# Flights Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/flights-scraper`) Actor

Searches flight routes with customizable travel options, including one-way or round-trip itineraries, airline filters, seat class, currency, and stop limits. Returns structured flight data with price, airlines, departure and arrival details, duration, stops, and route information.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/flights-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Flights Scraper — Apify Actor

Flight search

### Input

| field | meaning |
|---|---|
| `routes` | `LHR-JFK 2026-09-10` (one-way) or `+ return date` (round trip) |
| `airlines` | optional IATA filter (AA/DL/UA/AS); empty = all |
| `adults`, `seat`, `currency`, `maxStops`, `maxPerRoute` | search options |
| `proxyConfiguration` |  |

### Output (per flight)

`query, price, currency, airlines, stops, from, to, depart, arrive, duration_min`

# Actor input Schema

## `routes` (type: `array`):

One per line: 'LHR-JFK 2026-09-10' (one-way) or 'LHR-JFK 2026-09-10 2026-09-17' (round trip). '>' also works as the route separator.

## `merge` (type: `boolean`):

Merge the all-airlines search (Kayak/Expedia/Priceline) with per-airline searches into one deduped set tagged by source. Turn off to use the single airline filter below.

## `sites` (type: `array`):

Each runs a full all-airlines Google Flights pass under that label (default kayak, expedia, priceline). Multiple passes catch Google's ranking variance; results merge with provenance in `sources`.

## `mergeAirlines` (type: `array`):

IATA codes queried individually and merged with the aggregator results (default AA, DL, UA, AS, B6). Used when Merge is on.

## `airlines` (type: `array`):

Optional IATA codes applied to all routes (e.g. AA, DL, UA, AS). Leave empty for all airlines. Note: WN/Southwest is not on Google Flights.

## `includeSouthwestNote` (type: `boolean`):

Add an explanatory row noting Southwest fares aren't on any aggregator.

## `adults` (type: `integer`):

Number of adult passengers.

## `seat` (type: `string`):

Cabin class for all searches.

## `currency` (type: `string`):

ISO currency code for prices (e.g. USD, EUR, GBP).

## `maxStops` (type: `integer`):

Maximum stops per itinerary. Leave empty for any; 0 = non-stop only.

## `maxPerRoute` (type: `integer`):

Cap on flights returned per route (0/empty = all that Google Flights returns).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on total flights pushed to the dataset across all routes.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy. Google Flights blocks some datacenter IPs; a proxy (residential ideal) improves reliability.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "routes": [
    "LHR-JFK 2026-09-10"
  ],
  "merge": true,
  "sites": [
    "kayak",
    "expedia",
    "priceline"
  ],
  "mergeAirlines": [
    "AA",
    "DL",
    "UA",
    "AS",
    "B6"
  ],
  "includeSouthwestNote": true,
  "adults": 1,
  "seat": "economy",
  "currency": "USD",
  "maxItems": 5000,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "routes": [
        "LHR-JFK 2026-09-10"
    ],
    "sites": [
        "kayak",
        "expedia",
        "priceline"
    ],
    "mergeAirlines": [
        "AA",
        "DL",
        "UA",
        "AS",
        "B6"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/flights-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "routes": ["LHR-JFK 2026-09-10"],
    "sites": [
        "kayak",
        "expedia",
        "priceline",
    ],
    "mergeAirlines": [
        "AA",
        "DL",
        "UA",
        "AS",
        "B6",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/flights-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "routes": [
    "LHR-JFK 2026-09-10"
  ],
  "sites": [
    "kayak",
    "expedia",
    "priceline"
  ],
  "mergeAirlines": [
    "AA",
    "DL",
    "UA",
    "AS",
    "B6"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/flights-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=moving_beacon-owner1/flights-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/OBw0rkIdHBdlfFB46/builds/tjjILtjjqOCPtUTjY/openapi.json