Universal Flight Scraper (Multi-Source)
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from $1.50 / 1,000 results
Universal Flight Scraper (Multi-Source)
Compare flight prices from multiple sources instantly. Get the cheapest fares, baggage info, and direct booking links for any route.
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✈️ Lightning Flight Price Scraper (API Alternative)
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Copy this block into ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or any LLM to start using this actor.
The ultimate, ultra-fast solution for extracting live flight prices, schedules, and airline data from major travel platforms. Say goodbye to slow browser automation and expensive, rate-limited airline APIs.
🚀 The Technology: How It Works
This actor uses a pure HTTP, reverse-engineered approach: Instead of clicking around a browser, this actor encodes your search parameters (Origin, Destination, Date) into the travel platform's highly guarded flight search request format. It fires a single, lightweight HTTP request and intercepts the raw JSON data that the backend sends to the frontend.
✨ Key Advantages
- Lightning Fast: Extracts dozens of flight itineraries in seconds.
- No Headless Browser Overhead: Built on pure HTTP requests (
gotScraping), avoiding the massive resource usage and instability of browser-based automation (Puppeteer/Playwright). - Deep Data Extraction: Extracts exact flight numbers, operating airlines, stopovers, departure/arrival timestamps, and live ticket prices.
- Robust Parsing: Automatically handles complex, deeply nested JSON structures and returns a clean, flat JSON array ready for your database.
🎯 Top Use Cases & Target Audience
- Fare Alert Apps & Bots: Build Telegram or Discord bots that alert users when flight prices on specific routes drop below a certain threshold.
- OTA Startups (Online Travel Agencies): Populate your flight search engine with live pricing data without needing GDS contracts.
- Corporate Travel Auditors: Track flight prices daily to monitor fare trends.
- Dynamic Pricing Models: Feed daily route prices into machine learning models to predict airfare movements.
📥 Input Configuration
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
origin | String | Origin airport IATA code (e.g., LAX, JFK, IST). |
destination | String | Destination airport IATA code (e.g., LHR, JFK, CDG). |
departDate | String | Departure date in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g., 2026-06-15). |
returnDate | String | Return date in YYYY-MM-DD format (Optional). Leave empty for one-way. |
adults | Integer | Number of adult passengers (1–9). Default: 1. |
cabinClass | String | Cabin class (ECONOMY, PREMIUM_ECONOMY, BUSINESS, FIRST). Default: ECONOMY. |
currency | String | ISO currency code (e.g., USD, EUR, GBP). Default: USD. |
maxFlights | Integer | Maximum number of flight results. Default: 50. |
proxyConfiguration | Object | Proxy settings for bypassing blocks. Residential proxies are highly recommended. |
📤 Output Schema
For each flight found on the route, you will receive a clean JSON object containing the itinerary and pricing details.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
prices | Object | Mapping of sources to prices. |
bestPrice | Number | The lowest price for this flight. |
cheapestSource | String | Identifier of the source with the best price. |
airline | String | Operating airline(s). |
departTime | String | Departure date/time in ISO 8601. |
arriveTime | String | Arrival date/time in ISO 8601. |
stops | Number | Number of stops (0 = direct). |
segments | Array | Detailed per-leg info (flight codes, carriers, times). |
baggage | Object | Included baggage allowances. |
isSelfTransfer | Boolean | Indicates if bags need recheck. |
links | Object | Direct booking links. |
scrapedAt | String | ISO timestamp of extraction. |
⚠️ Troubleshooting & Best Practices
- No Results: If the actor finishes but returns no flights, the site may have blocked the IP or served a regional page. Solution: Use Residential Proxies.
- Date Format: Ensure
departDateandreturnDatestrictly followYYYY-MM-DD. - IATA Codes: Always use 3-letter IATA airport codes (e.g.,
JFK).
