Create booking process

ETG API V3

Affiliate API

Booking

Create booking process

https://api.worldota.net/api/b2b/v3/hotel/order/booking/form/

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This call is required.
Request this call right after the calls:
After requesting this call, you must send the Start booking process request.

The call creates a booking process. The booking process includes several stages. Their number depends on whether there are 3D Secure and fraud checks.

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The limitations:

The booking form lifetime is 60 minutes.

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All bookings for the test hotel (use hid = 8473727or id = test_hotel_do_not_book) will be real with all financial responsibilities. Nevertheless, giveaway prices are available within their rates for testing purposes.
All test bookings must be canceled.

Request example

curl --user '<KEY_ID>:<API_KEY>' 'https://api.worldota.net/api/b2b/v3/hotel/order/booking/form/' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "partner_order_id": "asd12399235",
    "book_hash": "h-372e7fa4-3a85-5a09-9f14-867766abf26c",
    "language": "en",
    "user_ip": "82.29.0.86"
}'

Request body

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partner_order_id String required

The external booking ID in the UUID format.

The ID remains the same if you cancel a booking that:

Is successful.
Is failed.
Has the fail status response from the Check booking process call.

Use this field value for the rest of the booking calls.

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The value should be unique for the order within the same contact.
The minimum length is 3 character.
The maximum length is 256 characters.

book_hash String required

The unique rate ID used to identify the selected rate.

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Use the value of the book_hash field from one of the calls:

language String required

The language.

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The possible values:

ar — Arabic.
bg — Bulgarian.
cs — Czech.
da — Danish.
de — German.
el — Greek.
en — English.
es — Spanish.
fi — Finnish.
fr — French.
he — Hebrew.
hu — Hungarian.
it — Italian.
ja — Japanese.
kk — Kazakh.
ko — Korean.
nl — Dutch.
no — Norwegian Bokmål.
pl — Polish.
pt — Portuguese.
pt_PT — European Portuguese.
ro — Romanian.
ru — Russian.
sq — Albanian.
sr — Serbian.
sv — Swedish.
th — Thai.
tr — Turkish.
uk — Ukrainian.
vi — Vietnamese.
zh_CN — Simplified Chinese.
zh_TW — Traditional Chinese.

user_ip String required

The end user IP address.

Will be used for credit card processing if you use payment type now.

Response

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order_id Int

The order ID created by the ETG.

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The minimum value is 1.

partner_order_id String

The external booking ID in the UUID format.

The ID remains the same if you cancel a booking that:

Is successful.
Is failed.
Has the fail status response from the Check booking process call.

Use this field value for the rest of the booking calls.

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The value should be unique for the order within the same contact.
The minimum length is 3 character.
The maximum length is 256 characters.

item_id Int

The order item ID.

Use this field value in the Create credit card token call to allow the user pay with a bank card.

is_gender_specification_required Boolean

Whether the guests’ gender is required by the hotel or not.

upsell_data [Object]

The order upsell information.

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Set these parameters only when the user really needs additional services.
Only one early check-in and one late check-out should be requested and selected.

charge_price Object

The upsell price information.

amount String

The upsell amount in the currency specified by the currency_code field.

currency_code String

The amount currency code in the ISO 4217 format.

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The length is 3 characters.
The possible values:
- AED.
- AFN.
- ALL.
- AMD.
- ANG.
- AOA.
- ARS.
- AUD.
- AWG.
- AZN.
- BAM.
- BBD.
- BDT.
- BGN.
- BHD.
- BIF.
- BMD.
- BND.
- BOB.
- BOV.
- BRL.
- BSD.
- BTN.
- BWP.
- BYR.
- BYN.
- BZD.
- CAD.
- CDF.
- CHE.
- CHF.
- CHW.
- CLF.
- CLP.
- CNY.
- COP.
- COU.
- CRC.
- CUC.
- CUP.
- CVE.
- CZK.
- DJF.
- DKK.
- DOP.
- DZD.
- EGP.
- ERN.
- ETB.
- EUR.
- FJD.
- FKP.
- GBP.
- GEL.
- GHS.
- GIP.
- GMD.
- GNF.
- GTQ.
- GYD.
- HKD.
- HNL.
- HRK.
- HTG.
- HUF.
- IDR.
- ILS.
- INR.
- IQD.
- IRR.
- ISK.
- JMD.
- JOD.
- JPY.
- KES.
- KGS.
- KHR.
- KMF.
- KPW.
- KRW.
- KWD.
- KYD.
- KZT.
- LAK.
- LBP.
- LKR.
- LRD.
- LSL.
- LTL.
- LVL.
- LYD.
- MAD.
- MDL.
- MGA.
- MKD.
- MMK.
- MNT.
- MOP.
- MRO.
- MUR.
- MVR.
- MWK.
- MXN.
- MXV.
- MYR.
- MZN.
- NAD.
- NGN.
- NIO.
- NOK.
- NPR.
- NZD.
- OMR.
- PAB.
- PEN.
- PGK.
- PHP.
- PKR.
- PLN.
- PYG.
- QAR.
- RON.
- RSD.
- RUB.
- RWF.
- SAR.
- SBD.
- SCR.
- SDG.
- SEK.
- SGD.
- SHP.
- SLL.
- SOS.
- SRD.
- SSP.
- STD.
- SVC.
- SYP.
- SZL.
- THB.
- TJS.
- TMT.
- TND.
- TOP.
- TRY.
- TTD.
- TWD.
- TZS.
- UAH.
- UGX.
- USD.
- USN.
- USS.
- UYI.
- UYU.
- UZS.
- VEF.
- VND.
- VUV.
- WST.
- XAF.
- XAG.
- XAU.
- XBA.
- XBB.
- XBC.
- XBD.
- XCD.
- XDR.
- XFU.
- XOF.
- XPD.
- XPF.
- XPT.
- XSU.
- XTS.
- XUA.
- YER.
- ZAR.
- ZMW.
- ZWL.

name String

The upsell name.

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The possible values:
- early_checkin.
- late_checkout.

rule_id Int

The upsell rule ID.

uid String

The upsell ID.

data Object

The upsell time. The local time in the HH:MM:SS format.

payment_types [Object]

The order payment information.

amount String

The booking amount in the currency specified by the currency_code field.

currency_code String

The amount currency code. Is the same as the charged (contract) currency code.

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If the payment_types is hotel, the hotel currency_code will be used here.

is_need_credit_card_data Boolean

Whether the credit card information is needed or not.

is_need_cvc Boolean

Whether the CVC is needed or not.

recommended_price String

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This parameter is currently under development and will be available later. It can be ignored at the moment.

The price below which the rate can’t be sold on B2C website.

amount String

The deposit amount in the currency specified by the currency_code field.

currency_code String

The deposit amount currency code. Is the same as the charged (hotel) currency code.

show_amount String

The rate price in the request currency code of this object show_currency_code field value.

Isn’t necessarily the sum in the charged or payment currency code.

show_currency_code String

The request currency code.

Isn’t necessarily in the charged or payment currency code.

type String

The payment type.

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The possible values:
- now. Use it to allow the user to pay for the booking via the ETG payment system:
  1. Request the Create booking process call and get the card details.
  2. Request the Create credit card token call with the card details.
- hotel. Use it to allow the user to pay for the booking upon check-in at the hotel. The user won’t be charged now.

Response example

{
    "data": {
        "order_id": 559350847,
        "partner_order_id": "asd12399235",
        "item_id": 128903852,
        "payment_types": [
            {
                "amount": "2000.00",
                "currency_code": "RUB",
                "is_need_credit_card_data": false,
                "is_need_cvc": false,
                "type": "hotel",
                "recommended_price": null
            }
        ],
        "is_gender_specification_required": false,
        "upsell_data": []
    },
    "debug": {
        "api_endpoint": {
            "endpoint": "api/b2b/v3/hotel/order/booking/form",
            "is_active": true,
            "is_limited": true,
            "remaining": 29,
            "requests_number": 30,
            "reset": "2025-10-21T12:22:00",
            "seconds_number": 60
        },
        "request": {
            "partner_order_id": "asd12399235",
            "book_hash": "h-372e7fa4-3a85-5a09-9f14-867766abf26c",
            "language": "en",
            "user_ip": "82.29.0.86"
        },
        "method": "POST",
        "real_ip": "104.30.161.77",
        "request_id": "26f502336760ea6e5a71ed6beae781f5",
        "key_id": 1234,
        "api_key_id": 1234,
        "utcnow": "2025-10-21T12:21:01.572537"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "error": null
}

Errors

The error field has the value specified in the headers below.

`contract_mismatch`

An attempt to make the booking with a rate found with the different contract.

`double_booking_form`

An attempt to make a new booking with the partner_order_id that is already used for the API key contract and isn’t completed yet.

Make another request with a new partner_order_id.

`duplicate_reservation`

An attempt to make a new booking with the partner_order_id that is already used for the API key contract and is already completed with a successful or error status.

Make another request with a new partner_order_id.

`hotel_not_found`

The hotel isn’t found.

`reservation_is_not_allowed`

There is no permission to use this call for this contract. Contact your account manager.

`rate_not_found`

The rate with the book_hash field value isn’t found.
The book_hash field value has expired.

Send another search request and change the book_hash field value.

`sandbox_restriction`

An attempt to book the real hotel in the test environment.

To book the real hotel, use the production environment.
To book the test hotel, use the test environment.

`timeout`, `unknown`, and `5xx`

If you get errors timeout, unknown, or the 5xx status code from this call:

Make another request with a new partner_order_id.
The number of calls should be limited to 10.
If you get this error more than 10 times in a row, the issue is probably in automatically changed settings of your contract. Contact your account manager to resolve the issue. Otherwise, the ETG has temporary technical issues.

Create booking process

Request example

Request body

Response

Response example

Errors

contract_mismatch

double_booking_form

duplicate_reservation

hotel_not_found

reservation_is_not_allowed

rate_not_found

sandbox_restriction

timeout, unknown, and 5xx

`contract_mismatch`

`double_booking_form`

`duplicate_reservation`

`hotel_not_found`

`reservation_is_not_allowed`

`rate_not_found`

`sandbox_restriction`

`timeout`, `unknown`, and `5xx`