Menus
Get Store Menu Timings
Retrieve specific timing information for selected menus, providing detailed operating hours and availability schedules.
GET
This endpoint returns detailed timing information for specific menus within a store, allowing applications to determine menu availability based on current time and operating schedules.
Menu timing information is crucial for determining real-time menu availability and ensuring customers see only menus that are currently operational based on the store’s schedule.
Path Parameters
The unique identifier of the store that owns the menus
Query Parameters
Comma-separated list of menu IDs to retrieve timing information for
Timing Information Usage
Timing Information Usage
Real-Time Availability
- Determine which menus are currently available
- Check if menus will be available at future times
- Calculate remaining time until menu closes
- Identify upcoming menu availability windows
- Plan staff schedules based on menu operating hours
- Coordinate inventory management with menu availability
- Schedule maintenance during menu closure periods
- Align marketing campaigns with menu operating hours
- Display accurate menu availability to customers
- Show countdown timers for menu closing times
- Provide advance notice of menu availability changes
- Enable pre-ordering for future menu availability periods
- Synchronize with point-of-sale systems
- Coordinate with delivery platform schedules
- Update inventory systems based on menu timing
- Integrate with marketing automation platforms
Multiple Menu Support: This endpoint can retrieve timing information for multiple menus simultaneously, making it efficient for applications that need to check availability across several menu options.
Time Zone Considerations: Menu timing information should be interpreted in the store’s local time zone for accurate availability calculations.
Use Cases
Common Timing Query Scenarios
Common Timing Query Scenarios
Customer Application Features
- Show current menu availability status
- Display “opening soon” or “closing soon” messages
- Enable advance ordering for future menu periods
- Provide estimated wait times for menu availability
- Monitor menu availability across multiple locations
- Plan staff scheduling based on menu operating hours
- Coordinate marketing campaigns with menu availability
- Manage inventory replenishment timing
- Synchronize delivery platform availability
- Update third-party ordering systems
- Coordinate with marketing automation tools
- Integrate with business intelligence systems
- Monitor menu timing compliance
- Analyze menu utilization patterns
- Optimize menu schedules for business performance
- Generate operational reports and insights
Timing Calculation Logic
How Menu Timing Works
How Menu Timing Works
Response Data Structure
Expected Timing Information
Expected Timing Information
Menu Timing Objects
- Individual timing data for each requested menu
- Current availability status (open/closed)
- Next availability window information
- Complete weekly schedule details
- Start and end times for each operating period
- Day of week specifications
- Closed day indicators
- Special schedule annotations
- Time remaining until closure (for open menus)
- Time until next opening (for closed menus)
- Duration of next available period
- Weekly availability summary
- Menu identification and naming
- Store time zone information
- Last update timestamps
- Schedule version information
Performance Optimization
Timing Query Performance
Timing Query Performance
Efficient Data Retrieval
- Optimized queries for multiple menu timing data
- Indexed database operations for fast response
- Cached timing calculations for frequently requested menus
- Minimized data transfer for mobile applications
- Immediate timing calculations based on current time
- Dynamic availability status determination
- Efficient schedule comparison algorithms
- Optimized time zone conversion processing
- Concurrent request handling for high-traffic periods
- Database connection pooling for multiple menu queries
- Memory-efficient data structures for timing calculations
- Load balancing for geographic distribution
- Menu timing data caching with appropriate expiration
- Schedule calculation result caching
- Time zone conversion result caching
- Strategic cache invalidation on schedule updates
Integration Best Practices
Implementation Guidelines
Implementation Guidelines
Request Optimization
- Batch multiple menu IDs in single requests
- Cache timing data appropriately for application needs
- Implement efficient polling strategies for real-time updates
- Use compression for large timing datasets
- Handle cases where menu IDs don’t exist
- Manage time zone conversion errors gracefully
- Implement fallback behavior for service failures
- Provide meaningful error messages to applications
- Parse timing data efficiently for application use
- Handle complex schedule patterns appropriately
- Implement proper time zone handling
- Cache processed timing calculations when possible
- Display timing information clearly to users
- Provide advance notice of menu closing times
- Show alternative menu options when current menus are closed
- Update timing displays in real-time
Error Handling
Common Timing Query Errors
Common Timing Query Errors
Invalid Menu IDsStore Not FoundNo Timing DataService Error
Business Applications
Business Value and Applications
Business Value and Applications
Revenue Optimization
- Maximize menu availability during peak demand periods
- Optimize staff scheduling based on menu timing patterns
- Coordinate promotional activities with menu availability
- Analyze timing impact on customer behavior and sales
- Provide accurate menu availability information
- Reduce customer frustration with unavailable menus
- Enable advance planning for customer orders
- Improve overall customer experience with reliable timing data
- Streamline staff scheduling based on menu operating hours
- Optimize inventory management with timing-based planning
- Coordinate maintenance activities during menu closure periods
- Improve resource allocation across multiple menu periods
- Analyze menu timing effectiveness for business growth
- Identify opportunities for schedule optimization
- Support expansion planning with timing pattern analysis
- Enable data-driven decisions for menu schedule adjustments