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Google Hotels Health Check

Monitor the health and availability of the Google Hotels search service.

Overview

No Authentication Required

This health check endpoint does not require an API key and can be used for monitoring and uptime checks.

The Google Hotels health check endpoint provides real-time status information about the service's availability. Use this endpoint to monitor service health, configure uptime monitors, or verify API connectivity.

Endpoint URL

GET https://api.stayapi.com/v1/google_hotels/health

Response Format

The health check returns a simple JSON response indicating the service status.

Field	Type	Description
`status`	string	Service status. Returns "healthy" when operational.
`provider`	string	Provider identifier. Always "google_hotels".

Status Codes

200 OK

Service Healthy

The Google Hotels service is operational and properly configured.

503 Service Unavailable

Service Degraded

The service is experiencing issues or is not properly configured.

Usage Tips

Monitoring Integration

Use this endpoint with monitoring services like UptimeRobot, Pingdom, or custom health check scripts to track service availability.

Pre-flight Checks

Call this endpoint before making search requests to verify service availability and avoid unnecessary API calls during outages.

Circuit Breaker Pattern

Implement circuit breaker patterns in your application using this health check to gracefully handle service disruptions.

Best Practices

Recommended Check Interval

For monitoring purposes, we recommend checking health status every 60 seconds to balance between timely detection and avoiding excessive requests.

Implement exponential backoff when the service reports unhealthy status
Cache health check results for at least 30 seconds to reduce redundant checks
Set up alerts for extended periods of service unavailability
Include health check calls in your application's startup sequence

Related Endpoints

Google Hotels Search

Search for hotels using Google Hotels data with detailed pricing and availability.

Main Health Check

Check the overall health status of the StayAPI service.

Request

curl -X GET "https://api.stayapi.com/v1/google_hotels/health"

const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.stayapi.com/v1/google_hotels/health"
);

const data = await response.json();

if (data.status === "healthy") {
  console.log("Google Hotels service is healthy");
} else {
  console.error("Service is experiencing issues");
}

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.stayapi.com/v1/google_hotels/health"
)

data = response.json()

if data["status"] == "healthy":
    print("Google Hotels service is healthy")
else:
    print("Service is experiencing issues")

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.stayapi.com/v1/google_hotels/health");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

$data = json_decode($response, true);

if ($data["status"] === "healthy") {
    echo "Google Hotels service is healthy";
} else {
    echo "Service is experiencing issues";
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.stayapi.com/v1/google_hotels/health")
response = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
data = JSON.parse(response.body)

if data["status"] == "healthy"
  puts "Google Hotels service is healthy"
else
  puts "Service is experiencing issues"
end

Response

{
  "status": "healthy",
  "provider": "google_hotels"
}