Overview
The Legacy Pull Buyers API, our initial Buyers API launched in 2012, is now deprecated and should not be further developed. Instead, we introduced the HotelX Buyers API in 2017, which serves as the sole API for new Buyers looking to integrate and participate in our Marketplace.
How requests flow in this API
The Legacy Pull Buyers API is Buyer-driven. For every method (content, booking flow and booking management), the flow is always the same:
- Initiates the call: the Buyer, through Travelgate.
- Processes and returns the data: the Seller.
- Receives the result: the Buyer.
The Seller's system is reactive: it only receives and answers requests, it never queries Travelgate for data. So if you are a Seller and want to consult the bookings you have received in our platform, this API (and methods such as Reservation List or Reservation Read) is not the way to do it — those calls return bookings to the Buyer who made them, not to the Seller. A Seller should use its booking reporting/reservations tooling instead.