api.skyscanner.net/apiservices/autosuggest/v1.0/UK/GBP/GB-EN/?query=london&apiKey={APIKey}
    

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11. Cheapest prices from London to Spain
    http://partners.api.skyscanner.net/apiservices/browseroutes/v1.0/UK/GBP/en-GB/LOND-sky/ES-
    sky/anytime/anytime?apiKey=sk854555384432693416428070885899&application=json
    

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12. Cheapest prices from London to Spain
    

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13. Cheapest prices London-Paris by Date
    http://partners.api.skyscanner.net/apiservices/browsedates/v1.0/UK/GBP/en-GB/LOND-sky/PARI-sky/2016-
    12/2016-12?apiKey=sk854555384432693416428070885899&application=json
    

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14. Cheapest prices London-Paris by Date
    

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15. Grid of prices: London-Paris in January
    

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16. Create the referral
    http://partners.api.skyscanner.net/apiservices/referra
    l/v1.0/GB/GBP/en-GB/LOND-sky/PARI-sky/2016-12-
    12/2016-12-20?apiKey=prtl674938798674
    Same as for the Browse Cache Service
    

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17. Hotels
    1. Query Autosuggest for city/country/airport identifiers (SkyscannerID)
    2. Create Hotel Session
    3. Create Hotels Polling
    4. Create Hotel Details (with booking link)
    

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18. Hotel Autosuggest
    For a list of places
    http://partners.api.skyscanner.net/apiservices/hotels/autosuggest/v2/UK/EUR/en-
    GB/paris?apikey=prtl6749387986743898559646983194&application=json
    

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19. Create Hotel Session
    http://partners.api.skyscanner.net/apiservices/hotels/liveprices/v2/UK/EUR/en-
    GB/27539733/2016-12-04/2016-12-
    10/2/1?apiKey=prtl6749387986743898559646983194
    Check Skyscanner Docs/ Postman Collection
    

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20. Hotel Prices (Polling)
    Check Skyscanner Docs/ Postman Collection
    

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21. Hotel Details (with booking link)
    Check Skyscanner Docs/ Postman Collection
    

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22. Extra: Flights Live Pricing service
    

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23. Questions/Help?
    We came from Barcelona to help you J
    • Slack #skyscanner
    • Come by our stand (cool merchandise included)
    Enrique Saez Gil
    @esaezgil
    @eqirn
    Software Engineer @
    Manuel Miranda de Cid
    @argaen
    @blckdt
    Software Engineer @
    

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