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title: 'Requests and responses'
url: 'https://documentation.netstorming.net/channel-manager/basic-rules/requests-and-responses'
markdown: 'https://documentation.netstorming.net/channel-manager/basic-rules/requests-and-responses.md'
date: '2026-11-10'
description: 'Requests are held by the query tag with the attribute type determining the type of the request <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <envelope> <header> <actor>test</actor> <user>test</user> <password>t…'
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# Requests and responses

[](#)  [ Channel Manager ](https://documentation.netstorming.net/channel-manager)     [ Basic Rules ](https://documentation.netstorming.net/channel-manager/basic-rules)      Requests and responses    

Requests are held by the **query** tag with the attribute **type** determining the type of the request

```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<envelope>
    <header>
        <actor>test</actor>
        <user>test</user>
        <password>test</password>
        <version>0.1b</version>
        <timestamp>20210424170000</timestamp>
        <transaction>12345</transaction>
    </header>
    <query type="type" product="hotel">
        <!-- QUERY -->
    </query>
</envelope>
```

Responses are held by the tag **response** tag with the attribute **type** determining the type of the response:

```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<envelope>
    <header>
        <version>0.1b</version>
        <timestamp>20210424170000</timestamp>
        <transaction>12345</transaction>
    </header>
    <response type="type">
        <!-- RESPONSE -->
    </query>
</envelope>
```

In case of error the **type** attribute will contain the word **error**

```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<envelope>
    <header>
        <version>0.1b</version>
        <timestamp>20210424170000</timestamp>
        <transaction>12345</transaction>
    </header>
    <response type="error">
        <!-- ERROR MESSAGE -->
    </response>
</envelope>
```

 [ ](https://documentation.netstorming.net/channel-manager/basic-rules/header) [](https://documentation.netstorming.net/channel-manager/channel-manager-protocol)

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