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Before You Start

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To ensure a successful implementation, candidates should possess the following foundational knowledge and skills:

  1. Good understanding of the Travel Trade business: This means knowing how hotels, sellers, and buyers work together, and how they usually deal with their partners.
  2. Experience with C# programming: You should be comfortable using C#, since it's the main language used in development. It's also important to understand basic software testing (like unit tests and integration tests).
  3. Knowledge of Travelgate's Data Model: You need to understand how Travelgate organizes data about options, rooms, boards, and policies (see Travelgate’s Business Model). This helps connect everything properly with the Seller’s API.
  4. Signed NDA: A signed Non-Disclosure Agreement is required before we can proceed with any development or share sensitive information.

To begin developing a connector, ensure the following are in place:

  • Seller's API documentation should be analized and approved by Travelgate (see the template that we'll be using: template).
  • You must have a GitHub account, as Travelgate will assign the license to it.
  • Download the template (both Shopping and Content templates). Travelgate will provide you with them.
  • Join the Discord channel—Travelgate will share the link with you.

Tools you may need:

  • FormTest: An useful Travelgate tool that will allow you to make requests directly to the Connector. For more details, check FormTest Documentation.
  • API Clients such as Postman or Insomnia.

Connector Development process:

  • To ensure a smooth experience for both parties, please develop the booking flow and booking management operation by operation, in order (Search -> Quote -> Book -> CheckByReference -> Cancel).
  • In every operation, make sure tests of that operation work fine. There will be a final step in every operation where the developer will be shown how to pass the tests.