Usage guidelines

This section provides important guidelines on how to use the Mews Channel Manager API. Unless specified otherwise, the guidelines apply to both the Mews side of the API and the Channel Manager side of the API. For information on the partner journey and on the certification process, see Your integration journey. For information about individual endpoints or operations, see API Operations (Mews) and API Operations (CHM).

Terminology

We use the term Property to describe the hotel, hostel or other enterprise; we use the term Space to refer to a hotel room, dormitory bed or other type of bookable space, and Space Type to refer to the category of Space offered by the Property. Although typically a room in a hotel, this could be for example a squash court in a sports facility. For a full description of all the terms used in the API, see the Mews Glossary for Open API users.

Contents

• Authentication Details of how API Operation requests are authenticated.

• Requests Details of how to make API Operation requests.

• Responses Details of API Operation responses, including error messages.

• Environments A description of the different environments available and how to access them.

• Compliance Information about PCI compliance.