# Skyscanner Car Hire Scraper API - $1.5/1000 results (`scrapeunblocker/skyscanner-car-hire-scraper`) Actor

Search live car-hire prices via Skyscanner. Give a pickup location and dates - get every rental offer with its price, provider, car model, seats, bags, fuel policy and booking link as clean structured JSON.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapeunblocker/skyscanner-car-hire-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapeunblocker](https://apify.com/scrapeunblocker) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, Travel
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 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?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## 🚗 Skyscanner Car Hire Scraper - Live Prices as JSON

Search **live car-hire prices** the way Skyscanner does - then get the whole result set back as clean, structured JSON. Give a pickup location and dates; receive every rental offer with its price, provider, car model, seats, bags, fuel policy and booking link, cheapest first.

No browser setup, no proxies, no anti-bot headaches - it's all handled for you.

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### ⚡ Why use it

- **Real Skyscanner prices** - live rates across every rental provider
- **Structured JSON, not HTML** - one clean row per offer, ready for a spreadsheet, database or model
- **Cheapest first** - results are sorted by price
- **Rich fields** - provider, car model, SIPP code, seats, bags, fuel policy, pickup type, booking link
- **Any market & currency** - price a location as a traveller booking from any country

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### 📥 Input

| Field | Required | Description |
|-------|----------|-------------|
| `pickup` | ✅ | Pickup city/airport - a name (Madrid, Malaga airport) is resolved automatically |
| `dropoff` | | Return location. Empty = same as pickup |
| `pickupDate` | | Pickup date `YYYY-MM-DD`. Empty = ~60 days from today |
| `pickupTime` | | Pickup time `HH:MM` (default `10:00`) |
| `dropoffDate` | | Dropoff date `YYYY-MM-DD`. Empty = ~2 days after pickup |
| `dropoffTime` | | Dropoff time `HH:MM` (default `10:00`) |
| `driverAge` | | Main driver's age (default 30) |
| `currency` | | Price currency, ISO code (default `EUR`) |
| `market` | | Country you're booking from (default `UK`) |
| `locale` | | Result language, e.g. `en-GB`, `es-ES` (default `en-GB`) |
| `maxResults` | | Max offers to return, cheapest first. `0` = all |

#### Example

```json
{
  "pickup": "Madrid",
  "pickupDate": "2026-09-15",
  "dropoffDate": "2026-09-17",
  "driverAge": 30,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "market": "ES"
}
```

***

### 📤 Output

One dataset item per offer (cheapest first):

```json
{
  "car": "Volkswagen Golf",
  "vendor": "Alamo",
  "price": 181.91,
  "priceFormatted": "€181.91",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "seats": 5,
  "bags": 2,
  "fuelPolicy": "Full To Full",
  "sipp": "CDMR",
  "pickupType": "Shuttle Bus",
  "bookUrl": "https://www.skyscanner.net/..."
}
```

The **full raw Skyscanner response** is also saved to the run's key-value store under `OUTPUT`.

***

### 🚀 Run it via API

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_ACTOR/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"pickup":"Madrid","pickupDate":"2026-09-15","dropoffDate":"2026-09-17"}'
```

***

### 💡 Use cases

- Car-hire price monitoring & rate alerts
- Travel comparison sites and dashboards
- Feeding rates into pricing models / LLMs
- Market and demand research

***

### ⚠️ Notes

- The **first search takes ~30s** while a live session warms up; repeat searches are ~3-5s. The actor waits and retries automatically.
- A past pickup date returns a clear Skyscanner error.
- Powered by [ScrapeUnblocker](https://www.scrapeunblocker.com/?utm_source=apify\&utm_medium=integration\&utm_campaign=skyscanner-cars) - anti-bot bypass and scraping infrastructure.

# Actor input Schema

## `pickup` (type: `string`):

City, airport or station to pick up the car. A name (Madrid, Malaga airport) is resolved automatically.

## `dropoff` (type: `string`):

Where to return the car. Leave empty to return it to the pickup location.

## `pickupDate` (type: `string`):

Pickup date in YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty to default to ~60 days from today.

## `pickupTime` (type: `string`):

Pickup time HH:MM (24h).

## `dropoffDate` (type: `string`):

Dropoff date in YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty to default to ~2 days after pickup.

## `dropoffTime` (type: `string`):

Dropoff time HH:MM (24h).

## `driverAge` (type: `integer`):

Age of the main driver (affects availability and price).

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

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

## `market` (type: `string`):

Country you are booking from - affects prices and providers (e.g. UK, US, ES).

## `locale` (type: `string`):

Language of the results (e.g. en-GB, es-ES).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of offers to return (cheapest first). Leave at 0 to return every offer found.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "pickup": "Madrid",
  "pickupDate": "2026-09-15",
  "pickupTime": "10:00",
  "dropoffDate": "2026-09-17",
  "dropoffTime": "10:00",
  "driverAge": 30,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "market": "UK",
  "locale": "en-GB",
  "maxResults": 0
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `raw` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "pickup": "Madrid"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapeunblocker/skyscanner-car-hire-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 = { "pickup": "Madrid" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapeunblocker/skyscanner-car-hire-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 '{
  "pickup": "Madrid"
}' |
apify call scrapeunblocker/skyscanner-car-hire-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/MXQo3gvaeyiZ47p2h/builds/LoRz28ow9P49FlBi7/openapi.json