# API Overview

### Rooms and Rates <a href="#rooms-and-rates" id="rooms-and-rates"></a>

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`SOAP/XML`

Retrieve room type and rate plan configurations from your booking channel to map with the SiteMinder Platform.

View API Specification [→](/siteconnect-api/reference/rooms-and-rates.md)

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### Availability and Restrictions <a href="#availability-and-restrictions" id="availability-and-restrictions"></a>

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`SOAP/XML`

Sync room inventory and booking restrictions from SiteMinder Platform to your booking channel.

* Availability
* Stop Sell
* Minimum Stay on Arrival
* Maximum Stay on Arrival
* Minimum Stay Through
* Maximum Stay Through
* Close to Arrival (CTA)
* Close to Departure (CTD)

View API Specification [→](/siteconnect-api/reference/availability-and-restrictions.md)

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### Rates

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`SOAP/XML`

Sync pricing from SiteMinder Platform to your booking channel.

* Per Day Pricing (PDP)
* Occupancy Based Pricing (OBP)

View API Specification [→](/siteconnect-api/reference/rates.md)

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### Reservations

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`SOAP/XML`

Push reservations messages to SiteMinder Platform in real-time.

* Reservation (Initial Delivery)
* Reservation Multi-Rooms
* Reservation Modifications
* Reservation Cancellations

View API Specification [→](/siteconnect-api/reference/reservations.md)

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**Reservation Notification Emails:** SiteMinder can optionally send reservation notification emails to hotels based on key data provided in the `OTA_HotelResNotifRQ`. If your channel cannot send reservation emails directly to hotels, notify the Integration Analyst during the SiteMinder development process. This feature is not enabled by default and must be requested for activation.
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