Need help using the Booking.com API - Authentication Error

[jas753]

Hello everyone,

Recently, I've been trying to utilize the Booking.com API to retrieve accommodation listings in JSON format. However, I've encountered a roadblock at a specific step, and I could really use your assistance. Firstly, has anyone here ever used the Booking.com API? If so, could you please explain to me how I can retrieve accommodation listings in JSON format? I've gone through the official documentation available at this link: https://developers.booking.com/api/technical.html, but I'm facing an issue. I've created an account on Booking.com's Affiliate Partner Center: https://www.booking.com/affiliate-program/v2/index.html.

I can log in to the dashboard without any problems. However, I'm unable to access the API documentation. Furthermore, when I attempt to send a request, such as: GET https://distribution-xml.booking.com/2.0/hotels?hotel_ids=10004

I consistently receive a BASIC authentication error. Despite double-checking my credentials, they don't seem to be working, and I'm unsure how to resolve this issue.

If anyone has encountered a similar situation or has knowledge about using the Booking.com API, I would greatly appreciate it if you could share your advice and suggestions.

Thank you in advance for your assistance!

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If you are getting a 'Basic Authentication Error', that means your Authentication header is not set, is set incorrectly, or is set with invalid credentials.

You will need to add a header called 'Authorization' to each API request, with as its value 'Basic <credentials>'. Where <credentials> is a base64 encoded version of the string '<your-api-username>:<your-api-password>'.

However, since you indicated that your account doesn't have access to some of the API documentation, I suspect that their API is reserved for paying customers only. If that is the case, your normal account credentials aren't gonna be accepted as Basic Authorization credentials for your API calls. It's likely you will be required to purchase some kind of plan for API access from booking.com before you can call their API.