Availability Rules Collection

API Methods to work with Availability Rules

Availability Rules is a way to setup Availability Overrides for specific Room Types and Channels. This feature can be useful if you would like to close out some specific channel, decrease Availability or set Max Availability for it.

Example of use cases:

• Stop sales for Christmas vacation at Channel A

• Set Max Availability for Room Type A at Channel B

Get List of Availabilty Rules

Retrieve a list of Availability Rules associated with user Properties.

Request

Request:

GET https://staging.channex.io/api/v1/channel_availability_rules?filter[property_id]={PROPERTY_ID}

Success Response

Success Response Example

Status Code: 200 OK

{
    "data": [
        {
            "attributes": {
                "id": "98a6b45d-49aa-4080-8bfc-9ec94fe24d81",
                "type": "close_out",
                "value": null,
                "title": "Demo",
                "days": [
                    "mo",
                    "tu",
                    "we",
                    "th",
                    "fr",
                    "sa",
                    "su"
                ],
                "end_date": "2025-05-30",
                "start_date": "2025-05-21",
                "affected_channels": [
                    "a2a767c0-187a-4476-9b23-8cceebe917d4"
                ],
                "affected_room_types": [
                    "61660d47-e87f-44b1-a095-f74f73cf6da2"
                ]
            },
            "id": "98a6b45d-49aa-4080-8bfc-9ec94fe24d81",
            "type": "channel_availability_rule",
            "relationships": {
                "property": {
                    "data": {
                        "id": "18535b75-26a0-4716-ae99-0578006639c5",
                        "type": "property"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "total": 1,
        "limit": 4,
        "order_by": "inserted_at",
        "page": 1,
        "order_direction": "desc"
    }
}

Error Response

Unauthorised Error Response

Status Code: 401 Unauthorized

Copy

{
  "errors": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "title": "Unauthorized"
  }
}

Pagination

By default, this method returns the first 10 elements. To get more details, you should use Pagination arguments. Information about count of entities and current pagination position contained at meta section at response object.

Returns

Success Method can return a Success result with 200 OK HTTP Code if operation is successful. Will contain a list of Room Type objects in the answer. Unauthorised Error Method can return a Unauthorised Error result with 401 Unauthorized HTTP Code if wrong API key provided.

Get Availability Rule by ID

Retrieve specific Availability Rule by ID.

Request

Request:

GET https://staging.channex.io/api/v1/channel_availability_rules/:id

Success Response

Success Response Example

Status Code: 200 OK

{
  "data": {
    "id": "98a6b45d-49aa-4080-8bfc-9ec94fe24d81",
    "type": "channel_availability_rule",
    "attributes": {
        "id": "98a6b45d-49aa-4080-8bfc-9ec94fe24d81",
        "type": "close_out",
        "value": null,
        "title": "Demo",
        "days": [
            "mo",
            "tu",
            "we",
            "th",
            "fr",
            "sa",
            "su"
        ],
        "end_date": "2025-05-30",
        "start_date": "2025-05-21",
        "affected_channels": [
            "a2a767c0-187a-4476-9b23-8cceebe917d4"
        ],
        "affected_room_types": [
            "61660d47-e87f-44b1-a095-f74f73cf6da2"
        ]
    },
    "relationships": {
        "property": {
            "data": {
                "id": "18535b75-26a0-4716-ae99-0578006639c5",
                "type": "property"
            }
        }
    }
  }
}

Error Response

Unauthorised Error Response

Status Code: 401 Unauthorized

{
  "errors": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "title": "Unauthorized"
  }
}

Not Found Error

Status Code: 404 Not Found

{
  "errors": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "title": "Resouce Not Found"
  }
}

Returns

Success Method can return a Success result with 200 OK HTTP Code if operation is successful. Will contain a Availability Rules object in the answer. Unauthorised Error Method can return a Unauthorised Error result with 401 Unauthorized HTTP Code if wrong Bearer Token provided or User not have access to requested Availability Rule.

Not Found Error Method can return a Not Found Error result with 404 Not Found HTTP Code if Availability Rule with provided ID is not present at system.

Create Availability Rule

Create a new Availability Rule.

Request

Request:

POST https://staging.channex.io/api/v1/channel_availability_rules

Query body (JSON):

{
  "channel_availability_rule": {
    "title": "Demo",
    "type": "close_out",
    "affected_channels": [
      "aa771972-ca6c-4985-a4ea-1aad29a0c2fd"
    ],
    "affected_room_types": [
      "ae1c960d-5123-4be1-94ad-b50b181fc259"
    ],
    "days": ["mo", "tu", "we", "th", "fr", "sa", "su"],
    "start_date": "2025-05-21",
    "end_date": "2025-05-31",
    "property_id": "18535b75-26a0-4716-ae99-0578006639c5"
  }
}

Success Response

Success Response Example

Status Code: 201 Created

{
  "data": {
    "id": "98a6b45d-49aa-4080-8bfc-9ec94fe24d81",
    "type": "channel_availability_rule",
    "attributes": {
        "id": "98a6b45d-49aa-4080-8bfc-9ec94fe24d81",
        "type": "close_out",
        "value": null,
        "title": "Demo",
        "days": [
            "mo",
            "tu",
            "we",
            "th",
            "fr",
            "sa",
            "su"
        ],
        "end_date": "2025-05-30",
        "start_date": "2025-05-21",
        "affected_channels": [
            "a2a767c0-187a-4476-9b23-8cceebe917d4"
        ],
        "affected_room_types": [
            "61660d47-e87f-44b1-a095-f74f73cf6da2"
        ]
    },
    "relationships": {
        "property": {
            "data": {
                "id": "18535b75-26a0-4716-ae99-0578006639c5",
                "type": "property"
            }
        }
    }
  }
}

Error Response

Unauthorised Error Response

Status Code: 401 Unauthorized

{
  "errors": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "title": "Unauthorized"
  }
}

Validation Error Response

Status Code: 422 Unprocessable Entity

{
  "errors": {
    "code": "validation_error",
    "title": "Validation Error",
    "details": {
      "title": [
        "can't be blank"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Fields

property_id [required]

String with a valid UUID of the Property to associate with the created Availability Rule.

affected_channels [required]

List of valid UUID of Channels which should be affected.

affected_room_types [required]

List of valid UUID of Room Types which should be affected.

type [required]

Enumerable. Possible values:

• close_out

• availability_offset

• max_availability

value

Integer. Required ONLY if type set to availability_offset or max_availability.

If type equal to availability_offset, value will be extracted from current Room Type availability. As result, OTA Availability for selected room type will be calculated as:

Room Availability - Value = OTA Availabiltiy

If type equal to max_availability, value will be used as max possible value for OTA Availability.

start_date [required]

Date. Should be provided as ISO 8601 format YYYY-MM-DD.

end_date

Optional. Date. Should be provided as ISO 8601 format YYYY-MM-DD. If it is empty, Availability Rule will have affect to all dates after start_date.

days

Optional. List of day of weeks what should be affected. Supported values: "mo", "tu", "we", "th", "fr", "sa", "su".

This field allow to setup Rule which will be applicable for every Sunday or Monday. By default it is empty and applicable for each day.

Returns

Success Method can return a Success result with 201 Created HTTP Code if operation is successful. Will contain a Availability Rule object in the answer.

Unauthorised Error Method can return a Unauthorised Error result with 401 Unauthorized HTTP Code if wrong API Key provided.

Validation Error Method can return a Validation Error result with 422 Unprocessable Entity HTTP Code if any validation rule is failed.

Update Availability Rule

Update a Room Type.

Request

Request:

PUT https://staging.channex.io/api/v1/channel_availability_rules/:id

Query body (JSON):

{
  "channel_availability_rule": {
    "title": "Demo",
    "type": "close_out",
    "affected_channels": [
      "aa771972-ca6c-4985-a4ea-1aad29a0c2fd"
    ],
    "affected_room_types": [
      "ae1c960d-5123-4be1-94ad-b50b181fc259"
    ],
    "days": ["mo", "tu", "we", "th", "fr", "sa", "su"],
    "start_date": "2025-05-21",
    "end_date": "2025-05-31",
    "property_id": "18535b75-26a0-4716-ae99-0578006639c5"
  }
}

Success Response

Success Response Example

Status Code: 200 OK

{
  "data": {
    "id": "98a6b45d-49aa-4080-8bfc-9ec94fe24d81",
    "type": "channel_availability_rule",
    "attributes": {
        "id": "98a6b45d-49aa-4080-8bfc-9ec94fe24d81",
        "type": "close_out",
        "value": null,
        "title": "Demo",
        "days": [
            "mo",
            "tu",
            "we",
            "th",
            "fr",
            "sa",
            "su"
        ],
        "end_date": "2025-05-30",
        "start_date": "2025-05-21",
        "affected_channels": [
            "a2a767c0-187a-4476-9b23-8cceebe917d4"
        ],
        "affected_room_types": [
            "61660d47-e87f-44b1-a095-f74f73cf6da2"
        ]
    },
    "relationships": {
        "property": {
            "data": {
                "id": "18535b75-26a0-4716-ae99-0578006639c5",
                "type": "property"
            }
        }
    }
  }
}

Error Response

Unauthorised Error Response

Status Code: 401 Unauthorized

{
  "errors": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "title": "Unauthorized"
  }
}

Not Found Error

Status Code: 404 Not Found

{
  "errors": {
    "code": "resource_not_found"
    "title": "Resource Not Found"
  }
}

Validation Error Response

Status Code: 422 Unprocessable Entity

{
  "errors": {
    "code": "validation_error",
    "title": "Validation Error",
    "details": {
      "title": [
        "can't be blank"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Fields

This method use same fields as Create Availability Rule method.

Returns

Success Method can return a Success result with 200 OK HTTP Code if operation is successful. Will contain a Availability Rule object in the answer. Unauthorised Error Method can return a Unauthorised Error result with 401 Unauthorized HTTP Code if wrong API Key provided.

Not Found Error Method can return a Not Found Error result with 404 Not Found HTTP Code if API Key with provided ID is not present at system.

Validation Error Method can return a Validation Error result with 422 Unprocessable Entity HTTP Code if any validation rule is failed.

Remove Availability Rule

Remove an Availability Rule.

Request

Request:

DELETE https://staging.channex.io/api/v1/channel_availability_rules/:id

Success Response

Success Response Example

Status Code: 200 OK

{
  "meta": {
    "message": "Success"
  }
}

Error Response

Unauthorised Error Response

Status Code: 401 Unauthorized

{
  "errors": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "title": "Unauthorized"
  }
}

Not Found Error

Status Code: 404 Not Found

{
  "errors": {
    "code": "resource_not_found"
    "title": "Resource Not Found"
  }
}