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Jonathon
Jonathon

Reputation: 21

Booking Ride with Uber API

When I look up products I can get the product_id that has upfront_fare_enabled as true.

I then get the fare_id.

However when I use that fare_id to book a ride, I always get the error below;

{"meta":{},"errors":[{"status":422,"code":"upfront_fare_required","title":"A valid fare_id is required to request a trip with this product."}]}

Also, the product_id that clearly says upfront_fare_enabled is true.

If I lookup that product id it just says

"{"fare":{"breakdown":[{"type":"base_fare","name":"Base Fare","value":10.4}],"value":10.4"}"}"

Nothing about upfront_fare_enabled.

I've cross-checked; the product_id is correct.

What am I doing wrong and how can I fix it?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 399

Answers (1)

Yuri Schimke
Yuri Schimke

Reputation: 13498

This is covered in the API docs https://developer.uber.com/docs/riders/ride-requests/tutorials/api/curl

The Uber API lets you Request an Uber Product for riders. Given you know a rider’s location, where they want to go, and which Uber product they want, you can request a ride for them with a few simple API endpoints.

In the products endpoint GET /products, products have the upfront_fare_enabled field set to true.

Use the request estimate endpoint POST /requests/estimate with a product_id to get a fare_id. The fare_id is used to set an upfront fare and arrival time for a trip. The fare_id expires after two minutes. If the fare_id expires or isn’t valid, a 422 error is returned.

Request a ride using the request endpoint POST /requests with the fare_id returned in the previous step.

See the API docs for the two APIs here

https://developer.uber.com/docs/riders/references/api/v1.2/requests-estimate-post#example-response-with-surge-pricing

https://developer.uber.com/docs/riders/references/api/v1.2/requests-post#post-parameters

Upvotes: 1

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