POST /v3/business_data/google/hotel_searches/live

BusinessData

Changed on Jul 31, 2026

‌‌ Hotel Searches API provides results containing information about different hotels listed on Google Hotels. The provided results are specific to the selected location (see the List of Locations) and language (see the List of Languages) settings.

post/v3/business_data/google/hotel_searches/live

Request

Base URL: https://api.dataforseo.com
URL: https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/business_data/google/hotel_searches/live
Auth: HTTP basic

Request body

keywordstring nullable

keyword optional field the keyword you specify is used to search for the list of hotels; if you don't use this field, we will return the list of hotels found in a specified location; you can specify up to 700 characters in the <code>keyword</code> filed all %## will be decoded (plus character ‘+’ will be decoded to a space character) if you need to use the “%” character for your <code>keyword</code>, please specify it as “%25”; Note: in order to obtain accurate search results, the location name is appended to the keyword automaticallylearn more about rules and limitations of <code>keyword</code> and <code>keywords</code> fields in DataForSEO APIs in this <a href="https://dataforseo.com/help-center/rules-and-limitations-of-keyword-and-keywords-fields-in-dataforseo-apis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Help Center article</a>

location_namestring

full name of search engine location required field if you don't specify <code>location_code</code> or <code>location_coordinate</code> if you use this field, you don't need to specify <code>location_code</code> or <code>location_coordinate</code> you can receive the list of available locations with <code>location_name</code> by making a separate request to <code>https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/business_data/google/locations</code> example: <code class="long-string">London,England,United Kingdom</code> Note: in order to obtain accurate search results, the <code>location_name</code> you specify will be automatically appended to the keyword

location_codeinteger

search engine location code required field if you don't specify <code>location_name</code>_or <code>location_coordinate</code> if you use this field, you don't need to specify <code>location_name</code> or <code>location_coordinate</code> you can receive the list of available locations with <code>location_code</code> by making a separate request to the <code>https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/business_data/google/locations</code> example: <code class="long-string">2840</code>n

location_coordinatestring

GPS coordinates of a location required field if you don't specify <code>location_name</code>_or <code>location_code</code> if you use this field, you don't need to specify <code>location_name</code> or <code>location_code</code> <code>location_coordinate</code> parameter should be specified in the "latitude,longitude" format the maximum number of decimal digits for "latitude" and "longitude": 7 Note: if the coordinates are used to set a location, the search will occur in the nearest settlement example: <code class="long-string">53.476225,-2.243572</code>n

search_this_areaboolean nullable

show hotels from the displayed area optional field can take the values: <code>true</code>, <code>false</code> default value: <code>true</code> if set to <code>false</code> the <code>search_this_area</code> mode will be turned off Note: if the <code>search_this_area</code> mode is turned off, the <code>location_name</code> won't be appended to the <code>keyword</code> during search learn more about this parameter <a href="https://dataforseo.com/help-center/how-to-use-search_this_area-parameter-in-google-hotel-searches" target="_blank">on our Help Center</a>

language_namestring

full name of search engine language required field if you don't specify <code>language_code</code> if you use this field, you don't need to specify <code>language_code</code> you can receive the list of available languages with <code>language_name</code> by making a separate request to <code>https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/business_data/google/languages</code> example: <code class="long-string">English</code>

language_codestring

search engine language code required field if you don't specify <code>language_name</code> if you use this field, you don't need to specify <code>language_name</code> you can receive the list of available languages with their <code>language_code</code>_by making a separate request to <code>https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/business_data/google/languages</code> example: <code class="long-string">en</code>n

depthinteger nullable

parsing depth optional field number of results in Google Hotels default value: <code>18</code> organic results max value: <code>140</code> Note: your account will be billed per each 18 organic results regardless of paid listings in the response; thus, setting a depth above <code>18</code> may result in additional charges if Google Hotels return more than 18 results; if the specified depth is higher than the number of results in the response, the difference will be refunded automatically to your account balance

check_instring nullable

check-in date optional field if you don't specify this field, tomorrow's date will be used by default; date format: <code>"yyyy-mm-dd"</code> example: <code>"2019-01-15"</code> Note: the value cannot precede the today's date

check_outstring nullable

check-out date optional field if you don't specify this field, our system will apply the date of two days from now by default; date format: <code>"yyyy-mm-dd"</code> example: <code>"2019-01-15"</code> Note: the value cannot be less than or equal to <code>check_in</code>; the range between <code>check_in</code> and <code>check_out</code> values cannot exceed 30 days

currencystring nullable

currency optional field example: <code>"USD"</code>

adultsinteger nullable

number of adults optional field if you don't specify this field, the default value of <code>2</code> will be applied; note that you can specify up to 6 persons including both adults and children example: <code>1</code>

childrenstring[] nullable

number and age of children optional field if you don't specify this field, no children will be included in the search; age of child can be from <code>0</code> to <code>17</code>; note that you can specify up to 6 persons including both adults and children set the following value if you want to include one 14-year-old child: <code>[14]</code> set the following value if you want to include one 13-year-old child and one 8-year-old child: <code>[13,8]</code>

starsstring[] nullable

hotel stars optional field set this field to <code>[5]</code> if you want to get the list of 5-star hotels only example: <code>[3,4,5]</code>

min_ratingnumber nullable

minimum rating optional field you can use this field to specify guest rating higher than a certain value example: <code>2.5</code>

sort_bystring nullable

results sorting parameters optional field you can use this field to sort the results possible types of sorting: <code>relevance</code> – sort by most relevant <code>lowest_price</code> – sort by the lowest price <code>highest_rating</code> – sort by highest rating <code>most_reviewed</code> – sort by most reviewed default value: <code>relevance</code>

min_priceinteger nullable

minimum price per night optional field the currency of this value depends on the <code>currency</code> field example: <code>100</code>

max_priceinteger nullable

maximum price per night optional field the currency of this value depends on the <code>currency</code> field example: <code>600</code>

free_cancellationboolean nullable

hotels with a free cancellation optional field set this field to <code>true</code> if you want to get the list of hotels with free cancellation of reservations default value: <code>false</code>

is_vacation_rentalsboolean nullable

search for vacation rentals optional field set this field to <code>true</code> if you want to get the list of vacation rentals instead of hotels default value: <code>false</code>

amenitiesstring[] nullable

hotel amenities optional field you can use this field to specify different hotel amenities example: <code> [ "free_parking", "pets_allowed" ] </code> possible values: "air_conditioning", "all_inclusive_available", "bar", "free_breakfast", "fitness_center", "kid_friendly", "free_parking", "pets_allowed", "pool", "restaurant", "room_service", "spa", "free_wifi", "parking", "indoor_pool", "outdoor_pool", "wheelchair_accessible", "beach_access"

tagstring nullable

user-defined task identifier optional field the character limit is 255 you can use this parameter to identify the task and match it with the result you will find the specified <code>tag</code> value in the <code>data</code> object of the response

Example request

[
  {
    "language_code": "en",
    "location_name": "New York,New York,United States",
    "keyword": "cheap hotel",
    "check_in": "2023-06-01",
    "check_out": "2023-06-30",
    "currency": "USD",
    "adults": 2,
    "children": [
      "14"
    ],
    "sort_by": "highest_rating",
    "priority": 2,
    "tag": "example"
  }
]

Response

Successful operation

versionstring nullable

the current version of the API

status_codeinteger nullable

general status code you can find the full list of the response codes here

status_messagestring nullable

general informational message you can find the full list of general informational messages here

timestring nullable

total execution time, seconds

costnumber double nullable

total tasks cost, USD

tasks_countinteger nullable

the number of tasks in the tasks array

tasks_errorinteger nullable

the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error

Changes

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