Language preferences

Many FAB flight suppliers support controlling content language.

This page provides examples and advice on how to use this.

To indicate content language preference set a list of one or more languages in your request.

Note that:

• Languages are set via ISO 639-1 two letter codes, e.g “EN” for English
  • Locales are not currently supported
• The list will be read in priority order descending, we will try to use the first supplier supported language on the list.
• If you don’t set a list or if none of your preferred languages are supported by the supplier then English will be used.
• It is best to set the preference consistently in every request of a session.
  • At a minimum you must set it for your final CreateBasketRequest or AmendBasketRequest (whichever comes last) …
  • and for your BookBasketRequest …
  • so as to reliably control email language.

Snippet example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<FAB_BasketRQ Target="test" Version="2002A" xmlns="http://www.xmltravel.com/fab/2002/09">
  <SyndicatorInfo SyndicatorId="ExampleSyndicatorId" SyndicatorPassword="xxxxxxxx"/>
  <SessionInfo FABSessionId="H2P9exxxxiCaAaRqEZw9OQlg" CreateNewSession="false"/>
  <Languages>
    <Language>DE</Language>
    <Language>FR</Language>
  </Languages>
...

• The above indicates a preference for German language content or French if German isn’t supported.
  • If neither are supported then English will be used.