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An API that serve hotels in nigeria

API for hotels in Nigeria

API to serve hotels available in Nigeria.

Created by crawling hotels.ng using web-crawljs, created by me.

NOTE

This API was created in an attempt to learn and was gotten by crawling hotels.ng. If I'm contacted by hotel.ng to drop it because of legal issues, it will be dropped.

So don't use the API for any important project. It's was created for fun ;).

The API endpoint : https://hotels-apis.herokuapp.com/api/v2

This a play project. Read this medium post to know more https://medium.com/@badewakayode/how-i-scraped-8000-hotels-from-hotels-ng-abdc4fa2510f

Endpoints API V2

This API version support every thing from v1 and more. Now user can now make multiple query request to a single endpoint. It now possible to search by name, by city and by state in a single request.

API V2 supports fetching fields that are needed by the request as response. Get only the parameters you need returned from an hotel.

Get Hotel List

Get multiple hotels https://hotels-apis.herokuapp.com/api/v2/

The request query parameters

parameter required Description
page false used to load the nth array of hotels
city false the city to get the hotels from
state false the state to get the hotels from
select false the parameter to select in each hotel. the parameters are separated by a ",". ex: "hotel_name,city"

Get a Single Hotel

Get a single hotel https://hotels-apis.herokuapp.com/api/v2/:id

The route parameter

parameter required Description
id true the id of the hotel to get

The request query parameter

parameter required Description
select false the parameter to select in each hotel. the parameters are separated by a ",". ex: "hotel_name,city"

Endpoints API V1

NOTICE: This API version would be moved to /api/v1 endpoint on the 1st of July, 2018.

Get Hotel List

This endpoint returns an array of hotels.

https://hotels-apis.herokuapp.com/:pageNum

parameter required Description
pageNum false used to load the nth array of hotels

Search Hotels By Name

This endpoint returns an array of hotels that matches the name searched.

https://hotels-apis.herokuapp.com/name/:nameToSearch/:pageNum

Params

parameter required Description
nameToSearch true The name used to search for the hotels
pageNum false used to load the nth array of hotels

Get Hotels In A City

This endpoint returns hotels in a particular city.

https://hotels-apis.herokuapp.com/city/:city/:pageNum

parameter required Description
city true The city to get the array of hotels from
pageNum false used to load the nth array of hotels

Get Hotels In a State

This endpoint returns hotels in a particular state

https://hotels-apis.herokuapp.com/state/:state/:pageNum

parameter required Description
state true The state to get the array of hotels from
pageNum false used to load the nth array of hotels

Response

The content-type header of the response is application/json.

The data returned is an array Objects that has the following attribute.

Atribute Type Description
_id String The _id of the hotel
hotel_name String The name of the hotel
location String The location of the hotel
city String The city of the hotel
state String The state of the hotel
present_price String The price of the hotel when it was last crawled (not up to date)
hotelsNg_link String The link to description on hotels.ng
features String[] the list of features in the hotel
room_types room_type[] list of room_type

room_type

The room_type property defines a room available in the hotel. the room_type property holds information like, room name,room price and facilities.

Atribute Type Description
_id String The _id of the room
name String The name of the room
price String The prices of the room
facilities String[] The facilities available in the room

Example Response Data for multiple hotel search

[
      {
      "_id": "5ac47027f8f61744ee2b0908",
      "hotel_name": "Enitona Hotel",
      "location": "8 Margaret Avenue G.R.A P.O. Box 148",
      "city": "Aba",
      "state": "Abia",
      "hotelsNg_link": "https://hotels.ng/hotel/87182-enitona-hotel-abia",
      "room_types": [
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b60",
          "price": "₦7,000",
          "name": "Standard ",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        },
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b5f",
          "price": "₦7,000",
          "name": "Single ",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        },
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b5e",
          "price": "₦8,000",
          "name": "Standard Deluxe ",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        },
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b5d",
          "price": "₦10,000",
          "name": "Double Room ",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        },
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b5c",
          "price": "₦11,000",
          "name": "Double Deluxe ",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        },
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b5b",
          "price": "₦11,000",
          "name": "Mini Double ",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        },
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b5a",
          "price": "₦25,000",
          "name": "Executive Suite ",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        }
      ],
      "updated": true,
      "features": [
        "Bar/Lounge",
        "Security",
        "Air Conditioning",
        "24 Electricity",
        "Adequate Parking",
        "Parking Garage",
        "Laundry",
        "Event Hall",
        "Restaurant(s)",
        "Gym",
        "Gym",
        "Suya Spot",
        "Taxi Pickup",
        "Cyber Cafe",
        "Chinese Cuisines",
        "CCTV camera",
        "Car rental",
        "Live Band Entertainment",
        "Toiletries",
        "Key Card system",
        "Gift Shop",
        "Luggage Storage",
        "Karaoke"
      ],
      "present_price": "₦7,000"
      },
      {
      "_id": "5ac47027f8f61744ee2b0909",
      "hotel_name": "Hotel Helson",
      "location": "66/71 Asaba Street, Amuzukwu Layout",
      "city": "Umuahia",
      "state": "Abia",
      "hotelsNg_link": "https://hotels.ng/hotel/27426-hotel-helson-abia",
      "room_types": [
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b66",
          "price": "₦3,500",
          "name": "Standard Room (Pre-payment Only) Prepayment Only Rate",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        },
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b65",
          "price": "₦4,500",
          "name": "Executive Standard (Pre-payment only) Prepayment Only Rate",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        },
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b64",
          "price": "₦5,000",
          "name": "Double (Pre-payment Only) Prepayment Only Rate",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        },
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b63",
          "price": "₦5,375",
          "name": "Executive Double (Pre-payment Only) Prepayment Only Rate",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        },
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b62",
          "price": "₦6,000",
          "name": "Classic Executive ",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        },
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b61",
          "price": "₦6,525",
          "name": "Suites ",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        }
      ],
      "updated": true,
      "features": [
        "Restaurant(s)",
        "Bar/Lounge",
        "Security",
        "24 Electricity",
        "DSTV",
        "Adequate Parking",
        "Air Conditioning",
        "In House Dining",
        "King sized bed",
        "Sofa",
        "Fenced compound"
      ],
      "present_price": "₦3,500"
      },
];

Example Response Data For Single Hotel

  {
      "_id": "5ac47027f8f61744ee2b0909",
      "hotel_name": "Hotel Helson",
      "location": "66/71 Asaba Street, Amuzukwu Layout",
      "city": "Umuahia",
      "state": "Abia",
      "hotelsNg_link": "https://hotels.ng/hotel/27426-hotel-helson-abia",
      "room_types": [
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b66",
          "price": "₦3,500",
          "name": "Standard Room (Pre-payment Only) Prepayment Only Rate",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        },
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b65",
          "price": "₦4,500",
          "name": "Executive Standard (Pre-payment only) Prepayment Only Rate",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        },
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b64",
          "price": "₦5,000",
          "name": "Double (Pre-payment Only) Prepayment Only Rate",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        },
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b63",
          "price": "₦5,375",
          "name": "Executive Double (Pre-payment Only) Prepayment Only Rate",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        },
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b62",
          "price": "₦6,000",
          "name": "Classic Executive ",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        },
        {
          "_id": "5ac471c2cb17eb46884d0b61",
          "price": "₦6,525",
          "name": "Suites ",
          "facilities": [
            ""
          ]
        }
      ],
      "updated": true,
      "features": [
        "Restaurant(s)",
        "Bar/Lounge",
        "Security",
        "24 Electricity",
        "DSTV",
        "Adequate Parking",
        "Air Conditioning",
        "In House Dining",
        "King sized bed",
        "Sofa",
        "Fenced compound"
      ],
      "present_price": "₦3,500"
      }