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Search car rentals

Booking.com Demand API (3.2)

v3.2

Demand API version 3.2 introduces several improvements and breaking changes from version 3.1, including updates to accommodation booking flows, inclusion of Attractions in orders/details for post-booking reporting and other structural enhancements.

  • The API follows REST principles and returns data in JSON format.
  • You can access endpoints via HTTPS POST requests.

Authentication: Use your Affiliate ID and token credentials to use these endpoints.

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Download OpenAPI description
demand-api.json
demand-api.yaml
Languages
Servers
Production environment – use for live integrations.
https://demandapi.booking.com/3.2/
Sandbox environment – use for testing and validation.
https://demandapi-sandbox.booking.com/3.2/

Accommodation

v3.2

This collection includes endpoints related to stays within the connected trip experience.

Use these endpoints to:

  • Search for hotels, apartments, and other accommodation types.
  • Check real-time availability and pricing.
  • Retrieve property details and guest reviews.
Operations

Car rentals

v3.2

This collection includes endpoints related to car rental services within the connected trip experience.

Use these endpoints to:

  • Search and retrieve car details.
  • Retrieve car specifications, depot locations, and supplier information.
Operations

Car details

Request

Use this endpoint to fetch car details like bag capacity, number of doors, brand and model, etc.

Headers
X-Affiliate-Idintegerrequired

Include here your Affiliate identifier number

Bodyapplication/json
last_modifiedstring(date-time)

The last modified date-time, only returns depots newer than this timestamp. The value should be within last 7 days

Example: "2023-11-01T11:05:00+00:00"
maximum_resultsintegermultiple of 10[ 10 .. 100 ]

The maximum number of results to return.

Default 100
pagestring

Pagination token used to retrieve the next page of results. Obtained from next_page.

curl -i -X POST \
  https://demandapi.booking.com/3.2/cars/details \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_string_HERE>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-Affiliate-Id: 0' \
  -d '{
    "last_modified": "2023-11-01T11:05:00+00:00",
    "maximum_results": 100
  }'

Responses

Successful response.

Bodyapplication/json
request_idstring

Uniquely identifies the request. Please provide this identifier when contacting support.

dataArray of objects
metadataobject

Metadata about the request.

Response
application/json
{
  "request_id": "01fr9ez700exycb98w90w5r9sh",
  "data": [
    { … }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "next_page": null
  }
}

Search car rentals

Request

Use this endpoint to retrieve the available car rentals matching the search criteria.

Headers
X-Affiliate-Idintegerrequired

Include here your Affiliate identifier number

Bodyapplication/json
bookerobjectrequired

Defines the booker context.

booker.​countrystring^[a-z]{2}$required

The booker country for showing the best price for that user and obeying laws regarding the display of taxes and fees.

Example: "nl"
currencystring^[A-Z]{3}$required

A three-letter code that uniquely identifies a monetary currency as defined by the ISO 4217 standard. The full list can be obtained by calling common/payments/currencies.

Example: "EUR"
driverobjectrequired

Defines the driver context.

driver.​ageinteger[ 18 .. 99 ]required

Driver age. Affect the availability and price of the products.

filtersobject

Defines the filtering criteria for refining the request results. It allows you to specify various parameters to narrow down the available car rental options based on specific attributes.

maximum_resultsintegermultiple of 10[ 10 .. 500 ]

The maximum number of results to return for car searches.

Default 100
languagestring^[a-z]{2}(-[a-z]{2})?$

Effects on the selected language of the target website after redirection by provided url.

Example: "en-us"
pagestring

Pagination token used to retrieve the next page of results. Obtained from next_page.

paymentobject

Payment-related input filters that allow you to narrow down car search results based on the payment timing options.

routeobjectrequired

Defines the route context.

route.​dropoffobjectrequired

Drop off location and time.

route.​dropoff.​datetimestring(date-time)required

Pick up / drop off datetime.

Example: "2023-11-01T11:05:00"
route.​dropoff.​locationobject or object or objectrequired

Pick up / drop off location.

One of:

Pick up / drop off location.

route.​dropoff.​location.​airportstring^[A-Z]{3}$

A three-letter code that uniquely identifies an airport as defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The full list can be obtained by calling common/locations/airports.

Example: "AMS"
route.​pickupobjectrequired

Pick up location and time.

route.​pickup.​datetimestring(date-time)required

Pick up / drop off datetime.

Example: "2023-11-01T11:05:00"
route.​pickup.​locationobject or object or objectrequired

Pick up / drop off location.

One of:

Pick up / drop off location.

route.​pickup.​location.​airportstring^[A-Z]{3}$

A three-letter code that uniquely identifies an airport as defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The full list can be obtained by calling common/locations/airports.

Example: "AMS"
sortobject

The sorting parameters for the response.

curl -i -X POST \
  https://demandapi.booking.com/3.2/cars/search \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_string_HERE>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-Affiliate-Id: 0' \
  -d '{
    "booker": {
      "country": "nl"
    },
    "currency": "EUR",
    "driver": {
      "age": 36
    },
    "filters": {
      "transmission_type": "automatic",
      "mileage_type": "limited",
      "depot_location_type": "in_terminal"
    },
    "route": {
      "dropoff": {
        "datetime": "2025-11-10T11:05:00",
        "location": {
          "airport": "AMS"
        }
      },
      "pickup": {
        "datetime": "2025-11-05T11:05:00",
        "location": {
          "airport": "AMS"
        }
      }
    }
  }'

Responses

Successful response.

Bodyapplication/json
request_idstring

Uniquely identifies the request. Please provide this identifier when contacting support.

dataArray of objects
metadataobject(MetadataOutput)

Metadata about the request.

search_tokenstring

Encoded string that must be passed in subsequent requests to identify the context of the car search. Note: It is specific to Car rentals and differs from other tokens used in booking flows.

Response
application/json
{
  "request_id": "01h00fr9y7qkbxtc6kyv97j49z",
  "data": [
    { … }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "next_page": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJwIjp7Im1heGltdW1fcmVzdWx0cyI6MTAsIm9mZnNldCI6MTB9LCJhdWQiOiJDQVJTX1NVUFBMSUVSUyIsImV4cCI6MTY4MzY0NzMwNX0.y7NmH48mm7lImd2WxsHdotj6n-dVQAzJCGCnIJCKy3A",
    "total_results": 122
  },
  "search_token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJwIjp7ImJvb2tlciI6eyJjb3VudHJ5IjoidXMifX0sImF1ZCI6Ii9ob3RlbHMvc2VhcmNoIiwiZXhwIjoxNzUwMDAwMDAwfQ.XYZ123AbcDefGHIjklMNOpqrsTUVwxYZ456789"
}

Suppliers

Request

Use this endpoint to fetch a list of car rental suppliers.
You can use a supplier ID (or an array of them), to retrieve specific details.
Alternatively, if you do not add any ID in the request, the response will include all suppliers.

Headers
X-Affiliate-Idintegerrequired

Include here your Affiliate identifier number

Bodyapplication/json
maximum_resultsintegermultiple of 10[ 10 .. 100 ]

The maximum number of results to return.

Default 100
pagestring

Pagination token used to retrieve the next page of results. Obtained from next_page.

suppliersArray of integers<= 100 items

Defines the suppliers that should be returned. Without it all suppliers will be returned

curl -i -X POST \
  https://demandapi.booking.com/3.2/cars/suppliers \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_string_HERE>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-Affiliate-Id: 0' \
  -d '{
    "suppliers": [
      62
    ]
  }'

Responses

Successful response.

Bodyapplication/json
request_idstring

Uniquely identifies the request. Please provide this identifier when contacting support.

dataArray of objects
metadataobject(MetadataOutput)

Metadata about the request.

Response
application/json
{
  "request_id": "01fr9ez700exycb98w90w5r9sh",
  "data": [
    { … }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "next_page": null,
    "total_results": 1
  }
}

Locations

v3.2

This collection provides standardised location identifiers for geographical entities such as airports, countries, cities, and regions.

Use the returned identifiers when constructing requests across all travel services API collections, including both accommodation and car rental endpoints.

Operations

Payments

v3.2

Provides generic payment-related identifiers, including supported currency codes, payment cards, and relevant metadata for booking flows.

  • Use the returned identifiers when constructing requests across all travel services API collections, including both accommodation and car rental endpoints.
Operations

Languages

v3.2

Use this endpoint to retrieve a list of supported IETF language tag codes.

  • You can use these codes when constructing requests across all travel services API collections, including both accommodation and car rental endpoints.
Operations

Orders

v3.2

This API collection enables management of booking orders within the Demand API.
Use these endpoints to:

  • Preview and create new orders.
  • Check order details.
  • Cancel or modify existing orders. This collection is required to integrate booking and order management functionality.
Operations