What is NDC and why do I need an aggregator?

NDC (New Distribution Capability) is IATA's XML messaging standard for selling airline products. Every airline implements it differently. An aggregator gives you one integration that handles all those quirks.

How does pricing work?

You pay per request for data lookups (€0.01/request, first 50 free each month) and transaction fees when bookings, seats, or ancillaries are completed.

System

Health check

Quick connectivity test — no auth required, ideal for monitoring and load balancers.

GET/v1/healthRequires X-API-Key

The simplest endpoint in the API. Call it to verify the Norba gateway is up and accepting connections.Returns a plain {"status":"ok"} with HTTP 200 when healthy. This is the only endpoint that does not require an API key, making it safe to use in:
- Uptime monitors (Better Stack, Pingdom, Datadog)
- Load-balancer health checks
- CI/CD smoke testsImportant: A 200 response confirms the gateway process is running and the HTTP stack is functional, but does not validate downstream airline connectivity.

Request example

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.norba.io/v1/health \
  --header "X-API-Key: $NORBA_KEY"

Response example

{
  "status": "ok"
}

Authorization

X-API-KeystringRequired

Opaque API key issued from the Norba dashboard. Sent on every request as the X-API-Key HTTP header. Missing or invalid keys are rejected with 401 Unauthorized.

Response fields

statusstringRequired

Always ok when the service is healthy.