# Booking.com Search API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/booking/search)

> Returns about 25 Booking.com properties a page for a destination, each with its address, coordinates, star rating, review score out of 10 and count, photos, and every bookable room option priced in place.hotel.prices (meal plan and free-cancellation date in each row's title). Without check_in and check_out the search prices a default stay, echoed back in data.check_in and data.check_out. Booking.com repeats properties across pages; each page leaves out any property an earlier page of the same walk already served, and data._warnings says how many. Pass the returned cursor for the next page.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/booking/search` costs 1 credit per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `location` | yes | A destination, for example Lisbon. |
| `check_in` | no | Check-in date, YYYY-MM-DD. Send with check_out. |
| `check_out` | no | Check-out date, YYYY-MM-DD. Send with check_in. |
| `adults` | no | Adults, 1 to 30. |
| `children` | no | Children, 0 to 10. |
| `rooms` | no | Rooms, 1 to 30. |
| `cursor` | no | Continuation token from a previous response's pagination block, passed back with the same parameters. Omit for the first page. |
| `max_pages` | no | 1 to 50 (default 1, or 50 when `max_items` or `max_credits` is sent). Walk up to this many pages in one call and return the rows from all of them. Each page walked is billed exactly as one call to this endpoint (a cached page is free) and counts against your rate limit; its charge and any refund are recorded under the page's own request id, listed in `data.walk.request_ids`. The walk stops early at the last page, or when the request's time budget runs low; `data.walk.stopped` says why (`end`, `max_pages`, `max_items`, `max_credits`, `time_budget`, `page_error`) and `pagination.next_cursor` continues from where it stopped. |
| `max_items` | no | 1 to 5000. Get more in one call: keep walking pages until the response holds at least this many rows, then stop with `data.walk.stopped: "max_items"`. The last page is returned whole (it was billed), so `data.items` can hold up to one page more than this, and `pagination.next_cursor` resumes right after it without skipping a row. Walks up to 50 pages unless `max_pages` says fewer; each page is billed as one call (a cached page is free). Add `max_credits` to cap the spend. A long walk can stop on the time budget first (`"time_budget"`): send the returned cursor with the same params to continue. |
| `max_credits` | no | 1 to 100000. The most this call may spend, across every page it walks. A page starts only while the credits already spent plus that page's price (or, when higher, the most any page of this walk has cost) still fit, so the call never goes past it; the walk then stops with `data.walk.stopped: "max_credits"` and the cursor to resume. Sent alone, it walks as far as the budget goes (up to 50 pages). A value below the price of one page is a free 400 whose `error.details.page_credits` names that price. Credits a row join (`include=`) adds are known only once a page has run, so page 1 is checked against its own price. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/booking/search" \
  --data-urlencode "location=Lisbon" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### How do I search Booking.com properties with an API?

Call GET /v1/booking/search with location set to a destination such as Lisbon. It returns about 25 properties a page, and you pass the returned cursor for the next page.

### What does each Booking.com search result include?

Each property has its address, coordinates, star rating, review score out of 10 and count, photos, and every bookable room option priced in place.hotel.prices, with the meal plan and free-cancellation date in each row's title.

### Can I price a specific stay?

Yes. Add check_in and check_out as YYYY-MM-DD dates, plus adults, children and rooms. Without dates the search prices a default stay, echoed back in data.check_in and data.check_out.

### Why do some pages return fewer properties?

Booking.com repeats properties across pages. Each page leaves out any property an earlier page of the same walk already served, and data._warnings says how many.

### How much does this Booking.com endpoint cost?

Each call costs 1 credit on the standard tier. There is no subscription, and 100 free credits cover 100 calls.

See the full Booking.com API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/booking

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

## Explore with AI

Questions this API answers, phrased for an AI assistant:

- How do I get Booking.com hotel prices with an API?
- Is there a Booking.com search API that returns room prices as JSON?