United Airlines

United Airlines Shopping API

Flight search and pricing operations

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Operations 2

POST /shopping/offers Search Flight Offers #

GET /shopping/offers/{offerId} Get Flight Offer Details #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: United Airlines NDC Booking Shopping API
  description: United Airlines NDC (New Distribution Capability) API enables travel agencies, online booking tools, and corporate travel platforms to search, book, and service United flights. The API provides access to continuous pricing, dynamic bundled fares (30+ product combinations), ancillary products, hold bookings, exchanges, refunds, cancellations, automatic waiver application, and ARC/BSP reporting. Compliant with IATA NDC standards.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: United Airlines NDC Support
    email: ndcagency@united.com
    url: https://united.business/NDC-corporate
  termsOfService: https://united.business/NDC-corporate
servers:
- url: https://api.united.com/v1
  description: United Airlines NDC Production API
tags:
- name: Shopping
  description: Flight search and pricing operations
paths:
  /shopping/offers:
    post:
      operationId: searchFlightOffers
      summary: Search Flight Offers
      description: Search for available United Airlines flights with continuous pricing. Returns flight offers including Basic Economy, standard fares, and dynamic bundled fares with ancillary combinations.
      tags:
      - Shopping
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlightSearchRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Flight offers returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlightOffersResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - booking
  /shopping/offers/{offerId}:
    get:
      operationId: getFlightOffer
      summary: Get Flight Offer Details
      description: Retrieve detailed pricing and availability for a specific flight offer.
      tags:
      - Shopping
      parameters:
      - name: offerId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Unique identifier of the flight offer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Flight offer details returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlightOffer'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - booking
components:
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Invalid request parameters
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication required or failed
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    InternalServerError:
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        details:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://api.united.com/v1/oauth/token
          scopes:
            read: Read-only access to flight data
            booking: Full booking and servicing access