---
title: "Places that need booking ahead: when sales open (Beijing time), same-day tickets, whether a foreign passport works online, official channel and check date. The same table as /before-you-go/book-ahead (CSV at /before-you-go/book-ahead.csv). CC BY 4.0."
method: GET
path: "/api/booking"
---

# Places that need booking ahead: when sales open (Beijing time), same-day tickets, whether a foreign passport works online, official channel and check date. The same table as /before-you-go/book-ahead (CSV at /before-you-go/book-ahead.csv). CC BY 4.0.

`GET /api/booking`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://chinafootnotes.com`
- URL: `https://chinafootnotes.com/api/booking`
- Auth: none declared

## Response `200`

Booking table

- object
  - `license` object
  - `page` string
  - `csv` string
  - `figures` object, nullable
  - `places` object[]
  - `peakTimes` object[]

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid URL encoding
- `404`: Topic not found
- `500`: Local data/service unavailable

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/chinafootnotes/apis/china-footnotes.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/chinafootnotes/apis/china-footnotes/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/chinafootnotes/apis/china-footnotes/revisions/b0050778a942?raw)