Need help with your APIs? I offer API discovery, governance & evangelism services. Explore services →
API Evangelist API Evangelist
Discovery
Learnings
Guidance
Toolbox
Alignment
API Evangelist LLC

airbnb Listings API

Operations for creating, reading, updating, and managing property listings on Airbnb, including descriptions, amenities, and photos.

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

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

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 7 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.

5 operations 2 paths 7 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST1 PUT

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 Listings 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 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Listings 5

Operations for creating, reading, updating, and managing property listings on Airbnb, including descriptions, amenities, and photos.

GET
/listings
List All Listings
listListings 3 params → 200401403
POST
/listings
Create a New Listing
createListing body → 201400401
GET
/listings/{listing_id}
Get a Listing
getListing 1 param → 200401404
PUT
/listings/{listing_id}
Update a Listing
updateListing 1 param body → 200400401404
DELETE
/listings/{listing_id}
Delete a Listing
deleteListing 1 param → 204401404409

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Listing (20 properties), ListingCreate (14 properties), ListingUpdate (13 properties), Address (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ListingCreate
object
14 properties 5 required
Pagination
object
4 properties
Address
object
7 properties 3 required
Photo
object
6 properties
ListingUpdate
object
13 properties
Listing
object
20 properties
Pricing
object
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

airbnb-listings-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs airbnb publishes across the network.

Airbnb Webhooks API
airbnb Bookings API
airbnb Calendar API
airbnb Experience Messages API
airbnb Experiences API
airbnb Messages API
airbnb Photos API
airbnb Reservations API
airbnb Reviews API
airbnb Schedules API