# Kayak Flight Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/kayak-flight-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes live Kayak flight prices, returning the cheapest round-trip fare per destination with airline, travel dates, stops, duration, and booking URL.

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

## Pricing

from $9.99 / 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#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".

## 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`.
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- **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

## Kayak Flight Scraper

Scrapes live Kayak flight prices . For a given origin airport it
returns one record per destination with the cheapest round-trip fare Kayak currently
knows about, the airline, the exact departure/return dates behind that price, stop count,
flight duration and a ready-to-open Kayak booking URL. Results are sorted cheapest first.

### Input

| Field | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `origin_airport` | `JFK` | IATA code of the departure airport/city (`JFK`, `LHR`, `SFO`, `LON`). |
| `destination_airports` | `""` | Optional comma-separated IATA filter, e.g. `LAX,BCN,NRT`. Empty = all destinations. |
| `depart_from` | `""` | Earliest departure date, `YYYY-MM-DD`. Empty = cheapest dates in the next 12 months. |
| `return_by` | `""` | Latest return date, `YYYY-MM-DD`. |
| `max_budget` | `0` | Round-trip price cap in the market currency (USD on kayak.com). `0` disables it. |
| `limit` | `100` | Max routes returned, cheapest first (1–1000). |

### Output

```json
{
    "origin_airport": "SFO",
    "origin_city": "San Francisco",
    "destination_airport": "LAX",
    "destination_city": "Los Angeles",
    "destination_country": "United States",
    "destination_country_code": "US",
    "price": 46.0,
    "price_usd": 46.0,
    "airline": "Frontier",
    "airline_code": "F9",
    "depart_date": "2026-09-17",
    "return_date": "2026-09-21",
    "max_duration_minutes": 103,
    "max_stops": 0,
    "destination_latitude": 33.9429372288584,
    "destination_longitude": -118.41034329101564,
    "search_url": "https://www.kayak.com/flights/SFO-LAX/2026-09-17/2026-09-21/",
    "raw": { "...full Kayak destination object...": "" }
}
```

Unofficial endpoint — scraping it may conflict with Kayak's Terms of Service. Keep
request volume low; prices are indicative and change constantly.

# Actor input Schema

## `origin_airport` (type: `string`):

Three-letter IATA code of the departure airport or city, e.g. JFK, LHR, SFO, LON. Kayak prices every destination reachable from this airport.

## `destination_airports` (type: `string`):

Optional filter, e.g. LAX,BCN,NRT. Only these destination airports are kept. Leave empty to return every destination Kayak prices from the origin.

## `depart_from` (type: `string`):

Lower bound of the travel window, e.g. 2027-03-01. Leave empty to let Kayak pick the cheapest dates in the next 12 months.

## `return_by` (type: `string`):

Upper bound of the travel window, e.g. 2027-03-12. Leave empty for no upper bound.

## `max_budget` (type: `integer`):

Only return routes at or below this round-trip price, in the origin market's currency (USD for kayak.com). Use 0 to disable the budget filter.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of routes to return, cheapest first.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "origin_airport": "JFK",
  "destination_airports": "",
  "depart_from": "",
  "return_by": "",
  "max_budget": 0,
  "limit": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {
    "origin_airport": "JFK",
    "destination_airports": "",
    "depart_from": "",
    "return_by": "",
    "max_budget": 0,
    "limit": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/kayak-flight-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 = {
    "origin_airport": "JFK",
    "destination_airports": "",
    "depart_from": "",
    "return_by": "",
    "max_budget": 0,
    "limit": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/kayak-flight-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 '{
  "origin_airport": "JFK",
  "destination_airports": "",
  "depart_from": "",
  "return_by": "",
  "max_budget": 0,
  "limit": 100
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/kayak-flight-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,moving_beacon-owner1/kayak-flight-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/TodmC6hNfcC5OgmGf/builds/pipFyT0h2d8O1adC1/openapi.json