HolidayCheck Autocomplete API Documentation Find HolidayCheck destinations (regions and cities) and hotels by name. Each suggestion has the id, type, name, parent places and a relevance score. Hotel suggestions also have the public HolidayCheck page url. Use the destination id with the hotels endpoint and the hotel id with the hotel and reviews endpoints. hotels_count is capped at 10000 by HolidayCheck. A text without matches is a successful response with empty lists.
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Parameters
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Runnable path
1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
1 optional filter available.
string
Required
Search text, 1 to 100 characters. Example: mallorca.
coffee shops
integer
Optional
Maximum number of suggestions, 1 to 20. Defaults to 10.
10
Response Schema
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data
meta
success
{
"data": {
"query": "mallorca",
"hotels": [
{
"id": "90a9d6db-5941-446f-91ba-9a4a2893ab95",
"url": "https://www.holidaycheck.de/hi/x/90a9d6db-5941-446f-91ba-9a4a2893ab95",
"name": "Alua Calas de Mallorca Resort",
"type": "HOTEL",
"score": 972.15,
"parents": [
"Cales de Mallorca / Calas de Mallorca",
"Mallorca",
"Spanien"
]
}
],
"destinations": [
{
"id": "07f5f656-4acc-3230-b7dd-aec3c13af37c",
"name": "Mallorca",
"type": "DESTINATION_REGION",
"score": 1419.62,
"parents": [
"Spanien"
]
},
{
"id": "b934be2d-e042-3a8e-8fcc-00301dc2fb7d",
"name": "Palma de Mallorca",
"type": "DESTINATION_CITY",
"score": 630.42,
"parents": [
"Mallorca",
"Spanien"
]
}
],
"hotels_count": 10000,
"destinations_count": 131
},
"meta": {
"billable": true,
"endpoint_family": "autocomplete"
},
"success": true
}Errors
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Validation Error
A required query parameter is missing or invalid. This response is not billable.
{
"errors": {
"query": [
"A search text is required, e.g. mallorca."
]
},
"message": "The request validation failed"
}Service Unavailable
HolidayCheck could not be reached or answered in an unexpected format. This response is not billable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true,
"endpoint_family": "hotel"
},
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "The HolidayCheck API is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
},
"success": false
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