To improve your performance and empower you to quickly surface industry-leading lodging options to your travelers, we’ve introduced a new China Mainland CDN for your Rapid integration.
By connecting to the China Mainland CDN, not only will you level up your site performance, you'll reduce operational and infrastructure costs and maximize API uptime. This will enable you to focus on more important things—like growing your business!
In most cases, connecting to the new CDN will result in 65% faster responses.
Setup
In your Rapid integration, simply replace your existing Global CDN domain with the new China Mainland CDN domain.
Rapid 3 component |
HTTP method & URL path |
Global CDN domain |
China Mainland CDN domain |
Images | GET /hotels | i.travelapi.com | api.epsapi.cn |
Geography |
GET /regions |
api.ean.com |
[Coming soon] |
Content |
GET /properties/content |
api.ean.com |
api.epsapi.cn |
Shopping | GET /properties/availability | api.ean.com | api.epsapi.cn |
Shopping | GET /properties/{property_id}/rooms/{room_id}/rates/{rate_id} GET /properties/{property_id}/payment-options |
api.ean.com | [Coming soon] |
Frequently asked questions
1. Can I use the new domain when requesting outside of China Mainland?
-- Yes, you can. The new domain will automatically switch between Global CDN and China Mainland CDN according to the traffic origin.
2. Can I use the new domain for all Rapid requests?
-- The new domain supports only the services listed above at this moment.
3. Will the service quality down degrade when using China CDN?
-- The content/service will remain the same quality as the Global CDN, but faster Internet connection when visiting through the Internet in China Mainland.
4. Will the content be different when using China CDN?
-- We are not caching in the CDN servers at this moment. The content/service will remain the same quality as the Global CDN, but faster Internet connection.
5. Where is the China CDN server located?
The system will automatically direct your traffic to the nearest available server. The routing process is dynamically changing according to the availability of servers in different regions. Potential locations within China Mainland (route according to geographic distance and server availability):
Priority | Location Name - English | Location Name - Chinese |
1 | Chengdu, Sichuan | 四川省成都市 |
Foshan, Guangdong | 广东省佛山市 | |
Fuzhou, Fujian | 福建省福州市 | |
Langfang, Hebei | 河北省廊坊市 | |
Linfen, Shanxi | 山西省临汾市 | |
Nantong, Jiangsu | 江苏省南通市 | |
Xian, Shaanxi | 陕西省西安市 | |
Zhumadian, Henan | 河南省驻马店市 | |
Zibo, Shandong | 山东省淄博市 | |
2 | Other Asian locations (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore ...) | 其他亚洲地区(香港、台湾、日本、新加坡……) |
3 | US | 美国 |
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