Travel: Hotels

The google_travel_hotels data source is designed to retrieve Google Travel service's hotel search results.

To ensure optimal utilization of this service, include the "render": "html" parameter in your request.

Request samples

In this example, we make a request to retrieve the 2nd results page for hotel availability for 2 adult guests between 2023-10-01 and 2023-10-10 for 2 to 4-star hotels in Paris from google.com.

curl 'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries' \
--user 'USERNAME:PASSWORD' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
        "source": "google_travel_hotels",
        "domain": "com",
        "start_page": 2,
        "query": "hotels in Paris",
        "render": "html",
        "context": [
            {"key": "adults", "value": 2},
            {"key": "hotel_dates", "value": "2023-10-01,2023-10-10"},
            {"key": "hotel_classes", "value": [2, 3, 4]}
        ]
    }'

import requests
from pprint import pprint

# Structure payload.
payload = {
    'source': 'google_travel_hotels',
    'domain': 'com',
    'query': 'hotels in Paris',
    'start_page': 2,
    'render': 'html',
    'context': [
        {'key': 'adults', 'value': 1},
        {'key': 'hotel_dates', 'value': '2023-10-01,2023-10-10'},
        {'key': 'hotel_classes', 'value': [2,3,4]},
    ],
}

# Get response.
response = requests.request(
    'POST',
    'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries',
    auth=('USERNAME', 'PASSWORD'),
    json=payload,
)

# Print prettified response to stdout.
pprint(response.json())

const https = require("https");

const username = "USERNAME";
const password = "PASSWORD";
const body = {
    source: "google_travel_hotels",
    domain: "com",
    start_page: 2,
    query: "hotels in Paris",
    render: "html",
    context: [
        { key: "adults", value: 2 },
        { key: "hotel_dates", value: "2023-10-01,2023-10-10" },
        { key: "hotel_classes", value: [2, 3, 4] },
    ],
};

const options = {
    hostname: "realtime.oxylabs.io",
    path: "/v1/queries",
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        Authorization:
            "Basic " + Buffer.from(`${username}:${password}`).toString("base64"),
    },
};

const request = https.request(options, (response) => {
    let data = "";

    response.on("data", (chunk) => {
        data += chunk;
    });

    response.on("end", () => {
        const responseData = JSON.parse(data);
        console.log(JSON.stringify(responseData, null, 2));
    });
});

request.on("error", (error) => {
    console.error("Error:", error);
});

request.write(JSON.stringify(body));
request.end();

https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries?source=google_travel_hotels&domain=com&query=hotels+in+Paris&start_page=3&render=html&context[0][key]=adults&context[0][value]=1&context[1][key]=hotel_dates&context[1][value]=2023-10-01,2023-10-10&context[2][key]=hotel_classes&context[2][value]=[2,3,4]&access_token=12345abcde

<?php

$params = array(
    'source' => 'google_travel_hotels',
    'domain' => 'com',
    'start_page' => 2,
    'query' => 'hotels in Paris',
    'render' => 'html',
    'context' => [
        ['key' => 'adults', 'value' => 2],
        ['key' => 'hotel_dates', 'value' => '2023-10-01,2023-10-10'],
        ['key' => 'hotel_classes', 'value' => [2, 3, 4]]
    ]
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "USERNAME" . ":" . "PASSWORD");


$headers = array();
$headers[] = "Content-Type: application/json";
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close($ch);

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	const Username = "USERNAME"
	const Password = "PASSWORD"

	payload := map[string]interface{}{
		"source":     "google_travel_hotels",
		"domain":     "com",
		"start_page": 2,
		"query":      "hotels in Paris",
		"render":     "html",
		"context": []map[string]interface{}{
			{"key": "adults", "value": 2},
			{"key": "hotel_dates", "value": "2023-10-01,2023-10-10"},
			{"key": "hotel_classes", "value": []interface{}{2, 3, 4}},
		},
	}

	jsonValue, _ := json.Marshal(payload)

	client := &http.Client{}
	request, _ := http.NewRequest("POST",
		"https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries",
		bytes.NewBuffer(jsonValue),
	)

	request.SetBasicAuth(Username, Password)
	response, _ := client.Do(request)

	responseText, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(responseText))
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace OxyApi
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main()
        {
            const string Username = "USERNAME";
            const string Password = "PASSWORD";

            var parameters = new {
                source = "google_travel_hotels",
                domain = "com",
                start_page = 2,
                query = "hotels in Paris",
                render = "html",
                context = new dynamic [] {
                    new { key = "adults", value = 2 },
                    new { key = "hotel_dates", value = "2023-10-01,2023-10-10" },
                    new { key = "hotel_classes", value = new int [] {2, 3, 4} }
                }
            };

            var client = new HttpClient();

            Uri baseUri = new Uri("https://realtime.oxylabs.io");
            client.BaseAddress = baseUri;

            var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "/v1/queries");
            requestMessage.Content = JsonContent.Create(parameters);

            var authenticationString = $"{Username}:{Password}";
            var base64EncodedAuthenticationString = Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(authenticationString));
            requestMessage.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + base64EncodedAuthenticationString);

            var response = await client.SendAsync(requestMessage);
            var contents = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

            Console.WriteLine(contents);
        }
    }
}

package org.example;

import okhttp3.*;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class Main implements Runnable {
    private static final String AUTHORIZATION_HEADER = "Authorization";
    public static final String USERNAME = "USERNAME";
    public static final String PASSWORD = "PASSWORD";

    public void run() {
        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
        jsonObject.put("source", "google_travel_hotels");
        jsonObject.put("domain", "com");
        jsonObject.put("start_page", 2);
        jsonObject.put("query", "hotels in Paris");
        jsonObject.put("render", "html");
        jsonObject.put("context", new JSONArray()
                .put(new JSONObject().put("key", "adults").put("value", 2))
                .put(new JSONObject().put("key", "hotel_dates").put("value", "2023-10-01,2023-10-10"))
                .put(new JSONObject().put("key", "hotel_classes").put("value", new JSONArray().put(2).put(3).put(4)))
        );

        Authenticator authenticator = (route, response) -> {
            String credential = Credentials.basic(USERNAME, PASSWORD);
            return response
                    .request()
                    .newBuilder()
                    .header(AUTHORIZATION_HEADER, credential)
                    .build();
        };

        var client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                .authenticator(authenticator)
                .readTimeout(180, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                .build();

        var mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json; charset=utf-8");
        var body = RequestBody.create(jsonObject.toString(), mediaType);
        var request = new Request.Builder()
                .url("https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries")
                .post(body)
                .build();

        try (var response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.body() != null) {
                try (var responseBody = response.body()) {
                    System.out.println(responseBody.string());
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception exception) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + exception.getMessage());
        }

        System.exit(0);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Thread(new Main()).start();
    }
}

{
    "source": "google_travel_hotels",
    "domain": "com", 
    "start_page": 2, 
    "query": "hotels in Paris",
    "render": "html", 
    "context": [
        {
            "key": "adults", 
            "value": 2
        }, 
        {
            "key": "hotel_dates", 
            "value": "2023-10-01,2023-10-10"
        },
        {
            "key": "hotel_classes", 
            "value": [2,3,4]
        }
    ]
}

We use synchronous Realtime integration method in our examples. If you would like to use Proxy Endpoint or asynchronous Push-Pull integration, refer to the integration methods section.

Request parameter values

Generic

Basic setup and customization options for scraping Google Travel: Hotels results.

Parameter

Description

Default Value

source

Sets the scraper.

google_travel_hotels

query

UTF-encoded keyword.

"query": "hotels" will result in a list of hotels in a given geo_location.

"query": "hotels in <Location>" will result in a list of hotels for <Location>. For example, "query": "hotels in Paris" will list hotels in Paris, regardless of the given geo_location.

render

Enables JavaScript rendering when set to html. More info.

callback_url

URL to your callback endpoint. More info.

user_agent_type

Device type and browser. The full list can be found here.

desktop

- mandatory parameter

Localization

Adapt search results to specific geographical locations, domains, and languages.

Parameter

Description

Default Value

geo_location

The geographical location that the result should be adapted for. Using this parameter correctly is extremely important to get the right data. Please note that this source can accept a limited number of geo_location values - please check this section to see geo_location values that don't yield accurate results.

domain

Domain localization for Google. The full list of available domains can be found here.

com

locale

Accept-Language header value which changes your Google search page web interface language. More info.

NOTE: "geo_location": "United States" and other wide-area locations are not supported. Use city-level geo_location, e.g., Seattle,Washington,United States

Pagination

Controls for managing the pagination.

Parameter

Description

Default Value

start_page

Starting page number.

1

Filtering

Advanced options for tailoring and refining the search context.

Parameter

Description

Default Value

context:adults

Number of adult guests

2

context:children

Number of children guests

context: hotel_classes

Filter results by # of hotel stars. You may specify one or more values between 2 and 5. Example: [3,4]

context: hotel_dates

Dates for staying at the hotel, from - to. Example: 2023-07-12,2023-07-13

Context parameters

All context parameters should be added to the context array as objects with key and value pairs, e.g.:

...
"context": [
    {
        "key": "filter",
        "value": "0"
    }
]
...

Output example

{
    "results": [
        {
            "content":"<!doctype html>\n<html lang=\"en\">\n<head>
            ...
            </script></body>\n</html>\n",            
            "created_at": "2024-02-13 11:30:09",
            "updated_at": "2024-02-13 11:30:36",
            "page": 2,
            "url": "https://www.google.com/travel/search?q=hotels%20in%20Paris&qs=OAA&hrf=OAI4AzgEWAGSAQIgAbABAA&ap=EgNDQXcwAGgA&ts=CAEaFhIUEhIKBwjnDxAKGAESBwjnDxAKGAo&uule=w%20CAIQICINdW5pdGVkIHN0YXRlcw&gl=us&hl=en&ved=0CAAQ5JsGahcKEwjIwci_m6iEAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQew",
            "job_id": "7163132237108506625",
            "status_code": 200
        }
    ]
}

PreviousTrends: Explore NextLens

Last updated 1 year ago

Was this helpful?

Good evening

hashtagRequest samples

hashtagRequest parameter values

hashtagGeneric

hashtagLocalization

hashtagPagination

hashtagFiltering

hashtagContext parameters

hashtagOutput example

Request samples

Request parameter values

Generic

Localization

Pagination

Filtering

Context parameters

Output example