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Amadeus Node SDK for Self-service APIs is available with npm(node package manager) and Amadeus for Developers team is continuously updating with new APIs and features.

You can refer to the amadeus-node or Amadeus npm package for more details on the changelog.

Installation

This module has been tested using Node LTS versions. You can install it using Yarn or NPM.

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npm install amadeus --save

Getting Started

To make your first API call, you will need to register for an Amadeus Developers Account and set up your first application.

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var Amadeus = require('amadeus');
var amadeus = new Amadeus({
  clientId: 'REPLACE_BY_YOUR_API_KEY',
  clientSecret: 'REPLACE_BY_YOUR_API_SECRET'
});

amadeus.shopping.flightOffersSearch.get({
    originLocationCode: 'SYD',
    destinationLocationCode: 'BKK',
    departureDate: '2022-10-21',
    adults: '2'
}).then(function(response){
  console.log(response.data);
}).catch(function(responseError){
  console.log(responseError.code);
});

Initialization

The client can be initialized directly as below. Your credentials client Id and Client Secret can be found on the Amadeus dashboard.

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// Initialize using parameters
var amadeus = new Amadeus({
  clientId: 'REPLACE_BY_YOUR_API_KEY',
  clientSecret: 'REPLACE_BY_YOUR_API_SECRET'
});

Warning

Remember that hardcoding your credentials is not the best practice due to the potential exposure to others. Read more about best practices for secure API key storage.

Alternatively, you can initialize by setting up environment variables. In Node, we like to use dotenv package. 

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npm install dotenv

Put your API credentials in .env file:

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AMADEUS_CLIENT_ID=REPLACE_BY_YOUR_API_KEY,
AMADEUS_CLIENT_SECRET=REPLACE_BY_YOUR_API_SECRET

Initialize using dotenv package:

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const dotenv = require('dotenv').config();
var amadeus = new Amadeus();

Important

You will also want to add .env to your .gitingore so that your API credentials aren't included in your git repository.

If you don't want to use another package, you can also simply export your key in terminal directly to initalize.

Export your credentials in terminal:

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export AMADEUS_CLIENT_ID="REPLACE_BY_YOUR_API_KEY"
export AMADEUS_CLIENT_SECRET="REPLACE_BY_YOUR_API_SECRET"
Initialize:

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var amadeus = new Amadeus();

Moving to Production

By default, the SDK environment is set to test environment. To switch to production (pay-as-you-go) environment, please change the hostname as follows:

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var amadeus = new Amadeus({
  hostname: 'production'
});

Promises

Every API call returns a Promise that either resolves or rejects.

Every resolved API call returns a Response object containing a body attribute with the raw response. If the API call contained a JSON response, it will parse the JSON into the result attribute. If this data contains a data key, that will be made available in data attribute.

For a failed API call, it returns a ResponseErrorobject containing the (parsed or unparsed) response, the request, and an error code.

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amadeus.referenceData.urls.checkinLinks.get({
  airlineCode: 'BA'
}).then(function(response){
  console.log(response.body);   //=> The raw body
  console.log(response.result); //=> The fully parsed result
  console.log(response.data);   //=> The data attribute taken from the result
}).catch(function(error){
  console.log(error.response); //=> The response object with (un)parsed data
  console.log(error.response.request); //=> The details of the request made
  console.log(error.code); //=> A unique error code to identify the type of error
});

Pagination

If an API endpoint supports pagination, the other pages are available under the .next, .previous, .last and .first methods.

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amadeus.referenceData.locations.get({
  keyword: 'LON',
  subType: 'AIRPORT,CITY'
}).then(function(response){
  console.log(response.data); // first page
  return amadeus.next(response);
}).then(function(nextResponse){
  console.log(nextResponse.data); // second page
});

If a page is not available, the response will resolve to null.

Video Tutorial

You can also check the video tutorial on how to get started with the Node SDK.

Managing API rate limits

Amadeus Self-Service APIs have rate limits in place to protect against abuse by third parties. You can find Rate limit example in Node using the Amadeus Node SDK here.

Last update: March 10, 2023