Skyscanner Flights API and Google script - json

Question

I am trying to learn how to use the Skyscanner Flights API with Google Script. It seems that the information available online is not adapted to newbies like me.
From what I got, the procedure to gain access to the flights' prices is :
- to send a HTTP POST request with information about which flights we want information about
- then send a HTTP GET request which will give us the pricing information
I would like to do that with Google Script.
Here is my code so far :
function sky1() {
/*
Link to Skyscanner.com help : http://business.skyscanner.net/portal/en- GB/Documentation/FlightsLivePricingList
Link to Skyscanner api demo (api key given there): http://business.skyscanner.net/portal/en- GB/Documentation/FlightsLivePricingQuickStart
*/
var apikey = "prtl6749387986743898559646983194";// is given on skyscanner website for testing
var url = "http://partners.api.skyscanner.net/apiservices/pricing/v1.0/?apikey=" + apikey;
// Post http request to skyscanner
var post_resp=sendHttpPost(url,apikey);
}
function sendHttpPost(url) {
// post_params
var post_params = {
"Country": "CH",
"Currency": "CHF",
"Locale": "en-GB",
"Adults": 1,
"Children": 0,
"Infants": 0,
"OriginPlace": "12015",
"DestinationPlace": "5772",
"OutboundDate": "2015-08-09",
"InboundDate": "2015-08-23",
"LocationSchema": "Default",
"CabinClass": "Economy",
"GroupPricing": true
};
var options =
{
"method" : "POST",
"contentType" : "application/json", // didn't get what this means
"payload" : JSON.stringify(post_params), // didn't get what this means
"muteHttpExceptions" : true, // avoids error message
};
var post_resp=UrlFetchApp.fetch(url,options);
Logger.log(post_resp.getResponseCode());
return post_resp;
}
Any help would be very appreciated. This gives me a 415 response rode instead of a 201 indicating that a session has been created.
PS: I am not a programmer, I would be very grateful if we keep thing simple.

Answer 1

Skyscanner API team here. You may be interested to see a reference Javascript implementation at https://github.com/Skyscanner/skyscanner-api-js. I also recommend using Fiddler (a network tracing tool) to compare the request/response from the test harness at http://business.skyscanner.net/portal/en-GB/Documentation/FlightsLivePricingQuickStart with that of your code.