place_booking
Place a booking (async)
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Request a table reservation. Returns booking_id with state 'queued' immediately; fulfillment is asynchronous (a call is placed to the merchant). Poll get_booking_status or supply callback_url for webhooks. RETRY SAFETY: pass a unique client_reference_id (recommended: always); if this call times out or errors ambiguously, retry with the SAME client_reference_id and the registry returns the already-created booking instead of double-booking the restaurant. Never re-call place_booking after a timeout without one. If the merchant counter-offers a time within window_minutes and accept_within_window=true, it is auto-accepted (recommended). Otherwise the booking pauses in needs_input for you to resolve via modify_booking. Merchants on the human_call channel are fulfilled by a human operator during the operator window published in get_registry_meta — those bookings queue until worked (up to the channel SLA), so book ahead rather than for the next hour.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| merchant_id | string | yes | |
| party_size | integer | yes | |
| datetime | string | yes | Requested time, ISO-8601. Naive ('2026-07-18T19:00') means the merchant's LOCAL wall time (see the merchant's timezone field); an explicit offset ('2026-07-18T19:00:00+09:00') is also accepted |
| window_minutes | integer | no | Acceptable +/- window around datetime |
| accept_within_window | boolean | no | Auto-accept merchant counter-offers inside the window (recommended: true) |
| reservation_name | string | yes | Name for the reservation |
| contact | string | no | Optional phone/email for confirmation relay to the end human |
| special_requests | string | no | |
| callback_url | string | no | Webhook URL for booking state-change events |
| client_reference_id | string | no | Your unique ID for this booking request (a UUID is ideal). Retrying with the same value returns the existing booking (idempotent_replay: true) instead of creating a duplicate; the same value with different parameters is rejected as client_reference_conflict |
| sandbox_outcome | string | no | TEST ONLY, sandbox merchants (sandbox: true): force the simulated call's result so you can exercise a specific branch on demand — confirmed, no_answer (retries then fails), counter_offer (pauses in needs_input), fully_booked, merchant_declined, bad_data. Rejected for real merchants; omit it in production |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"merchant_id": {
"type": "string"
},
"party_size": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1
},
"datetime": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Requested time, ISO-8601. Naive ('2026-07-18T19:00') means the merchant's LOCAL wall time (see the merchant's timezone field); an explicit offset ('2026-07-18T19:00:00+09:00') is also accepted"
},
"window_minutes": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 240,
"description": "Acceptable +/- window around datetime"
},
"accept_within_window": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Auto-accept merchant counter-offers inside the window (recommended: true)"
},
"reservation_name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Name for the reservation"
},
"contact": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional phone/email for confirmation relay to the end human"
},
"special_requests": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 280
},
"callback_url": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri",
"description": "Webhook URL for booking state-change events"
},
"client_reference_id": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 128,
"description": "Your unique ID for this booking request (a UUID is ideal). Retrying with the same value returns the existing booking (idempotent_replay: true) instead of creating a duplicate; the same value with different parameters is rejected as client_reference_conflict"
},
"sandbox_outcome": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"confirmed",
"no_answer",
"counter_offer",
"fully_booked",
"merchant_declined",
"bad_data"
],
"description": "TEST ONLY, sandbox merchants (sandbox: true): force the simulated call's result so you can exercise a specific branch on demand — confirmed, no_answer (retries then fails), counter_offer (pauses in needs_input), fully_booked, merchant_declined, bad_data. Rejected for real merchants; omit it in production"
}
},
"required": [
"merchant_id",
"party_size",
"datetime",
"reservation_name"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}