GET /agency-validate

Full Agency Validation — Validates membership status for a travel agency.

This is the dedicated alternative to GET /validate?membertype=agency and does not require a membertype parameter.

Base URL https://api-membervalidation.cruising.org

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description	Validation Rules
`agencyIndustryID`	Required	The agency's industry ID	Exactly 8 digits, numbers only

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`Success`	Boolean	Indicates whether the request was processed successfully
`ResponseCode`	Integer	Membership validity status: `0` = no valid record, `1` = expired or non-member, `2` = fully valid
`Message`	String	A human-readable description of the validation result
`MembershipType`	String	`Agency` when a Travel-Trade member record is found (valid or expired); `Non-Member` when the record is not a Travel-Trade member or no record is found. See Response Conventions.
`Name`	String	Agency name
`CLIA_CompanyID`	String	CLIA's internal company ID
`IndustryID`	String	Agency's industry ID (mirrors the value sent in the request)
`City`	String	Agency's city (member responses only)
`State`	String	Agency's state (member responses only)
`ZipCode`	String	Agency's postal code (member responses only)
`DuesPaidThru`	String or null	Date through which dues are paid (YYYY-MM-DD). `null` when the record has no dues date — treated as expired. Member responses only.
`MemberTypeID`	String	Internal CLIA member type identifier. Contact CLIA if your integration needs a key to these values. Member responses only.

Non-Member Responses

When the record is not a Travel-Trade member, the response includes only Name, CLIA_CompanyID, and IndustryID in addition to the common fields. Address and dues fields are not included.

Response Codes

Code	Description
`0`	No valid record found
`1`	Record found but with limitations (expired dues, missing dues date, or not a Travel-Trade member)
`2`	Valid, active membership

Example Request and Responses

Request

HTTP Request

GET /agency-validate?agencyIndustryID=12345678
Headers:
  x-api-key: your-api-key

Valid Membership

200 OK — ResponseCode 2

{
  "Success": true,
  "ResponseCode": 2,
  "Message": "Valid membership",
  "MembershipType": "Agency",
  "Name": "Global Travel Agency",
  "CLIA_CompanyID": "98765",
  "IndustryID": "12345678",
  "City": "Miami",
  "State": "FL",
  "ZipCode": "33101",
  "DuesPaidThru": "2026-12-31",
  "MemberTypeID": "17"
}

Expired Dues

200 OK — ResponseCode 1

{
  "Success": true,
  "ResponseCode": 1,
  "Message": "Dues are expired",
  "MembershipType": "Agency",
  "Name": "Global Travel Agency",
  "CLIA_CompanyID": "98765",
  "IndustryID": "12345678",
  "City": "Miami",
  "State": "FL",
  "ZipCode": "33101",
  "DuesPaidThru": "2024-12-31",
  "MemberTypeID": "53"
}

Expired — No Dues Date on Record

A Travel-Trade member with no dues date on record (for example, an imported record) is treated as expired and DuesPaidThru is null.

200 OK — ResponseCode 1

{
  "Success": true,
  "ResponseCode": 1,
  "Message": "Dues are expired",
  "MembershipType": "Agency",
  "Name": "Global Travel Agency",
  "CLIA_CompanyID": "98765",
  "IndustryID": "12345678",
  "City": "Miami",
  "State": "FL",
  "ZipCode": "33101",
  "DuesPaidThru": null,
  "MemberTypeID": "17"
}

Not a Travel-Trade Member

200 OK — ResponseCode 1

{
  "Success": true,
  "ResponseCode": 1,
  "Message": "Agency/Company is not a Travel-Trade Member",
  "MembershipType": "Non-Member",
  "Name": "Global Travel Agency",
  "CLIA_CompanyID": "98765",
  "IndustryID": "12345678"
}

Error Responses

Authentication Error

401 Unauthorized

{
  "Success": false,
  "Message": "Invalid or missing API Key"
}

Missing or Invalid Parameters

400 Bad Request

{
  "Success": false,
  "Message": "agencyIndustryID is required for agency validation."
}

400 Bad Request

{
  "Success": false,
  "Message": "agencyIndustryID must be exactly 8 digits and contain only numbers."
}

Not Found

404 Not Found

{
  "Success": false,
  "ResponseCode": 0,
  "Message": "No valid record found.",
  "MembershipType": "Non-Member"
}

Quota Limit Reached

429 Too Many Requests

{
  "Success": false,
  "Message": "Quota limit reached"
}

Server Error

Error details are captured in CLIA's server-side logs and are not exposed in the response.

500 Internal Server Error

{
  "Success": false,
  "Message": "An error occurred while processing the request.",
  "MembershipType": "Agency"
}

Notes

A valid membership requires an active Travel-Trade member record with dues paid through a future date.
“Dues are expired” is returned when the dues date is in the past, when no dues date exists on the record (DuesPaidThru is null), or when the record carries CLIA's expired Travel-Trade member type.
MemberTypeID values are internal CLIA member type identifiers.
All date fields follow ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD).