This project was created for one purpose — to make OpenTable data easily accesible to developers. No longer do you have to download XLS file, parse it and insert into your app's database.

Created by Dan Sosedoff during #railsconf 2012 in Austin, TX

• API Endpoint: http://opentable.heroku.com/api
• Response Format: JSON

GET /api/cities

Returns response:

{
  "count": 1234,
  "cities": [
    "Chicago",
    "San Francisco",
    "New York"
  ]
}

GET /api/restaurants

Parameters: (at least one required)

• name - Name of the restaurant optional
• address - Address line. Should not contain state or city or zip. optional
• state - State code (ex.: IL) optional
• city - City name (ex.: Chicago) optional
• zip - Zipcode (ex: 60601) optional
• country - Country code (ex: US) optional

Returns response:

{
  "count": 521,
  "per_page": 25,
  "current_page": 1,
  "restaurants": [ ... ]
}

GET /api/restaurants/:id

Returns a single restaurant record, see reference for details.

{
  "id": 55807,
  "name": "ALC Steaks (Austin Land & Cattle)",
  "address": "1205 N. Lamar Blvd",
  "city": "Austin",
  "state": "TX",
  "area": "Austin",
  "postal_code": "78703",
  "country": "US",
  "phone": "5124721813",
  "reserve_url": "http://www.opentable.com/single.aspx?rid=55807",
  "mobile_reserve_url": "http://mobile.opentable.com/opentable/?restId=55807"
}

To generate a proper reservation link just ref parameter with your affiliate ID to reserve_url or mobile_reserve_url

You can use simple client library i wrote — https://gist.github.com/2504683

Example:

api = OpenTable::Client.new

# Find restaurants
resp = api.restaurants(:city => "Chicago")

# Process response
resp['count']       # => records found
resp['restaurants'] # => restaurant records

# Fetch a single record
api.restaurant(81169)

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For additional information you can contact developer via [email](mailto: [email protected])