# Google Flights Scraper - Fares, Airlines & Stops (`get_anything/google-flights-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google Flights fares by route and date: price, airline, stops, times and duration for one-way and round-trip searches. Filter by cabin, stops and passengers. Best with a residential proxy. Export JSON, CSV or Excel for fare monitoring and price comparison.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/get\_anything/google-flights-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Get Anything](https://apify.com/get_anything) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

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

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Google Flights Scraper — Fares, Airlines, Stops & Times

Search **Google Flights** by route and date and get clean, structured fares: **price, airline, stops, departure/arrival times, total duration** and a Google Flights link — for **one-way and round-trip** trips, any cabin and passenger mix.

### How it works & the residential-proxy requirement

Google Flights has **no public API** and renders its fare list client-side, so this Actor builds the same `tfs` query the website uses and drives **Camoufox** (a hardened browser) to render the results page, then reads the flight cards.

Google **aggressively blocks datacenter IPs** and shows a consent wall on some regions, so a **residential proxy** is required in practice. The default `proxyConfiguration` requests Apify's `RESIDENTIAL` group pinned to `US` (which also avoids the EU consent wall). Without a residential proxy you'll usually get 0 offers.

### What it does

- Search **multiple routes** in one run (`searches` list), or a single route via the `origin` / `destination` shortcut.
- **One-way or round-trip** (add `returnDate` for round-trip).
- Filter by **cabin class**, **max stops**, and **passenger counts** (adults, children, infants).
- Choose **currency** and **market/locale**.
- Export to **JSON, CSV, or Excel**, or pull via the Apify API.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `searches` | List of routes: `{ "origin", "destination", "departDate", "returnDate?" }` (IATA codes, dates `YYYY-MM-DD`). |
| `origin` / `destination` / `departDate` / `returnDate` | Single-route shortcut instead of `searches`. |
| `cabinClass` | economy / premium-economy / business / first. |
| `maxStops` | any / nonstop / one-stop / two-stops. |
| `adults` / `children` / `infantsInSeat` / `infantsOnLap` | Passenger counts. |
| `currency` | ISO code, e.g. `USD`, `AED`, `GBP`. |
| `market` | Google locale, e.g. `en-US`, `en-AE`. |
| `maxResultsPerSearch` | Cap per route. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | **Residential proxy recommended** (default). |

#### Example

```json
{
  "searches": [
    { "origin": "DXB", "destination": "LHR", "departDate": "2026-10-15", "returnDate": "2026-10-22" },
    { "origin": "AUH", "destination": "JFK", "departDate": "2026-11-01" }
  ],
  "cabinClass": "economy",
  "maxStops": "nonstop",
  "adults": 2,
  "currency": "AED",
  "market": "en-AE",
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }
}
```

### Output

Each flight offer is one dataset item:

```json
{
  "origin": "JFK",
  "destination": "LAX",
  "departDate": "2026-10-20",
  "returnDate": null,
  "tripType": "one-way",
  "price": 184,
  "currency": "USD",
  "priceText": "$184",
  "airline": "Delta",
  "stops": "Nonstop",
  "duration": "6 hr 6 min",
  "departure": "Departure time: 9:25 AM.",
  "arrival": "Arrival time: 12:31 PM.",
  "cabinClass": "economy",
  "googleFlightsUrl": "https://www.google.com/travel/flights?tfs=..."
}
```

### Common uses

- **Fare monitoring** — schedule a run per route and watch for price drops.
- **Price comparison** — pull many routes/dates in one run.
- **Travel dashboards & alerts** — feed structured fares into your own tooling.

### Notes & limitations

- **Residential proxy required in practice** — see above. This is inherent to Google Flights, not specific to this Actor.
- Google Flights markup changes often; field parsing is best-effort and degrades gracefully (a field it can't read becomes `null` rather than failing the run). If Google changes layout, selectors may need an update.
- Prices are indicative "from" fares shown by Google at scrape time and can change before booking.
- Use IATA codes for reliability (`DXB`, `LHR`, `JFK`).

# Actor input Schema

## `searches` (type: `array`):

List of routes to search. Each item: { "origin": "DXB", "destination": "LHR", "departDate": "2026-10-15", "returnDate": "2026-10-22" }. Use IATA airport/city codes. Omit returnDate for one-way.

## `origin` (type: `string`):

Optional single-route shortcut instead of 'searches'. IATA code, e.g. 'DXB'.

## `destination` (type: `string`):

IATA code, e.g. 'LHR'.

## `departDate` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD.

## `returnDate` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty for one-way.

## `cabinClass` (type: `string`):

Cabin class to search.

## `maxStops` (type: `string`):

Maximum number of stops per flight.

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

Number of adult passengers.

## `children` (type: `integer`):

Number of child passengers (2-11).

## `infantsInSeat` (type: `integer`):

Number of infants occupying a seat.

## `infantsOnLap` (type: `integer`):

Number of infants on lap.

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

ISO currency code, e.g. 'USD', 'AED', 'GBP', 'EUR'.

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

Google locale, e.g. 'en-US', 'en-AE', 'en-GB'.

## `maxResultsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Cap on flight offers returned per route.

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

Google blocks datacenter IPs. A residential proxy is strongly recommended.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searches": [
    {
      "origin": "DXB",
      "destination": "LHR",
      "departDate": "2026-10-15",
      "returnDate": "2026-10-22"
    }
  ],
  "origin": "",
  "destination": "",
  "departDate": "",
  "returnDate": "",
  "cabinClass": "economy",
  "maxStops": "any",
  "adults": 1,
  "children": 0,
  "infantsInSeat": 0,
  "infantsOnLap": 0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "market": "en-US",
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 30,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Structured flight offers in the default dataset, one item per fare.

# 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 = {
    "searches": [
        {
            "origin": "DXB",
            "destination": "LHR",
            "departDate": "2026-10-15",
            "returnDate": "2026-10-22"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("get_anything/google-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 = { "searches": [{
            "origin": "DXB",
            "destination": "LHR",
            "departDate": "2026-10-15",
            "returnDate": "2026-10-22",
        }] }

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searches": [
    {
      "origin": "DXB",
      "destination": "LHR",
      "departDate": "2026-10-15",
      "returnDate": "2026-10-22"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call get_anything/google-flights-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,get_anything/google-flights-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/mzq8y5gV54Sm4MIXO/builds/BT6a0blSvXKFlrpvs/openapi.json