VRBO Looker Studio

Get VRBO reviews into Looker Studio.

One endpoint call, the Looker Studio setup steps, and a field-to-column map. Then keep it refreshing on a schedule.

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The pieces

One source, one destination.

VRBO VRBO

VRBO covers the vacation-rental side: listing reviews, with property IDs resolvable straight from a listing URL. Here the reviews endpoint pours that text into Looker Studio as sortable rows.

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Looker Studio reads best from a data source that refreshes itself. The reliable pattern is a Google Sheet in the middle: a script fills it on a schedule, Looker Studio treats it as a live table. On this page it holds VRBO reviews, refreshed from one endpoint call.

The call

One endpoint returns VRBO reviews.

The VRBO Listing Reviews endpoint returns clean JSON for one listing. Send your key in the X-API-Key header. See the endpoint docs for every parameter.

Setup

Wire Looker Studio to the endpoint.

  1. 01

    Create a StayAPI account and copy your API key from the dashboard.

  2. 02

    Load the API response into a Google Sheet with the Apps Script below, on a time-driven trigger.

  3. 03

    In Looker Studio, add that sheet as a data source.

  4. 04

    Build your report; it re-reads the sheet on each refresh.

Config

Apps Script: fill the bridge sheet.

This uses the real endpoint URL with the example listing id. Swap in your listing id and your API key.

refresh.gs
function refreshData() {
  var url = "https://api.stayapi.com/v1/vrbo/listing/reviews/19006312";
  var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, {
    method: "get",
    headers: { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
    muteHttpExceptions: true
  });

  var body = JSON.parse(response.getContentText());
  var records = (body.data && body.data.reviews) || body.reviews || body.rooms || [];

  var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
  sheet.clear();
  sheet.appendRow(["retrieved_at", "id", "rating", "rating_text", "title"]);

  var now = new Date();
  records.forEach(function (r) {
    sheet.appendRow([now, r.id, r.rating, r.rating_text, r.title]);
  });
}

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Field mapping

Response fields to columns.

Each field from the VRBO Listing Reviews response, and a suggested column name.

Response field Column
property_id property_id
total_reviews total_reviews
page page
page_size page_size
has_more has_more
sort_by sort_by
id id
rating rating
rating_text rating_text
title title
text text
reviewer_name reviewer_name
verified verified
Result

What it looks like in Looker Studio.

The fields from the mapping above land as columns: property_id, total_reviews, page, page_size. Refreshed on the schedule you set.

The columns you get

Every row is one listing record from the VRBO Listing Reviews response. These fields become columns:

  • property_id
  • total_reviews
  • page
  • page_size
  • has_more
  • sort_by
Looker Studio showing VRBO reviews

Get your key.

Sign up, copy your key into the snippet above, and pull live VRBO reviews into Looker Studio.

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