Sessions: Booking Start
SharedBookingReqRsp.xsd
Session > Booking Start
Booking Start begins a dedicated session for Universal API users.
Samples
See the samples associated with Session Booking Start:
Notes:
- With all Booking Start requests, there are not many differences across associated GDS's.
- See the Request section below to ensure all items are included in your request.
Schema
See the Booking Start transactions:
Request
To begin a session, send the following:
- TraceID
- AuthorizedBy
- TargetBranch
- BillingPointOfSaleInfo/OriginApplication
- ProviderCode
Response
The BookingStartResponse will return a Session Key used to identify the session. This session key will need to be sent in both the header and body in all subsequent sessioned requests. For example:
<sharedBooking:BookingStartRsp
TraceId="c7e2d212-0e77-458e-87e9-e4b361ffdd3d"
TransactionId="2B8EE3280A076478EA97796253C4A0FE"
ResponseTime="303"
SessionKey="5a264c07-4fbb-4132-90d1-5c7a08abdcad"
xmlns:sharedBooking="http://www.travelport.com/schema/sharedBooking_v39_0"/>
Exceptions
There are no known exceptions for the Booking Start request.