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airbnb Bookings API

Operations for managing guest bookings for experiences, including confirmations, cancellations, and attendee details.

airbnb Bookings API is one of 11 APIs that airbnb publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Bookings. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2025.03.31.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.airbnb.com/v2.

4 operations 4 paths 3 schemas 2 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2025.03.31
Base URL
https://api.airbnb.com
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

airbnb Bookings API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 6 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth2 — Airbnb uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication. Partners must register their application to receive a client ID and secret, then obtain access tokens through the aut…

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 2 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Bookings 4

Operations for managing guest bookings for experiences, including confirmations, cancellations, and attendee details.

GET
/bookings
List Experience Bookings
listBookings 6 params → 200401
GET
/bookings/{booking_id}
Get a Booking
getBooking 1 param → 200401404
POST
/bookings/{booking_id}/confirm
Confirm a Booking
confirmBooking 1 param → 200401404409
POST
/bookings/{booking_id}/cancel
Cancel a Booking
cancelBooking 1 param body → 200401404409

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Booking (12 properties), BookingGuest (5 properties), Pagination (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Pagination
object
4 properties
Booking
object
12 properties
BookingGuest
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

airbnb-bookings-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs airbnb publishes across the network.

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airbnb Calendar API
airbnb Experience Messages API
airbnb Experiences API
airbnb Listings API
airbnb Messages API
airbnb Photos API
airbnb Reservations API
airbnb Reviews API
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