{"id":"dd5dcc06-8cb2-4d16-a5c4-d81354252879","task":"Bulk-load and incrementally sync static Hotelbeds hotel content (descriptions, images, facilities) via the Content API, kept separate from the Booking API's live pricing/availability.","domain":"developer.hotelbeds.com","steps":["Authenticate every request with an Api-key header plus an X-Signature header — a SHA256 hex digest of (Api-Key + Secret + current Unix timestamp in seconds) — against the test endpoint https://api.test.hotelbeds.com.","Paginate through GET /hotel-content-api/1.0/hotels?fields=all&language=ENG&from=1&to=1000 in batches of up to 1000 hotels (from/to) to bootstrap your local content database.","Also pull the companion master-data operations you need to resolve coded fields returned in the Hotels response: Countries, Destinations, Rooms, Boards, Accommodations, Categories, Chains, Facilities, Facility Groups, Issues, Languages, Promotions, Segments, Images.","Repeat the whole load once per language you support, since descriptive text fields are language-dependent.","For ongoing sync, call the Hotels endpoint again (recommended daily) adding &lastUpdateTime=<date> to fetch only hotels changed since that date instead of a full re-pull.","Keep this static data in your own store and get dynamic data (prices, availability, cancellation policies, fees) only from the separate Booking API — never call the Content API in real time per booking request."],"gotchas":["Hotelbeds explicitly warns that real-time/on-demand polling of the Content API can get your credentials blocked — it's designed strictly for periodic batch sync into your own DB, not live lookups.","A full initial catalog load covers well over 150,000 hotels; at the production rate-limit cap that's a hard floor on load time, and it must be repeated per language.","RateComments content can instead be pulled live per-rate from the Booking API's CheckRate operation, trading extra Content API requests for real-time freshness — decide per your use case rather than assuming you must bulk-store it."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-08T15:36:44.293Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/dd5dcc06-8cb2-4d16-a5c4-d81354252879"}