Unofficial OpenTable API

This project provides an unofficial json API interface to search OpenTable restaurant data. It eliminates the need to download, parse and import data from XLS file.

Its an open-source project, view source on github.

Usage

API endpoint: http://opentable.herokuapp.com/api
Secure API endpoint: https://opentable.herokuapp.com/api
Response Format: JSON (JSONP is supported too)
No authentication or API tokens required
API is throttled with 1000 requests per hour per IP address

List all cities

GET /api/cities

Returns response:

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

Find restaurants

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": [ ... ]
}

Find a single restaurant

GET /api/restaurants/:id

Returns a single restaurant record, see reference for details.

Reference

Restaurant attributes:

{
  "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

Consuming API

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)

Disclaimer

This service is not affiliated with OpenTable Inc., any of its products or employees.
All content is represented as is and does not have any modifications to the original data
Restaurant data has extra columns to simplify integration with OpenTable website

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License

This software is distributed under MIT license