China Mainland CDN - api.epsapi.cn – EPS Support

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 GET /regions/{region_id} POST/properties/geography	api.ean.com	[Coming soon]
Content	GET /properties/content GET /files/properties/catalog GET /files/properties/content GET /chains	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

Setup

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