Retrieve regional licence requirements¶

In several countries and regions, the local government requires properties to have a special licence. When you create or update properties in these regions, you must provide the property's licence details. Use the /licenses/check_requirements endpoint to check the licence requirements for a specific geographical location.

See also Licence requirements per region for important details.

Method and URL¶

GET https://supply-xml.booking.com/licenses/check_requirements?country_code={two-letter country code}&lat={latitude}&long={longitude}

Request parameters¶

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Notes
`country_code`	The two-letter country code.	string	Required	-
`lat`	Property's latitude.	float	Required	Check a property's coordinates with /ota/OTA_HotelDescriptiveInfo.
`long`	Property's longitude.	float	Required	Check a property's coordinates with /ota/OTA_HotelDescriptiveInfo.

Request headers¶

Header	Description	Type	Required	Notes
`Authorization`	Your Base-64 encoded username and password.	string	Required	-

Sample request — Success¶

GET https://supply-xml.booking.com/licenses/check_requirements?country_code=fr&lat=48.8566&long=2.3522

Sample response — Success¶

{
    "data": [
        {
            "can_agree_to_no_license": 0,
            "required": 1,
            "requirement_name": "Paris",
            "format_example": "1234567891012",
            "regex_pattern": "^[0-9]{13}$",
            "explanation_url": "https://www.paris.fr/meubles-touristiques"
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "ruid": "UmFuZG9tSVYkc2Rasds9YQ2PyKsBoS2jTzyGn043KePlVDx2v0hDpM+5xXPEj5WKCF5XT6QUCkwZZ581ALn2udpIjJRayCDsa8oqAtCQoz4="
    },
    "warnings": [],
    "errors": []
}

The data object contains any licence requirements found for this location. If the data object is empty, there are no licence requirements (that Booking.com knows of).

Sample request — Errors¶

GET https://supply-xml.booking.com/licenses/check_requirements?country_code=123&lat=48.8566&long=2.3522

Sample response — Errors¶

{
    "errors": [
        {
            "code": "INVALID_ARGUMENT",
            "details": {
                "fields": [
                    "country_code"
                ]
            }
            "message": "123 is not a valid country code."
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "ruid": "UmFuZG9tSVYkc2RlIyh9YaI/Zau9l0XDRPmMDmJ+qAVlE1rKfv6ULEEsykfiCWQVGO6/eVsSaFMeCirwc19NrNodlkEz4pA13WTJIrEvmZ4="
    },
    "warnings": [],
    "data": {}
}

Response headers¶

Header	Description	Type	Notes
`RUID`	Response Unique IDentifier.	string	-

Response body¶

Field	Description	Type	Notes
`data`	Licence requirements for the specified location.	array of `LicenseRequirement` objects	If empty, there are no licence requirements (that Booking.com knows of).
_data. `can_agree_to_no_license`	Specifies whether the property can be exempt from providing a licence number (`1`) or not (`0`).	flag	-
_data. `explanation_url`	URL for a website that explains the requirement.	string	-
_data. `format_example`	An example of what the licence number should look like.	string	-
_data. `regex_pattern`	Shows the regular expression pattern we use to validate the licence number.	string	If empty, it means there is no fixed pattern, or we don't have the necessary information to provide one.
_data. `required`	Specifies whether a licence number is required (`1`) or optional (`0`).	flag	-
_data. `requirement_name`	Name of the requirement.	string	-
`meta`	Metadata that identifies the request.	object	Use this information when talking to Connectivity Support.
`warnings`	Details about any warnings that occurred.	array	-
`errors`	Details about any errors that occurred.	array	-
_errors. `code`	Error code.	string	-
_errors. `details`	Additional details to specify the error.	object	-
_{errors.details.} `fields`	The request fields that caused the error.	array	-
_errors. `message`	Human-readable error text.	string	-

Response codes¶

Code	Description	Notes
`200`	OK.	-
`400`	Bad request. One of the provided parameters was incorrect.	Additional info in `errors` object.
`500`	Server-side error.	-

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