Booking.com Hotel Price API API — Free to Use

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Track Booking.com Hotel Prices in Real-Time with This API

Building a travel app or price comparison tool? The Booking.com Hotel Price API lets you scrape hotel prices, availability, and reviews directly from Booking.com—perfect for automation and competitive analysis.

What It Does

This API monitors Booking.com's inventory without manual scraping headaches. You get:

Real-time pricing across properties
Availability data for your search dates
Guest reviews and ratings for informed comparisons
Structured JSON responses ready for your database

No need to maintain scrapers or worry about anti-bot detection—the API handles it all.

How to Use It

The main endpoint is straightforward:

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

Required parameters:

url - The Booking.com property URL
checkin - Check-in date
checkout - Check-out date

Code Example

Here's a practical fetch() implementation:

const hotelUrl = "https://www.booking.com/hotel/us/new-york-hilton-midtown.html";
const checkin = "2024-12-15";
const checkout = "2024-12-18";

const options = {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY",
    "x-rapidapi-host": "booking-hotel-monitor-api-production.up.railway.app"
  }
};

fetch(`https://booking-hotel-monitor-api-production.up.railway.app/api/hotel?url=${hotelUrl}&checkin=${checkin}&checkout=${checkout}`, options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => {
    console.log("Hotel Price:", data.price);
    console.log("Availability:", data.available);
    console.log("Rating:", data.rating);
    console.log("Reviews:", data.reviews);
  })
  .catch(err => console.error("Error:", err));

Response example:

{
  "hotelName": "New York Hilton Midtown",
  "price": 285.50,
  "currency": "USD",
  "available": true,
  "rating": 4.5,
  "reviewCount": 3284,
  "reviews": [
    {
      "author": "John D.",
      "score": 5,
      "text": "Great location and friendly staff"
    }
  ]
}