# Expedia Hotel & Flight Scraper (`rl1987/expedia-api-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes Expedia hotel search with prices, ratings, amenities, photos and guest reviews, plus flight search with fares and journeys, from the Expedia mobile GraphQL API. Read-only public travel data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rl1987/expedia-api-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [R.L.](https://apify.com/rl1987) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 hotels

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Expedia Hotel & Flight Scraper 🏨✈️ — hotel prices, ratings, amenities, photos, guest reviews and flight fares

**Expedia Hotel & Flight Scraper** — Scrapes Expedia hotel search with prices, ratings, amenities, photos and guest reviews, plus flight search with fares and journeys, from the Expedia mobile GraphQL API. Read-only public travel data. It reads Expedia's own API directly, so it's **fast, reliable and complete** — no flaky HTML parsing, no headless browser. Export to **JSON, CSV, Excel, or an API**.

***

#### Hotel prices are display strings

Expedia returns a price as text (`"$1,154 total"`), never a number. Records keep that original
string in `price_display` **and** a parsed numeric `price_total` with `currency`, so rows sort
correctly without losing the "total"/per-night wording — which changes what the number means.

#### Optional extras

- **`includeDetails`** — amenities, photo gallery, rating and fees. One extra API call per hotel,
  so it is slower; a failure on one hotel never loses that hotel's row.
- **`includeReviews`** — recent guest reviews with score, date and author.

Some properties genuinely have no rating summary; those rows carry `rating: null` rather than a
fabricated value.

### ✨ Why use this Expedia Hotel & Flight Scraper?

- 🟢 **No code required** — set your input, click **Start**, download your data.
- ⚡ **Fast & accurate** — reads Expedia's own private API and returns structured JSON, not scraped HTML.
- 🧾 **Rich, structured data** — every field below, clean and ready to use.
- 🏨 **Deep hotel detail on demand** — amenities, the full photo gallery, rating and mandatory
  fees, fetched only when you ask for them.
- 💬 **Guest reviews** — text, score, date, author and stay length per review.
- ✈️ **Flights too** — switch `searchType` to `flights` for fares, airlines and journey times.
- 💸 **Transparent pay-per-result pricing** — pay only for the rows you get.
- 📤 **Export anywhere** — JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or pull it live via the Apify API.

***

### 🎯 What can you do with Expedia data?

- **Market & competitor research** — analyse Expedia products at scale.
- **Price & availability monitoring** — track changes over time.
- **Data science & trend analysis** — build clean datasets.
- **Lead generation & enrichment** — feed Expedia data into your own tools.

***

### 📥 What data does the Expedia Hotel & Flight Scraper extract?

Each row includes: `type`, `destination`, `region_id`, `checkin`, `checkout`, `hotel_id`, `hotel_name`, `url`, `price_display`, `price_total`, `currency`, `image`, `rating`, `rating_text` …and more. See the full **Data table** below.

***

### 🚀 How to scrape Expedia (3 steps)

1. **Set your input** — provide `searchType` or `destination` (see the table below; defaults work out of the box).
2. **Pick options** — filters, a `proxyConfiguration`, and a `maxItems` cap.
3. **Run & export** — click **Start**, then download the dataset as JSON/CSV/Excel or fetch it via the API.

***

### ⚙️ Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `searchType` | enum | `hotels` | Hotels or flights. — one of `hotels`, `flights` |
| `destination` | string | `Copenhagen` | For hotels: a city or area name, e.g. "Copenhagen". For flights: the destination airport IATA code, e.g. JFK. |
| `origin` | string | – | Origin airport IATA code, e.g. SEA. Ignored for hotel searches. |
| `checkIn` | string | – | Hotel check-in, or flight departure date. Pick a date or use a relative value like "30 days". Empty = 30 days from today. |
| `checkOut` | string | – | Hotel check-out, or flight return date (leave empty for one-way). Empty for hotels = 3 nights after check-in. |
| `adults` | integer | `2` | Number of adult guests or passengers. |
| `includeDetails` | boolean | `false` | Fetch amenities, photo gallery, rating and fees for each hotel. Slower and costs one extra API call per hotel. |
| `includeReviews` | boolean | `false` | Attach recent guest reviews to each hotel. |
| `reviewsPerHotel` | integer | `5` | How many guest reviews to attach when reviews are enabled. |
| `maxItems` | integer | `100` | 0 = all results. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Apify Proxy | Route requests through a proxy (Apify Proxy by default). |

#### Example input

```jsonc
{
  "searchType": "hotels",
  "destination": "Copenhagen",
  "adults": 2,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "includeReviews": false,
  "reviewsPerHotel": 5,
  "maxItems": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

***

### 📤 Output

Each result is a JSON object like this:

```jsonc
{
  "type": "hotel",
  "destination": "Copenhagen City Centre, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark",
  "region_id": "6051779",
  "checkin": "2026-09-24",
  "checkout": "2026-09-27",
  "hotel_id": "25382",
  "hotel_name": "Radisson Collection Royal Hotel, Copenhagen",
  "url": "https://www.expedia.com/h25382.Hotel-Information",
  "price_display": "$1,277 total",
  "price_total": 1277.0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "image": "https://mediaim.expedia.com/lodging/1000000/30000/25400/25382/a5ccf8c1.jpg",
  "rating": null,
  "rating_text": null,
  "review_count": null,
  "amenities": null,
  "images": null,
  "fees": null,
  "reviews": null,
  "origin": null,
  "departure_date": null,
  "return_date": null,
  "airlines": null,
  "duration_minutes": null,
  "stops": null,
  "offer_id": null
}
```

***

### 🧾 Data table

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `type` | text | Record type |
| `destination` | text | Destination |
| `region_id` | text | Region ID |
| `checkin` | text | Check-in |
| `checkout` | text | Check-out |
| `hotel_id` | text | Hotel ID |
| `hotel_name` | text | Hotel |
| `url` | link | URL |
| `price_display` | text | Price (as shown) |
| `price_total` | number | Price |
| `currency` | text | Currency |
| `image` | image | Image |
| `rating` | number | Rating |
| `rating_text` | text | Rating text |
| `review_count` | number | Reviews |
| `amenities` | array | Amenities |
| `images` | array | Photos |
| `fees` | text | Fees |
| `reviews` | array | Guest reviews |
| `origin` | text | Origin |
| `departure_date` | text | Departure date |
| `return_date` | text | Return date |
| `airlines` | array | Airlines |
| `duration_minutes` | number | Duration (min) |
| `stops` | number | Stops |
| `offer_id` | text | Offer ID |

***

### 💰 Pricing — pay per result

This actor uses **pay-per-event** pricing: you pay only for the rows it delivers.

| You scrape | Price |
| --- | --- |
| **Record** | **$2.00 per 1,000 rows** |

***

### 🔌 Use the Expedia Hotel & Flight Scraper via API

Run it programmatically with the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2):

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/expedia-api-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "searchType": "hotels",
  "destination": "Copenhagen",
  "adults": 2,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "includeReviews": false,
  "reviewsPerHotel": 5,
  "maxItems": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}'
```

Or with the Apify CLI: `apify call expedia-api-scraper -i input.json -o`.

***

### ❓ FAQ

**Do I need an account or API key for Expedia Hotel & Flight?**

No. The actor talks to Expedia's public/mobile API for you — you only need an Apify account.

**Do I need a proxy?**

A proxy is recommended for reliable runs; set `proxyConfiguration` (Residential is safest for geo-restricted or bot-protected sites).

**What export formats are supported?**

JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, JSONL, RSS, or live via the Apify API and dataset endpoints.

**Is scraping this legal?**

You are responsible for how you use the data. Scrape only public product data and comply with Expedia's Terms and applicable law (e.g. GDPR/CCPA for personal data).

***

### 🛠️ How it works

The actor impersonates Expedia's official app/site and calls its private API the same way the app does, then normalises each response into the flat record above. No browser, no HTML scraping — just clean, structured data.

***

### 📌 Good to know

- Scrape only public product data and respect Expedia's Terms of Service and robots policy.
- For personal data, comply with GDPR/CCPA and applicable law — you are the data controller.
- Fields can be `null` when Expedia doesn't expose them for a given record.

***

### ⭐ Found this useful?

Give the **Expedia Hotel & Flight Scraper** a star on Apify and check out my other `apify-*-api-scraper` actors.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchType` (type: `string`):

Pick what to scrape. The fields below are grouped by mode — fill in the group that matches your choice.

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

HOTELS MODE. A place name, e.g. "Copenhagen" or "Copenhagen City Centre". Resolved through Expedia's own location search.

## `checkIn` (type: `string`):

Check-in date. Pick a date or use a relative value like "30 days". Empty = 30 days from today.

## `checkOut` (type: `string`):

Check-out date. Empty = 3 nights after check-in.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch amenities, photo gallery, rating and fees per hotel. One extra API call each, so slower.

## `includeReviews` (type: `boolean`):

Attach recent guest reviews to each hotel.

## `reviewsPerHotel` (type: `integer`):

How many guest reviews to attach when reviews are enabled.

## `flightOrigin` (type: `string`):

FLIGHTS MODE. Origin airport IATA code, e.g. SEA.

## `flightDestination` (type: `string`):

Destination airport IATA code, e.g. JFK.

## `departureDate` (type: `string`):

Outbound date. Pick a date or use a relative value like "30 days". Empty = 30 days from today.

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

Return date. Leave empty for a one-way search.

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

Adult guests (hotels) or passengers (flights).

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

0 = all results.

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

Route requests through a proxy (Apify Proxy by default).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchType": "hotels",
  "destination": "Copenhagen",
  "includeDetails": false,
  "includeReviews": false,
  "reviewsPerHotel": 5,
  "adults": 2,
  "maxItems": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "destination": "Copenhagen",
    "checkIn": "",
    "checkOut": "",
    "flightOrigin": "",
    "flightDestination": "",
    "departureDate": "",
    "returnDate": "",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rl1987/expedia-api-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 = {
    "destination": "Copenhagen",
    "checkIn": "",
    "checkOut": "",
    "flightOrigin": "",
    "flightDestination": "",
    "departureDate": "",
    "returnDate": "",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rl1987/expedia-api-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 '{
  "destination": "Copenhagen",
  "checkIn": "",
  "checkOut": "",
  "flightOrigin": "",
  "flightDestination": "",
  "departureDate": "",
  "returnDate": "",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call rl1987/expedia-api-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rl1987/expedia-api-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/ESZl7Jho36RKkmXnt/builds/Sz9Xm9eyqcuvpLDfb/openapi.json