Travel Guide APIs (MVP)¶

User Story¶

As a Backend Developer, I want to expose REST APIs for retrieving Travel Guide content so that the frontend can display published travel guides efficiently with basic search and filtering capabilities.

Feature Background¶

The Travel Guide API service provides the backend endpoints required by the website to display Travel Guide content. The service shall expose only Published Travel Guides and support basic filtering to improve content discovery.

In Scope¶

The backend shall provide APIs for:

• Travel Guide Listing
• Travel Guide Details
• Featured Travel Guides
• Destination-based Travel Guides

API Capabilities¶

• Pagination
• Search by Guide Title
• Filter by Destination
• Filter by Category
• Retrieve only Published Travel Guides

Out of Scope (Phase 2)¶

• Related Guides API
• Related Packages API
• Tag-based Recommendations
• Personalized Recommendations
• Popular Guides
• Recently Viewed Guides
• Trending Guides
• Advanced Search Ranking
• Sorting by Views or Popularity

Business Rules¶

• Only Published Travel Guides shall be returned through public APIs.
• Draft guides shall not be accessible through public endpoints.
• Pagination shall be supported for listing APIs.
• Search shall match the Guide Title.
• Destination filter shall return guides for the selected destination.
• Category filter shall return guides belonging to the selected category.
• If no records are found, the API shall return an empty result set.

Backend Responsibilities¶

• Develop REST APIs for Travel Guide Listing and Details.
• Implement pagination for listing endpoints.
• Implement search by Guide Title.
• Implement filtering by Destination and Category.
• Return only Published Travel Guides.
• Validate API request parameters.
• Provide consistent API response structure with pagination metadata.

Acceptance Criteria¶

• Users can retrieve a paginated list of published Travel Guides.
• Users can view Travel Guide details by Guide ID or URL Slug.
• Featured Travel Guides are returned through a dedicated endpoint.
• Users can filter guides by Destination and Category.
• Users can search Travel Guides by Guide Title.
• Draft and unpublished guides are not exposed through public APIs.
• API responses include pagination information for listing endpoints.