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Search in Avinode from Your System

By integrating your system with Avinode, you can streamline the process of finding and viewing available options for a trip. This eliminates the need to manually switch to the Avinode system and enter trip data. Additionally, you can download leads and quotes, and even launch a search in Avinode based on inquiries from your end clients.

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Overview

By implementing this use case, you can quickly access and view available options for a trip without having to manually switch to the Avinode system and enter trip details. This feature enables seamless retrieval and display of available options for a specific trip through the Avinode API, saving valuable time and streamlining the buying process. Additionally, the integration allows for the downloading of leads, quotes, and launching a search in Avinode based on an inquiry from your end client.

Pre-requisites

Gaining an understanding of our APIs and fundamentals is essential to the success of your project. To do so, start by reading our introductions page, including the pages linked in the "Before you start" section. Also read about our webhooks.

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Please note

When initiating a trip search this will need to be conducted within the Avinode Web UI via the deep-link explained below.

Implementation and API Examples

Initiate a search in Avinode from your own system

The application should call the POST /trips operation with the needed trip information such as itinerary, number of passengers, aircraft category, date and time.
If the exact departure time is not known at the time this value can be marked as "TBD" (to be determined), see the API reference page for more details.

In the response from this API call there will be a deep link to use for opening a new browser window with the Avinode search, which will be initiated immediately.

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The 'searchInAvinode' action / deep-link within the API response body

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Search In Avinode deep-link pop-up in Avinode

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Please note

Avinode does not allow any business to business integrations to use the POST /searches operation, this API is only used by integrations from business to end client.

Get notified of new seller messages via Webhook

Setup webhook settings in Avinode to subscribe to all new seller messages for your trip requests, i.e. Trip Chat - Seller and Trip Request - Seller response. This will ensure that your system gets notified in real time when an operator accepts or declines your requests, or sends you a chat message.

Responding to a new seller message

You have the option to choose between two workflows when implementing the feature to respond to a new seller message.

1. Respond from your own system

This will enable your system to download and respond to chat messages via the API. Your system will have to call on the following endpoints: Read a trip message and Send a message.

2. Respond from Avinode Web UI via chat deep-link

Responding to chat messages via a deep-link provided in the API response body is possible when reading a seller message. By calling on the "viewInAvinode" deep-link within the chat message response body, your system user will be taken directly to the particular chat message within the Avinode Web UI via a new browser window.

See example below:

{
   
    "data": {
        "id": "asellermsg-70609223",
        "href": "https://services.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/asellermsg-70609223",
        "type": "tripmsgs",
        "links": {
        ...snip...
        
        },
      {
        "lift": [
            {
              ...snip...
            },
                "actions": {
                    "viewInAvinode": {
                        "type": "viewInAvinode",
                        "description": "View in Avinode",
                        "httpMethod": "GET",
                        "href": "https://marketplace.avinode.com/marketplace/mvc/trips/buying/atrip-50646110?source=api#eyJleHBhbmRlZEl0ZW0iOiJhc2VsbGVybGlmdC0xMDEzMjU4NTYifQ=="
                    }
                },
                "aircraftCategory": "Super midsize jet",
                "aircraftType": "Challenger 350",
                "aircraftSuperType": "Challenger 350",
                "suggestedByAvinode": false,
                "sourcingDisplayStatus": "Unanswered",
                "sourcingStatus": 1
            }
        ],
                ...snip...
        },

        "tripId": "USUKHG"
    }
}

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Implementation checklist

All items on this check list must be implemented in order for an application with this use case to be allowed to call the live Avinode Marketplace environment.

  1. The application has correct eventTypes webhook notification settings configured for the use case, i.e.
    TripRequestSellerResponse, TripRequestMine, TripChatFromSeller, TripChatMine
  2. The receiving webhook server responds with a HTTP 200 status upon accepting the webhook notification
  3. The application is calling the POST /trips endpoint with valid itinerary payload
  4. The application is utilising the searchInAvinode deeplink to run an automatic search in Avinode based on the trip payload
  5. Sourcing activity, i.e. RFQ is sent to operator/s from within the Avinode Web UI
  6. The application back-end successfully downloads the RFQ data, upon webhook notification
  7. The application has support for sending and receiving trip messages using appropriate chat endpoints, alternatively, responds from within the Avinode Web UI by utilising the "viewInAvinode" deep-link
  8. Updates (accept/decline/cancellation/chat messages) to the trip are sent to Avinode via appropriate API endpoints

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