hello..
i want to do a website wich is having search functionality. in this i have to do search flights,hotels etc.., some one suggested me to use kayak api for this. i searched every thing for this. but i didn't get any idea. anyone could suggest me how to use this api in my site.
thanks.
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thanks for your reply. i am doing like this using php. but i was getting problem. just run this code. where is the problem please tell me? not getting sessionid. here is the code.
<?
ob_start();
session_start();
$hostname="http://www.kayak.com";
$token="mCHpMz2L_a_OrEkz3FSiDg";//"mCHpMz2L_a_OrEkz3FSiDg";
$sessionid="";
$searchid="";
$searchtype="";
$lastcount="";
class ksearchphpExample
{
public function ksearchJavaExample($args){
/*print_r($args);
echo count($args);exit;*/
if(count($args) < 4 || count($args) > 5) {
echo("USAGE:\n".
"ksearchJavaExample f ORIGIN_AIPORT DESTINATION_AIRPORT DEPART_DATE [RETURN_DATE]\n".
"ksearchjavaExample h \"city, RC, CC\" CHECKIN_DATE CHECKOUT_DATE\n" );
exit();
}
$searchtype='h'; //$args[0].charAt(0);
$sessionid= getsession();
echo("Session ID:\t".$sessionid );
if($searchtype == 'f' ){
$searchid= start_flight_search("n", $args[1],$args[2],$args[3],$args[4] );
}
if( $searchtype == 'h'){
$searchid= start_hotel_search($args[1],$args[2],$args[3]);
}
echo("Search ID:\t".$searchid);
while (pollResults()) {
echo("waiting for more...");
}
}
private function getsession(){
echo("Token:\t\t".$token );
$xml = simplexml_load_file($hostname."/k/ident/apisession?token=".$token );
echo $xml->getName() . "<br />";
foreach($xml->children() as $child)
{
echo $child->getName() . ": " . $child . "<br />";
}
$response=get($hostname+"/k/ident/apisession?token=".$token );
$root=xmlRoot($response);
$sessionid=$root.getElementsByTagName("sid");
if( $sessionid.getLength() == 0){
echo("BAD TOKEN: ".$response);
exit(1);
}
return $sessionid.item(0).getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
}
private function fetch($urlstring){
$content = "";
try {
$url = new URL($urlstring);
InputStream is = url.openStream();
BufferedReader d = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
String s;
while (null != (s = d.readLine())) {
content = content + s + "\n";
}
is.close();
} catch ( Exception e ) { System.out.println(e.getMessage() ); }
return content;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
ksearchJavaExample ks = new ksearchJavaExample(args);
}
}
$kps=new ksearchphpExample();
$arg= array ('h','hyderabad,india','03/11/2010','05/11/2010');
echo $kps->ksearchJavaExample($arg);
?>actually code which i get it from the site is in java. so i am changinglike above. this is the java code. how to change this into php.
/*
Sample API using Kayak API.
compile:
javac ksearchJavaExample.java
Hotel Search:
java ksearchJavaExample h "Boston,MA,US" 05/07/06 05/09/06
Flight Search:
java ksearchJavaExample f BOS SFO 05/07/06 05/09/06
*/
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import javax.xml.parsers.*;
import org.w3c.dom.*;
//import
public class ksearchJavaExample {
//CONSTANTS
String hostname="http://www.kayak.com";
String token="mCHpMz2L_a_OrEkz3FSiDg";
String sessionid,searchid;
char searchtype;
int lastcount;
public ksearchJavaExample(String [] args){
if(args.length < 4 || args.length > 5) {
System.out.println("USAGE:\n" +
"ksearchJavaExample f ORIGIN_AIPORT DESTINATION_AIRPORT DEPART_DATE [RETURN_DATE]\n" +
"ksearchjavaExample h \"city, RC, CC\" CHECKIN_DATE CHECKOUT_DATE\n" );
System.exit(1);
}
searchtype= args[0].charAt(0);
sessionid= getsession();
System.out.println("Session ID:\t" + sessionid );
if(searchtype == 'f' ){
searchid= start_flight_search("n", args[1],args[2],args[3],args[4] );
}
if( searchtype == 'h'){
searchid= start_hotel_search(args[1],args[2],args[3]);
}
System.out.println("Search ID:\t"+ searchid);
while (pollResults()) {
System.out.println("waiting for more...");
}
}
private String getsession(){
System.out.println("Token:\t\t" + token );
String response=fetch(hostname+"/k/ident/apisession?token=" + token );
Element root=xmlRoot(response);
NodeList sessionid=root.getElementsByTagName("sid");
if( sessionid.getLength() == 0){
System.out.println("BAD TOKEN: " + response);
System.exit(1);
}
return sessionid.item(0).getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
}
private String start_flight_search(String oneway,String origin, String destination,
String dep_date , String ret_date) {
String url=hostname +"/s/apisearch?basicmode=true&oneway=n&origin=" +origin +
"&destination=" +destination + "&destcode=&depart_date="+ dep_date +
"&depart_time=a&return_date=" + ret_date + "&return_time=a&travelers=1" +
"&cabin=e&action=doflights&apimode=1&_sid_=" + sessionid;
return start_search(url);
}
private String start_hotel_search(String cityandcountry, String checkindate
,String checkoutdate){
try {
cityandcountry = URLEncoder.encode(cityandcountry,"UTF-8");
checkindate = URLEncoder.encode(checkindate,"UTF-8");
checkoutdate = URLEncoder.encode(checkoutdate, "UTF-8");
} catch (Exception e) {}
String url= hostname +"/s/apisearch?basicmode=true&othercity=" +cityandcountry +
"&checkin_date=" + checkindate + "&checkout_date="+ checkoutdate +"&minstars=-1&guests1=1&guests2=1&rooms=1&action=dohotels&apimode=1"+
"&_sid_=" + sessionid;
return start_search(url);
}
private String start_search(String uri){
String response= fetch(uri);
Element root= xmlRoot(response);
NodeList searchid=root.getElementsByTagName("searchid");
if( searchid.getLength() == 0){
System.out.println("SEARCH ERROR: \n" + response);
System.exit(1);
}
return searchid.item(0).getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
}
private boolean pollResults(){
String uri="";
switch( searchtype){
case 'f' :
uri= hostname +"/s/apibasic/flight?searchid="+searchid+"&apimode=1&_sid_="+sessionid ;
break;
case 'h' :
uri= hostname+ "/s/apibasic/hotel?searchid="+searchid+ "&apimode=1&_sid_=" + sessionid;
break;
}
String response=fetch(uri);
System.out.println("POLL REULTS URL: "+ uri + "\n" + response);
return handleResults(response);
}
private boolean handleResults(String response){
boolean more=false;
Document root= xmlRoot2(response);
lastcount=Integer.parseInt( root.getElementsByTagName("count").item(0).getFirstChild().getNodeValue());
if (root.getElementsByTagName("morepending").getLength() != 0) {
more = root.getElementsByTagName("morepending").item(0).getFirstChild().getNodeValue().equals("true");
System.out.println("more pending=" + more);
}
switch(searchtype){
case 'f':
NodeList trips=root.getElementsByTagName("trips");
System.out.println(trips.getLength());
for(Node trip= trips.item(0).getFirstChild(); trip != null ; trip= trip.getNextSibling()){
System.out.println(trip.getNodeName());
}
break;
case 'h':
NodeList hotel= root.getElementsByTagName("hotel");
System.out.println(hotel.getLength());
for(int count=0;count<hotel.getLength();count++){
String hotelstring="";
NodeList childnodes =hotel.item(count).getChildNodes();
for( int countchild=0; countchild<childnodes.getLength(); countchild++){
String nodename=childnodes.item(countchild).getNodeName();
Node childnode=childnodes.item(countchild);
if( nodename == "price"){
if (childnode.getFirstChild() != null)
hotelstring += childnode.getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
hotelstring += childnode.getAttributes().getNamedItem("url") + "\n";
}
if( nodename =="stars")
hotelstring += " " +childnode.getFirstChild().getNodeValue() ;
if( nodename =="name")
hotelstring += " " +childnode.getFirstChild().getNodeValue() ;
if( nodename =="pricehistorylo")
hotelstring += " " +childnode.getFirstChild().getNodeValue() ;
if( nodename =="pricehistoryhi")
hotelstring += " - " +childnode.getFirstChild().getNodeValue() ;
}
System.out.println(hotelstring);
}
break;
}
return more;
}
private Element xmlRoot(String response){
Document doc =null;
try {
DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(response.getBytes());
doc = db.parse(bais);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.print("Problem parsing the xml: \n" + e.toString());
}
return doc.getDocumentElement();
}
private Document xmlRoot2(String response){
Document doc =null;
try {
DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(response.getBytes());
doc = db.parse(bais);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.print("Problem parsing the xml: \n" + e.toString());
}
return doc;
}
private String fetch(String urlstring){
String content = "";
try {
URL url = new URL(urlstring);
InputStream is = url.openStream();
BufferedReader d = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
String s;
while (null != (s = d.readLine())) {
content = content + s + "\n";
}
is.close();
} catch ( Exception e ) { System.out.println(e.getMessage() ); }
return content;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
ksearchJavaExample ks = new ksearchJavaExample(args);
}
}after multiple tries i get the session id. but hostname not coming in class
<?
ob_start();
session_start();
class ksearchphpExample
{
public $hostname="http://www.kayak.com";
public $token="mCHpMz2L_a_OrEkz3FSiDg";//"mCHpMz2L_a_OrEkz3FSiDg";
public $sessionid="";
public $searchid="";
public $searchtype="";
public $lastcount="";
public function ksearchJavaExample($args){
/*print_r($args);
echo count($args);exit;*/
if(count($args) < 4 || count($args) > 5) {
echo("USAGE:\n".
"ksearchJavaExample f ORIGIN_AIPORT DESTINATION_AIRPORT DEPART_DATE [RETURN_DATE]\n".
"ksearchjavaExample h \"city, RC, CC\" CHECKIN_DATE CHECKOUT_DATE\n" );
exit();
}
$searchtype='h'; //$args[0].charAt(0);
$sessionid=$this->getsession();
echo("Session ID:\t".$sessionid );
if($searchtype == 'f' ){
$searchid= start_flight_search("n", $args[1],$args[2],$args[3],$args[4] );
}
if( $searchtype == 'h'){
$searchid=$this->start_hotel_search($args[1],$args[2],$args[3]);
}
echo("Search ID:\t".$searchid);
while (pollResults()) {
echo("waiting for more...");
}
}
private function getsession(){
//echo $hostname,$token; exit;
$objDOM = new DOMDocument();
$objDOM->load("http://www.kayak.com/k/ident/apisession?token=mCHpMz2L_a_OrEkz3FSiDg"); //make sure path is correct
$note = $objDOM->getElementsByTagName("ident");
// for each note tag, parse the document and get values for
// tasks and details tag.
foreach( $note as $value )
{
$tasks = $value->getElementsByTagName("sid");
return $tasks->item(0)->nodeValue;
}
}
private function start_hotel_search($cityandcountry, $checkindate
,$checkoutdate){
echo $hostname,$sessionid; exit;
$url=$hostname."/s/apisearch?basicmode=true&othercity=".$cityandcountry.
"&checkin_date=".$checkindate."&checkout_date=".$checkoutdate."&minstars=-1&guests1=1&guests2=1&rooms=1&action=dohotels&apimode=1".
"&_sid_=".$sessionid;
return $this->start_search($url);
}
}
$kps=new ksearchphpExample();
$arg= array ('h','hyderabad,india','03/11/2010','05/11/2010');
echo $kps->ksearchJavaExample($arg);
?>ok...i got it. but i am not getting images . how to get images from kayak api
<?
ob_start();
session_start();
class ksearchphpExample
{
public $hostname='https://server16.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/stkjmx/slmn/p1/';
public $token='mCHpMz2L_a_OrEkz3FSiDg';//"mCHpMz2L_a_OrEkz3FSiDg";
public $sessionid='';
public $searchid='';
public $searchtype='';
public $lastcount='';
public function ksearchJavaExample($args){
/*print_r($args);
echo count($args);exit;*/
if(count($args) < 4 || count($args) > 5) {
echo("USAGE:\n".
"ksearchJavaExample f ORIGIN_AIPORT DESTINATION_AIRPORT DEPART_DATE [RETURN_DATE]\n".
"ksearchjavaExample h \"city, RC, CC\" CHECKIN_DATE CHECKOUT_DATE\n" );
exit();
}
$searchtype='h'; //$args[0].charAt(0);
$this->sessionid=$this->getsession();
//echo("Session ID:\t".$this->sessionid );
if($searchtype == 'f' ){
$searchid= start_flight_search("n", $args[1],$args[2],$args[3],$args[4] );
}
if( $searchtype == 'h'){
$this->searchid= $this->start_hotel_search($args[1],$args[2],$args[3]);
}
//echo("Search ID:\t".$this->searchid);
while ($this->pollResults()) {
echo("waiting for more...");
}
}
private function getsession(){
$objDOM = new DOMDocument();
$objDOM->load($this->hostname."/k/ident/apisession?token=".$this->token); //make sure path is correct
$note = $objDOM->getElementsByTagName("ident");
// for each note tag, parse the document and get values for
// tasks and details tag.
foreach( $note as $value )
{
$tasks = $value->getElementsByTagName("sid");
return $tasks->item(0)->nodeValue;
}
}
private function start_hotel_search($cityandcountry, $checkindate
,$checkoutdate){
/*try {
$cityandcountry = URLEncoder.encode(cityandcountry,"UTF-8");
$checkindate = URLEncoder.encode(checkindate,"UTF-8");
$checkoutdate = URLEncoder.encode(checkoutdate, "UTF-8");
} catch (Exception e) {}*/
$url=$this->hostname."/s/apisearch?basicmode=true&othercity=".$cityandcountry.
"&checkin_date=".$checkindate."&checkout_date=".$checkoutdate."&minstars=-1&guests1=1&guests2=1&rooms=1&action=dohotels&apimode=1".
"&_sid_=".$this->sessionid;
return $this->start_search($url);
}
private function start_search($uri){
$objDOM1 = new DOMDocument();
$objDOM1->load($uri); //make sure path is correct
$note1 = $objDOM1->getElementsByTagName("search");
// for each note tag, parse the document and get values for
// tasks and details tag.
foreach( $note1 as $value1 )
{
// echo $value1;exit;
$tasks1 = $value1->getElementsByTagName("searchid");
return $tasks1->item(0)->nodeValue;
}
}
private function pollResults(){
$uri="";
$uri= $this->hostname."/s/apibasic/hotel?searchid=".$this->searchid."&apimode=1&c=121&_sid_=".$this->sessionid;
//echo $uri;exit;
echo"<br>";
$objDOM = new DOMDocument();
$objDOM->load($uri); //make sure path is correct
$note = $objDOM->getElementsByTagName("hotel");
// for each note tag, parse the document and get values for
// tasks and details tag.
foreach( $note as $value )
{
$name = $value->getElementsByTagName("name");
$name = $name->item(0)->nodeValue;
$stars = $value->getElementsByTagName("stars");
$stars = $stars->item(0)->nodeValue;
echo "$name-$stars";
echo "<br>";
}
}
}
$kps=new ksearchphpExample();
$arg= array ('h','hyderabad,india','11/04/2010','11/06/2010');
echo $kps->ksearchJavaExample($arg);
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