# Skyscanner Flights Scraper (`crawlio/skyscanner-flights-scraper`) Actor Fast and reliable Skyscanner scraper to extract flight itineraries, prices, and carrier information. - **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlio/skyscanner-flights-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Crawlio](https://apify.com/crawlio) (community) - **Categories:** Travel - **Stats:** 4 total users, 0 monthly users, 76.2% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars ## Pricing from $2.00 / 1,000 flight 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 a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use 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 Flights Scraper ### What does Skyscanner Flights Scraper do? Skyscanner Flights Scraper enables you to extract flight itineraries, prices, and carrier information from [Skyscanner](https://www.skyscanner.net) directly via their mobile API endpoints. Skyscanner Flights Scraper can scrape: - Full flight itineraries (outbound and inbound) - Price information for each itinerary - Segments, stops, durations, and flight numbers - Carrier details ### Why scrape Skyscanner? Skyscanner is one of the world's most popular flight search engines. Scraping this data is highly valuable for building price tracking tools, analyzing airline market trends, and building dynamic travel platforms. Here are just some of the ways you could use that data: - Track pricing for specific flight routes over time - Monitor competitor pricing strategies - Build a customized flight booking engine - Analyze the cheapest times and days to fly If you would like more inspiration on how scraping flight data could help your business or organization, check out Apify's [industry pages](https://apify.com/industries). ### How to scrape Skyscanner Flights It's easy to scrape Skyscanner with Skyscanner Flights Scraper. Just follow these few steps and you'll get your data in a few minutes. 1. Click on **Try for free**. 2. Provide your search criteria: - **Operation** → Select the search flow: `oneWay`, `roundTrip`, or `multiCity`. - **Origin / Destination** → Airport IATA codes (e.g., `JFK`, `LHR`) or city names. - **Dates** → Departure/Return dates in `YYYY-MM-DD` format. - **Multi-City Legs** → A JSON array defining the sequence of flights. - **Passengers & Cabin** → Number of adults and desired cabin class (`economy`, `business`, `first`). - **Localization** → Market, Locale, and Currency preferences. 3. Click on **Run**. 4. When Skyscanner Flights Scraper has finished, preview or download your data from the **Dataset** tab. ### Supported operations The Actor currently supports three modes: **One-way**, **Round-trip**, and **Multi-city**. Each mode dynamically handles location resolution and polls the Skyscanner backend to extract all available results. #### Input Example (One-way) ```json { "operation": "oneWay", "oneWay": { "origin": "JFK", "dest": "LHR", "date": "2026-05-30", "adults": 1, "cabin": "economy", "limit": 20, "market": "US", "locale": "en-US", "currency": "USD" }, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ```` #### Input Example (Round-trip) ```json { "operation": "roundTrip", "roundTrip": { "origin": "JFK", "dest": "LHR", "outbound_date": "2026-05-30", "inbound_date": "2026-06-07", "adults": 1, "cabin": "economy", "limit": 20, "market": "US", "locale": "en-US", "currency": "USD" }, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` #### Input Example (Multi-City) ```json { "operation": "multiCity", "multiCity": { "route_requests": "[\n {\n \"origin\": \"JFK\",\n \"dest\": \"LHR\",\n \"date\": \"2026-05-30\"\n },\n {\n \"origin\": \"LHR\",\n \"dest\": \"CDG\",\n \"date\": \"2026-06-05\"\n }\n]", "adults": 1, "cabin": "economy", "limit": 20, "market": "US", "locale": "en-US", "currency": "USD" }, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` #### Output Example The actor extracts the following dataset structure for each flight itinerary: ```json { "bucket": "Best", "price_raw": 665, "price": "$665", "carriers": [ "British Airways" ], "tags": [ "Direct" ], "score": 0.95, "legs": [ { "from": "JFK", "to": "LHR", "dep": "2026-05-30T18:30:00", "arr": "2026-05-31T06:30:00", "dur_min": 420, "stops": 0, "segments": [ { "flight": "BA 116", "from": "JFK", "to": "LHR", "dep": "2026-05-30T18:30:00", "arr": "2026-05-31T06:30:00", "dur_min": 420 } ] } ] } ``` *** ### Is it legal to scrape Skyscanner? Note that personal data is protected by GDPR in the European Union and by other regulations around the world. You should not scrape personal data unless you have a legitimate reason to do so. If you're unsure whether your reason is legitimate, consult your lawyers. We also recommend that you read our blog post: [is web scraping legal?](https://blog.apify.com/is-web-scraping-legal/) # Actor input Schema ## `operation` (type: `string`): Choose which search flow to run. ## `oneWay` (type: `object`): Search one-way flights for a single leg. ## `roundTrip` (type: `object`): Search round-trip flights with a departure date and a return date. ## `multiCity` (type: `object`): Search multi-city itineraries across two or more legs. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Select proxies to be used. ## Actor input object example ```json { "operation": "oneWay", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): One dataset item per flight. ## `runSummary` (type: `string`): Short summary stored in the OUTPUT record of the default key-value store. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("crawlio/skyscanner-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False } } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("crawlio/skyscanner-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 '{ "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } }' | apify call crawlio/skyscanner-flights-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=crawlio/skyscanner-flights-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Skyscanner Flights Scraper", "description": "Fast and reliable Skyscanner scraper to extract flight itineraries, prices, and carrier information.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "IZU8eLEQc1IXmkZXN" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/crawlio~skyscanner-flights-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-crawlio-skyscanner-flights-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/crawlio~skyscanner-flights-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-crawlio-skyscanner-flights-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/crawlio~skyscanner-flights-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-crawlio-skyscanner-flights-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "operation": { "title": "Operation", "enum": [ "oneWay", "roundTrip", "multiCity" ], "type": "string", "description": "Choose which search flow to run.", "default": "oneWay" }, "oneWay": { "title": "One-way input", "type": "object", "description": "Search one-way flights for a single leg.", "properties": { "origin": { "title": "Origin", "type": "string", "description": "Origin airport code (IATA) or city name.", "default": "JFK", "editor": "textfield" }, "dest": { "title": "Destination", "type": "string", "description": "Destination airport code (IATA) or city name.", "default": "LHR", "editor": "textfield" }, "date": { "title": "Departure date", "type": "string", "description": "Departure date in YYYY-MM-DD format.", "default": "", "editor": "datepicker", "dateType": "absolute" }, "adults": { "title": "Adults", "type": "integer", "description": "Number of adult passengers.", "default": 1, "minimum": 1, "maximum": 8, "editor": "number" }, "cabin": { "title": "Cabin Class", "type": "string", "description": "Cabin class.", "default": "economy", "enum": [ "economy", "business", "first" ], "editor": "select" }, "limit": { "title": "Limit", "type": "integer", "description": "Set your limit (maximum number of flights to return). Default is 20. Lower limits reduce costs.", "default": 20, "editor": "number" }, "market": { "title": "Market", "type": "string", "description": "Market location (e.g., US, UK)", "default": "US", "editor": "textfield" }, "locale": { "title": "Locale", "type": "string", "description": "Language and region (e.g., en-US)", "default": "en-US", "editor": "textfield" }, "currency": { "title": "Currency", "type": "string", "description": "Currency code (e.g., USD)", "default": "USD", "editor": "textfield" } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "roundTrip": { "title": "Round-trip input", "type": "object", "description": "Search round-trip flights with a departure date and a return date.", "properties": { "origin": { "title": "Origin", "type": "string", "description": "Origin airport code (IATA) or city name.", "default": "JFK", "editor": "textfield" }, "dest": { "title": "Destination", "type": "string", "description": "Destination airport code (IATA) or city name.", "default": "LHR", "editor": "textfield" }, "outbound_date": { "title": "Outbound date", "type": "string", "description": "Departure date in YYYY-MM-DD format.", "default": "", "editor": "datepicker", "dateType": "absolute" }, "inbound_date": { "title": "Inbound date", "type": "string", "description": "Return date in YYYY-MM-DD format.", "default": "", "editor": "datepicker", "dateType": "absolute" }, "adults": { "title": "Adults", "type": "integer", "description": "Number of adult passengers.", "default": 1, "minimum": 1, "maximum": 8, "editor": "number" }, "cabin": { "title": "Cabin Class", "type": "string", "description": "Cabin class.", "default": "economy", "enum": [ "economy", "business", "first" ], "editor": "select" }, "limit": { "title": "Limit", "type": "integer", "description": "Set your limit (maximum number of flights to return). Default is 20. Lower limits reduce proxy costs.", "default": 20, "editor": "number" }, "market": { "title": "Market", "type": "string", "description": "Market location (e.g., US, UK)", "default": "US", "editor": "textfield" }, "locale": { "title": "Locale", "type": "string", "description": "Language and region (e.g., en-US)", "default": "en-US", "editor": "textfield" }, "currency": { "title": "Currency", "type": "string", "description": "Currency code (e.g., USD)", "default": "USD", "editor": "textfield" } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "multiCity": { "title": "Multi-city input", "type": "object", "description": "Search multi-city itineraries across two or more legs.", "properties": { "route_requests": { "title": "Route Requests JSON", "type": "string", "description": "List of legs; each includes origin, dest, and date (YYYY-MM-DD).", "editor": "textarea", "default": "[\n {\n \"origin\": \"JFK\",\n \"dest\": \"LHR\",\n \"date\": \"\"\n },\n {\n \"origin\": \"LHR\",\n \"dest\": \"CDG\",\n \"date\": \"\"\n }\n]" }, "adults": { "title": "Adults", "type": "integer", "description": "Number of adult passengers.", "default": 1, "minimum": 1, "maximum": 8, "editor": "number" }, "cabin": { "title": "Cabin Class", "type": "string", "description": "Cabin class.", "default": "economy", "enum": [ "economy", "business", "first" ], "editor": "select" }, "limit": { "title": "Limit", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of flights to return. Keep empty to get the full list.", "default": 20, "editor": "number" }, "market": { "title": "Market", "type": "string", "description": "Market location (e.g., US, UK)", "default": "US", "editor": "textfield" }, "locale": { "title": "Locale", "type": "string", "description": "Language and region (e.g., en-US)", "default": "en-US", "editor": "textfield" }, "currency": { "title": "Currency", "type": "string", "description": "Currency code (e.g., USD)", "default": "USD", "editor": "textfield" } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Settings", "type": "object", "description": "Select proxies to be used.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": false } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```