Booking.com Hotel Price API API — Free to Use

Scrape Booking.com Hotel Data with the Hotel Price API

Building a travel comparison site? The Booking.com Hotel Price API lets you extract real-time hotel prices, availability, and reviews directly from Booking.com without manual scraping.

What It Does

This API handles the heavy lifting of scraping Booking.com's data. Instead of wrestling with web scraping libraries and proxy management, you get clean structured data:

• Hotel pricing across different dates
• Availability status for your search dates
• Guest reviews and ratings
• Location-based search results

Perfect for travel apps, price comparison tools, or booking aggregators.

Getting Started

You'll need a RapidAPI account (free tier available). The main endpoint is straightforward:

GET https://booking-hotel-scraper-api-production.up.railway.app/api/hotel/search

Query parameters:

• location - City or destination
• checkIn - Check-in date
• checkOut - Check-out date

Code Example

Here's a practical fetch() implementation:

async function searchHotels(location, checkIn, checkOut) {
  const apiKey = 'YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY';
  const apiHost = 'booking-hotel-scraper-api-production.up.railway.app';

  const url = `https://${apiHost}/api/hotel/search?location=${location}&checkIn=${checkIn}&checkOut=${checkOut}`;

  try {
    const response = await fetch(url, {
      method: 'GET',
      headers: {
        'X-RapidAPI-Key': apiKey,
        'X-RapidAPI-Host': 'booking-hotel-scraper-api-production.up.railway.app'
      }
    });

    if (!response.ok) {
      throw new Error(`API Error: ${response.status}`);
    }

    const data = await response.json();

    // Process hotel results
    data.hotels?.forEach(hotel => {
      console.log(`${hotel.name} - $${hotel.price}/night`);
      console.log(`Rating: ${hotel.rating} (${hotel.reviews} reviews)`);
      console.log(`Available: ${hotel.available}`);
    });

    return data;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Hotel search failed:', error);
  }
}

// Usage
searchHotels('Paris', '2024-05-15', '2024-05-18');

Real-World Use Case

Say you're building a travel comparison widget. Call this API once per search, cache results for a few minutes, and display the cheapest options alongside availability. No complex scraping infrastructure needed.

Heads Up

Check rate limits on your RapidAPI plan—free tier has reasonable restrictions for testing. Dates should be formatted consistently (check the API docs for exact format).

Next Steps

Ready to integrate? Head over to the Booking Hotel Scraper API on RapidAPI to grab your API key and test it in their sandbox. Start with single searches, then scale up as you optimize your queries.

Shipping a travel app? This saves weeks of scraping headaches.