Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the Tour Operator System

Q: What is the Tour Operator System? A: The Tour Operator System is a web application designed to help users search for flight information and potentially book hotels in the future. It integrates with the Amadeus API for real-time travel data.

Q: What technologies are used to build the Tour Operator System? A: The frontend is built with React and styled with Bootstrap. The backend is a Node.js/Express server. The entire application is containerized using Docker.

Q: What is the Amadeus API? A: The Amadeus API is a set of APIs that provide access to real-time travel data, including flight information, hotel availability, and car rental options.

Q: How do I get an Amadeus API key? A: You need to create an account with Amadeus for Developers to get an API key and secret.

Q: What is Docker? A: Docker is a platform that allows you to package applications into containers, which are lightweight, portable, and self-sufficient units that can run on any operating system.

Q: What is Docker Compose? A: Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications.

Q: How do I run the Tour Operator System locally? A: You need to clone the repository, configure the backend and frontend environment variables, and run docker-compose up --build -d from the project root directory.

Q: What is the current status of the Amadeus include parameter issue? A: The backend currently has the include parameter for the Amadeus Flight Offers Search commented out due to an “INVALID OPTION” error. This prevents the loading of dictionaries containing location coordinates, full airline names, and aircraft details.

Q: How does UBOS enhance the Tour Operator System? A: UBOS, a full-stack AI Agent development platform, can enhance the system by providing intelligent recommendations, automated customer support, dynamic pricing optimization, and fraud detection.

Q: What are some future enhancements planned for the Tour Operator System? A: Future enhancements include location autocomplete, a hotel search module, multi-city flight search, user accounts and bookings, advanced filtering and sorting, UI/UX refinements, and deployment to a cloud platform.

Q: Where do I place the airline logo files? A: Place your PNG airline logo files (named by IATA code, e.g., TG.png, AA.png) into the frontend/public/images/airlines/ directory.

Q: What if the backend connection status shows an error? A: Ensure the backend server is running correctly by checking the logs and verifying that the Amadeus API keys are correctly configured. Also check that docker-compose has properly initialized all the containers.