> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.selfbook.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

The Selfbook API empowers you to drive bookings from any point of discovery with a dynamic checkout experience, offering seamless access to up to 2 million hotels worldwide. It unifies all aspects of hotel discovery and planning within a single system, while ensuring competitive rates. Designed to optimize user experience, the API provides essential features like real-time search, robust booking infrastructure, and secure, end-to-end payment orchestration.

## Key Use Cases

* **Search**: Easily explore hotels by criteria such as location, dates, and amenities, with functionality designed to provide real-time availability and deliver relevant, customized search results with efficiency.

* **Booking**: Instantly create and manage hotel bookings with a range of flexible options designed to seamlessly adapt to each guest's individual requirements and preferences.

* **Payment**: Securely convey payment tokens or provide a wide range of payment methods and digital wallets, accommodating guests' preferences for smooth and reliable transactions.