Sample Messages

This section contains sample messages illustrating how to interact with the Deposit API.

Reading the deposit policy of a property

To read the deposit policy of a property, a GET of /depositPolicy for the property will return it:

GET https://services.expediapartnercentral.com/properties/12933870/depositPolicy
Accept: application/json

{
  "entity": {
    "defaultPolicy": {
      "payments": [
        {
          "type": "PERCENT",
          "value": 10,
          "when": {
            "type": "UPON_BOOKING"
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "PERCENT",
          "value": 40,
          "when": {
            "type": "DAYS_PRIOR",
            "value": 30
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "PERCENT",
          "value": 25,
          "when": {
            "type": "DAYS_PRIOR",
            "value": 15
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "REMAINDER",
          "when": {
            "type": "UPON_ARRIVAL"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "exceptionPolicies": [
      {
        "description": "Peak Summer Season",
        "dateRanges": [
          {
            "startDate": "2017-06-25",
            "endDate": "2017-07-31",
            "daysOfWeek": [
              "SUN",
              "MON",
              "TUE",
              "WED",
              "THU",
              "FRI",
              "SAT"
            ]
          },
          {
            "startDate": "2017-08-13",
            "endDate": "2017-08-31",
            "daysOfWeek": [
              "SUN",
              "MON",
              "TUE",
              "WED",
              "THU",
              "FRI",
              "SAT"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "payments": [
          {
            "type": "PERCENT",
            "value": 100,
            "when": {
              "type": "UPON_BOOKING"
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "description": "Low Season",
        "dateRanges": [
          {
            "startDate": "2017-09-01",
            "endDate": "2017-11-30",
            "daysOfWeek": [
              "SUN",
              "FRI",
              "SAT"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "payments": [
          {
            "type": "NIGHT",
            "value": 1,
            "when": {
              "type": "UPON_BOOKING"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "https://services.expediapartnercentral.com/properties/12933870/depositPolicy"
      },
      "ratePlans": [
        {
          "href": "https://services.expediapartnercentral.com/properties/12933870/roomTypes/201706774/ratePlans/208503977"
        },
        {
          "href": "https://services.expediapartnercentral.com/properties/12933870/roomTypes/201706774/ratePlans/208504009"
        },
        {
          "href": "https://services.expediapartnercentral.com/properties/12933870/roomTypes/201706774/ratePlans/208537868"
        },
        {
          "href": "https://services.expediapartnercentral.com/properties/12933870/roomTypes/201706639/ratePlans/208503427"
        },
        {
          "href": "https://services.expediapartnercentral.com/properties/12933870/roomTypes/201706639/ratePlans/208511485"
        },
        {
          "href": "https://services.expediapartnercentral.com/properties/12933870/roomTypes/201706639/ratePlans/208511588"
        },
        {
          "href": "https://services.expediapartnercentral.com/properties/12933870/roomTypes/201706639/ratePlans/208537732"
        },
        {
          "href": "https://services.expediapartnercentral.com/properties/12933870/roomTypes/201706639/ratePlans/208537755"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Creating the default deposit policy of a property

To setup the default deposit policy of a property, you can provide a policy without any exceptions.

PUT https://services.expediapartnercentral.com/properties/12933870/depositPolicy
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "defaultPolicy": {
    "payments": [
      {
        "type": "PERCENT",
        "value": 50.0,
        "when": {
          "type": "UPON_BOOKING"
        }
      },      
      {
        "type": "REMAINDER",
        "when": {
          "type": "UPON_ARRIVAL"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

This would setup a simply policy that is applicable all the time, where 50% of the payment is asked upfront upon booking and the remainder is collected upon arrival.

The response when successful will only return a 201 Created without a reponse body.

Specifying exceptions to the default deposit policy of a property

On top of the default policy, the partner can also specify exceptions that are applicable for certain date ranges.

PUT https://services.expediapartnercentral.com/properties/12933870/depositPolicy
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "defaultPolicy": {
    "payments": [
      {
        "type": "PERCENT",
        "value": 50.0,
        "when": {
          "type": "UPON_BOOKING"
        }
      },
      {
        "type": "REMAINDER",
        "when": {
          "type": "UPON_ARRIVAL"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "exceptionPolicies": [
    {
      "dateRanges": [
        {
          "startDate": "2017-06-25",
          "endDate": "2017-07-31",
          "daysOfWeek": [
            "SAT",
            "SUN"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "description": "Peak Summer Season Weekends",
      "payments": [
        {
          "type": "PERCENT",
          "value": 100,
          "when": {
            "type": "UPON_BOOKING"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

In this case, we'd be overriding the default deposit policy for weekends between June 25th and August 31st where 100% of the payment is asked upfront upon booking, instead of the default policy where only half is aksed upon booking and the remainder is collected upon arrival.

Deleting the deposit policy of a property

The partner can issue a delete statement to prevent the deposit policy from being applied.

DELETE https://services.expediapartnercentral.com/properties/12933870/depositPolicy
Accept: application/json

The response when successful will only return a 204 No Content without a reponse body.

Getting errors from the Deposit API

Here's an example of how the Deposit API returns errors to customers. If a partner provides an invalid propertyId:

GET https://services.expediapartnercentral.com/properties/123/depositPolicy
Accept: application/json

An error is returned

{
    "errors": [
        {
            "code": 1000,
            "message": "Access denied: your account is not authorized to manage this property."
        }
    ]
}