Online Integration information

Contained in this section is Integration information on how to connect your website to our online booking site or use our "web kit ". They are explained in broad terms for the non-technical to appreciate the benefits and also in more technical detail for those who implement them. If your marketing involves organisations with websites which link to yours then they will be able to use this information.

"web kit"

Our web kit is a ready built site which contains all the functionality needed for your accommodation business. This includes the following. We can modify this site for you or your web designer can although they will need knowledge of "php" to do this.

Online Booking

Search functions

Search by

Client Booking login area

Owner login area

If you just use the "web kit" then you may not need any integration information as everything is already constructed.

Accessing online booking pages

There are various different methods to access the online booking area from your website(s).

1) Our "Search API". Pass information from your site, and we will list all properties/accommodation types which are available and the price.

Arrival date, No people, Offer code, Location, Length of stay, Language, Basis, SiteCode

The results are presented in the Language specified. Typically the Search API would be called from a "form" on your website. The following is a sample "Search API" call.

SiteCode: demosite

Arrival date: 19th July 2006

Number of Nights: 7

Basis: Bed and Breakfast

https://www.e21servernamexyz.com/cgi/api_accommres_search.pl?SiteCode=demosite&ArrivalDate=19/07/2006&NumberNights=7&Basis=BB

Parameters

Place Search on a specific "Place"

Property Search on a specific "Property ", "Place" also required

Accommodation Search on a specific "Accommodation Type", not dependant on "Place" or "Property"

UnitID Specific Unit/Room of Accommodation

Language eng, deu, fra, ita, ptg, nld, esp

Affiliate

SiteCode Provided by e21Software

ArrivalDate * Format DD/MM/YYYY

NumberNights Nights

Basis See list below

OfferCode

Children Number

Infants Number

Babies Number

Persons Alternative to Adults

MaxGuests Number

MinGuests Number

Bedrooms Number

NoDblBeds Number of Double Beds required

NoSglBeds Number of Single Beds required

Prices y or n. If set to n, no prices are shown, only accommodation which is available is listed.

Html You provide your own page layout, 100% designed to your requirements, contact support for further

information.

Defaults

Language eng

NumberNights 1

Adults 1

Persons 1

Basis As specified in "Accommodation Details".

Basis types are

AO Accommodation only

BB Bed and Breakfast

HB Half Board

DB Dinner, Bed and Breakfast

FB Full Board

Please note , if you have any accommodation with "Minimum guests" set, you should make sure that you set the "Adults" parameter before calling the Search API.

2) "API toolkit ". Design and build your own online booking area. We provide the data and your present it. You collect the booking information and feed it back to us. You have 100% control over the "look and feel" of your booking site.

Agencies

accommres supports linking and booking tracking from 3rd party websites. First an Agency must be created for the 3rd party. If this is the first agency your micro-site must be rebuilt and uploaded to "enable it" for agencies. Once you have done this for one you do not need to rebuild it for any additional agencies. An additional box appears on the booking form for the entry of an agency code. Normally you would give the 3rd party website owner the above link. However, for a 3rd party agency you must add the agency code to the end. An example agency code of AGN001.

Alternatively but more complicated you can link from the 3rd party to the home page of your website as follows.

This has the added advantage that anyone visiting your site from the 3rd party can look at all the pages you have available on your existing site before they select the "Book online" link. However, if the 3rd party is to be recognised by your booking micro-site then a change may be required to every page so that the the Agency code is passed to it. Javascript needs to be added to every page as follows :-

<script language="JavaScript">

function OpenHRef(URL) {

var ref=new String(location.href);

var i=ref.indexOf(".html");

var j=ref.lastIndexOf("/");

var newHref=ref.substr(0, j+1)+URL+ref.substr(i+5);

location.href=newHref; }

</script>

It is added between the <head></head> tags in every page. The code can be highlighted with a mouse and copied using "Copy and Paste".

and

<a href="javascript:OpenHRef('mypage.html');"><font face="Arial">LINK TEXT</font></a>

The above line is used to link from one page to another.

Where you link to the booking micro-site use the following javascript.

<script language="JavaScript">

function OpenHRef(URL) {

var ref=new String(location.href);

var i=ref.indexOf(".html");

var j=ref.lastIndexOf("/");

var newHref=ref.substr(0, j+1)+URL+ref.substr(i+5);

location.href=newHref; }

</script >

and for the link

<a href="javascript:OpenHRef('https://www.securedataspace.com/onlinebookings/......html');"><font face="Arial">Online Booking</font></a>