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API Reference

This page is a reference of all feed methods for the Frommer’s Unlimited API.

Feeds:

 

GET /frommers/audience_interest.feed

Audience Interest Detail Feed.

Example

XML
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/audience_interest.feed?audienceInterestId=140847
JSON
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/audience_interest.feed?audienceInterestId=140847&feedType=json

Parameters

This feed requires that at least one parameter is provided.

audienceInterestId
Audience Interest Id 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
whatsonwhenId
Legacy Whatsonwhen Category ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
 

GET /frommers/audience_interest_search.feed

Feed to display a subtree of audienceInterests.

Example

XML
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/audience_interest_search.feed?audienceInterestId=530006&showChildren=true
JSON
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/audience_interest_search.feed?audienceInterestId=530006&showChildren=true&feedType=json

Parameters

This feed requires that at least one parameter is provided.

showCount
Count the number of Events and Poi in each for a specific query (support all parameters of the main_search) 

  • Allowed regex pattern: true|false
showChildren
Displays the children of the current parent 

  • Allowed regex pattern: true|false
depth
Restrict the depth of children to display 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
page
The page of results to retrieve 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
nPerPage
Use this to restrict the number of results per page 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
query
Restrict by free text query
type
Restrict results by type, either IOI or GUIDE
subType
Restrict results by subType. For type=IOI use either EVENT or POI and for type=GUIDE either FROMMERS_GUIDE OR WHATSONWHEN_GUIDE
audienceInterestId
Restrict by Audience Interest ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
locationId
Restrict by Location ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
locQuery
Restrict by Location name
mappedLocationType
Restrict by a mapped location type, eg IATA 

  • Part of group(s): mapping
mappedLocationId
Restrict by a mapped location id, eg LHR 

  • Part of group(s): mapping

Parameter Groups

When using a parameters that is a member of a group, it is required to include all other group
members in the request.

mapping
mappedLocationId mappedLocationType
 

GET /frommers/calendar_event_search.feed

Feed to display the events count per day.

Example

XML
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/calendar_event_search.feed?daysAhead=10
JSON
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/calendar_event_search.feed?daysAhead=10&feedType=json

Parameters

All the parameters for this feed are optional.

startDate
Restrict by Start Date in YYYYMMDD format 

  • Allowed regex pattern: (19|20)\d\d(0[1-9]|1[012])(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])
endDate
Restrict by End Date in YYYYMMDD format 

  • Allowed regex pattern: (19|20)\d\d(0[1-9]|1[012])(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])
daysAhead
Creates an endDate based on the number of days ahead of the startDate. If startDate is empty then todays date is used 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
rankId
Restrict results to IOIs with a given rank (will take preference over minRankId and maxRankId) 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
minRankId
Restrict results to IOIs with a minimum rank 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
maxRankId
Restrict results to IOIs with a maximum rank 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
longitude
Restict results by longitude 

  • Allowed regex pattern: [-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+
  • Part of group(s): geocode
latitude
Restrict results by latitude 

  • Allowed regex pattern: [-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+
  • Part of group(s): geocode
miles
Restrict results by mile radius 

  • Allowed regex pattern: [-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+
  • Part of group(s): geocode
page
The page of results to retrieve 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
nPerPage
Use this to restrict the number of results per page 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
query
Restrict by free text query
type
Restrict results by type, either IOI or GUIDE
subType
Restrict results by subType. For type=IOI use either EVENT or POI and for type=GUIDE either FROMMERS_GUIDE OR WHATSONWHEN_GUIDE
audienceInterestId
Restrict by Audience Interest ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
locationId
Restrict by Location ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
locQuery
Restrict by Location name
mappedLocationType
Restrict by a mapped location type, eg IATA 

  • Part of group(s): mapping
mappedLocationId
Restrict by a mapped location id, eg LHR 

  • Part of group(s): mapping

Parameter Groups

When using a parameters that is a member of a group, it is required to include all other group
members in the request.

geocode
latitude longitude miles
mapping
mappedLocationId mappedLocationType
 

GET /frommers/destination_menu.feed

Feed for building desination based content menus.

Example

XML
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/destination_menu.feed?locationId=150668
JSON
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/destination_menu.feed?locationId=150668&feedType=json

Parameters

This feed requires that at least one parameter is provided.

locationId
Location ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
whatsonwhenId
Legacy Whatsonwhen Location ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
frommersDestinationId
Legacy Frommers Destination ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
itemOfInterestId
Item Of Interest ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
guideStructureId
GuideStructure ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
guideId
Guide ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
autoHide
Auto hide menu items from feed output 

  • Allowed regex pattern: true|false
 

GET /frommers/event_search.feed

Feed to search Event IOIs.

Example

XML
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/event_search.feed
JSON
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/event_search.feed?feedType=json

Parameters

All the parameters for this feed are optional.

startDate
Restrict by Start Date in YYYYMMDD format 

  • Allowed regex pattern: (19|20)\d\d(0[1-9]|1[012])(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])
endDate
Restrict by End Date in YYYYMMDD format 

  • Allowed regex pattern: (19|20)\d\d(0[1-9]|1[012])(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])
daysAhead
Creates an endDate based on the number of days ahead of the startDate. If startDate is empty then todays date is used 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
rankId
Restrict results to IOIs with a given rank (will take preference over minRankId and maxRankId) 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
minRankId
Restrict results to IOIs with a minimum rank 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
maxRankId
Restrict results to IOIs with a maximum rank 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
longitude
Restict results by longitude 

  • Allowed regex pattern: [-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+
  • Part of group(s): geocode
latitude
Restrict results by latitude 

  • Allowed regex pattern: [-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+
  • Part of group(s): geocode
miles
Restrict results by mile radius 

  • Allowed regex pattern: [-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+
  • Part of group(s): geocode
page
The page of results to retrieve 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
nPerPage
Use this to restrict the number of results per page 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
query
Restrict by free text query
type
Restrict results by type, either IOI or GUIDE
subType
Restrict results by subType. For type=IOI use either EVENT or POI and for type=GUIDE either FROMMERS_GUIDE OR WHATSONWHEN_GUIDE
audienceInterestId
Restrict by Audience Interest ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
locationId
Restrict by Location ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
locQuery
Restrict by Location name
mappedLocationType
Restrict by a mapped location type, eg IATA 

  • Part of group(s): mapping
mappedLocationId
Restrict by a mapped location id, eg LHR 

  • Part of group(s): mapping

Parameter Groups

When using a parameters that is a member of a group, it is required to include all other group
members in the request.

geocode
latitude longitude miles
mapping
mappedLocationId mappedLocationType
 

GET /frommers/guide.feed

Guide Detail Feed.

Example

XML
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/guide.feed?guideId=295020
JSON
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/guide.feed?guideId=295020&feedType=json

Parameters

This feed requires that at least one parameter is provided.

guideId
Guide ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
frommersDestinationId
Legacy Frommers Destination ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
 

GET /frommers/guide_structure.feed

Guide Structure Detail Feed.

Example

XML
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/guide_structure.feed?guideStructureId=249369
JSON
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/guide_structure.feed?guideStructureId=249369&feedType=json

Parameters

This feed requires that at least one parameter is provided.

guideStructureId
Guide Structure ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
frommersId
Legacy Frommers Category ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
guideStructureTypeId
Guide Structure Type ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
  • Part of group(s): guide-type
locationId
Location ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
  • Part of group(s): guide-type

Parameter Groups

When using a parameters that is a member of a group, it is required to include all other group
members in the request.

guide-type
guideStructureTypeId locationId
 

GET /frommers/item_of_interest.feed

IOI Detail Feed.

Example

XML
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/item_of_interest.feed?itemOfInterestId=189025
JSON
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/item_of_interest.feed?itemOfInterestId=189025&feedType=json

Parameters

This feed requires that at least one parameter is provided.

itemOfInterestId
IOI ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
whatsonwhenId
Legacy Whatsonwhen Event ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
frommersAccommodationId
Legacy Frommers Accommodation ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
frommersAttractionId
Legacy Frommers Attraction ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
frommersDiningId
Legacy Frommers Dining ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
frommersNightlifeId
Legacy Frommers Nightlife ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
frommersShoppingId
Legacy Shopping ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
 

GET /frommers/location.feed

Location Detail Feed.

Example

XML
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/location.feed?locationId=185443
JSON
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/location.feed?locationId=185443&feedType=json

Parameters

This feed requires that at least one parameter is provided.

locationId
Location ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
whatsonwhenId
Legacy Whatsonwhen Location ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
whatsonwhenTouristOfficeId
Legacy Whatsonwhen Tourist Office ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
frommersDestinationId
Legacy Frommers Destination ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
frommersAccommodationId
Legacy Frommers Accommodation ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
frommersAttractionId
Legacy Frommers Attraction ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
frommersDiningId
Legacy Frommers Dining ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
frommersShoppingId
Legacy Frommers Shoppping ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
 

GET /frommers/location_search.feed

Feed to search Locations.

Example

XML
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/location_search.feed
JSON
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/location_search.feed?feedType=json

Parameters

All the parameters for this feed are optional.

page
The page of results to retrieve 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
nPerPage
Use this to restrict the number of results per page 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
query
Restrict by free text query
parentId
Parent Location ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
type
Location Type (CONTINENT, SUBCONTINENT, COUNTRY, REGION, STATE, COUNTY, CITY, NEIGHBORHOOD, GROUP_OF_ISLAND, GROUP_OF_ISLAND, ISLAND, PARK, THEME_PARK, TOURIST_OFFICE, POI,HEADLESS_ADDRESS)
longitude
Restict results by longitude 

  • Allowed regex pattern: [-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+
  • Part of group(s): geocode
latitude
Restict results by latitude 

  • Allowed regex pattern: [-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+
  • Part of group(s): geocode
miles
Restrict results by mile radius 

  • Allowed regex pattern: [-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+
  • Part of group(s): geocode
hasGuide
Restrict results to only those that have a corresponding guide 

  • Allowed regex pattern: true|false

Parameter Groups

When using a parameters that is a member of a group, it is required to include all other group
members in the request.

geocode
latitude longitude miles
 

GET /frommers/main_search.feed

Feed that searches across Events, POIs and Guide Structure content.

Example

XML
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/main_search.feed
JSON
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/main_search.feed?feedType=json

Parameters

All the parameters for this feed are optional.

page
The page of results to retrieve 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
nPerPage
Use this to restrict the number of results per page 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
query
Restrict by free text query
type
Restrict results by type, either IOI or GUIDE
subType
Restrict results by subType. For type=IOI use either EVENT or POI and for type=GUIDE either FROMMERS_GUIDE OR WHATSONWHEN_GUIDE
audienceInterestId
Restrict by Audience Interest ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
locationId
Restrict by Location ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
locQuery
Restrict by Location name
mappedLocationType
Restrict by a mapped location type, eg IATA 

  • Part of group(s): mapping
mappedLocationId
Restrict by a mapped location id, eg LHR 

  • Part of group(s): mapping

Parameter Groups

When using a parameters that is a member of a group, it is required to include all other group
members in the request.

mapping
mappedLocationId mappedLocationType
 

GET /frommers/media.feed

Media Detail Feed.

Example

XML
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/media.feed?mediaId=303692
JSON
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/media.feed?mediaId=303692&feedType=json

Parameters

This feed requires that at least one parameter is provided.

mediaId
Media Id 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
whatsonwhenId
Legacy Whatsonwhen Image ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
frommersPhotoId
Legacy Frommers Photo ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
frommersPodcastAudioId
Legacy Frommers Podcast Audio ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
 

GET /frommers/media_search.feed

Example

XML
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/media_search.feed
JSON
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/media_search.feed?feedType=json

Parameters

All the parameters for this feed are optional.

page
The page of results to retrieve 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
nPerPage
Use this to restrict the number of results per page 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
query
Restrict by free text query
type
Restrict results by image type, (eg I-F100, I-SM, I-BG etc)
isGuide
Restrict results to only the destination representative guide image, (eg isGuide=true)
locationId
Restrict by Location ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
audienceInterestId
Restrict by Audience Interest ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
guideStructureId
Restrict by Guide Structure ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
guideId
Restrict by Guide ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
 

GET /frommers/modified_search.feed

Feed to determine which articles have been modified since a given date.

Example

XML
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/modified_search.feed?modifiedDate=20100701
JSON
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/modified_search.feed?modifiedDate=20100701&feedType=json

Parameters

All the parameters for this feed are optional.

modifiedDate
Restict results that have been modified since this date in YYYYMMMDD format. 

  • Allowed regex pattern: (19|20)\d\d(0[1-9]|1[012])(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])
 

GET /frommers/poi_search.feed

Feed to search POIs

Example

XML
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/poi_search.feed
JSON
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/poi_search.feed?feedType=json

Parameters

All the parameters for this feed are optional.

type
Restrict results by type, either NIGHTLIFE, ATTRACTION, SHOPPING
rankId
Restrict results to IOIs with a given rank (will take preference over minRankId and maxRankId) 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
minRankId
Restrict results to IOIs with a minimum rank 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
maxRankId
Restrict results to IOIs with a maximum rank 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
longitude
Restict results by longitude 

  • Allowed regex pattern: [-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+
  • Part of group(s): geocode
latitude
Restrict results by latitude 

  • Allowed regex pattern: [-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+
  • Part of group(s): geocode
miles
Restrict results by mile radius 

  • Allowed regex pattern: [-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+
  • Part of group(s): geocode
page
The page of results to retrieve 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
nPerPage
Use this to restrict the number of results per page 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
query
Restrict by free text query
type
Restrict results by type, either IOI or GUIDE
subType
Restrict results by subType. For type=IOI use either EVENT or POI and for type=GUIDE either FROMMERS_GUIDE OR WHATSONWHEN_GUIDE
audienceInterestId
Restrict by Audience Interest ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
locationId
Restrict by Location ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
locQuery
Restrict by Location name
mappedLocationType
Restrict by a mapped location type, eg IATA 

  • Part of group(s): mapping
mappedLocationId
Restrict by a mapped location id, eg LHR 

  • Part of group(s): mapping

Parameter Groups

When using a parameters that is a member of a group, it is required to include all other group
members in the request.

geocode
latitude longitude miles
mapping
mappedLocationId mappedLocationType
 

GET /frommers/slideshow.feed

Slideshow Detail Feed.

Example

XML
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/slideshow.feed?mediaId=303692
JSON
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/slideshow.feed?mediaId=303692&feedType=json

Parameters

This feed requires that at least one parameter is provided.

slideshowId
Slideshow Id 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
 

GET /frommers/slideshow_search.feed

Feed to search SlideShows.

Example

XML
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/slideshow_search.feed
JSON
http://demosite.frommers.biz/frommers/slideshow_search.feed?feedType=json

Parameters

All the parameters for this feed are optional.

page
The page of results to retrieve 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
nPerPage
Use this to restrict the number of results per page 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
query
Restrict by free text query
typeId
Restrict results by slideshow type id
typeCd
Restrict results by slideshow type cd
frommersPhotoGroupId
Restrict results by frommers photo group id
locationId
Restrict by Location ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
audienceInterestId
Restrict by Audience Interest ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
guideStructureId
Restrict by Guide Structure ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+
guideId
Restrict by Guide ID 

  • Allowed regex pattern: \d+