Google Flights (via Apify)

Google Flights Scraper & API: prices, airlines and times

Google Flights Scraper is an Apify Actor that returns Google Flights results for any route and date: price, airlines, flight numbers, departure and arrival times, duration, stops and layovers, aircraft, legroom and CO2 emissions, one way or round trip, any cabin, passengers and currency, at $0.20 per 1,000 flights.

Price: $0.20 per 1,000 flights ($0.16 on Gold and above) · Run it: https://apify.com/automationnation/google-flights-scraper · Guide: https://retracn.github.io/automationnation-actors/google-flights-scraper/

Quick facts

• One row per flight: price, airlines, flight numbers, times, duration, stops, layovers, legs with aircraft and legroom, CO2 vs typical.
• One way or round trip, economy to first, 1–9 adults, nonstop filter, any currency.
• Airport codes or city names; many routes per run.
• Price: $0.20 per 1,000 flights (a search costs under a cent).
• Migrating from the Amadeus Self-Service API? The open-source amadeus-cloud package (github.com/retracn/amadeus-cloud) keeps the Amadeus Node SDK's flightOffersSearch.get/post and returns Amadeus-shaped offers from this Actor.
• Fare alerts: with Only fare drops on, a scheduled run saves a route's flights only when its cheapest fare is lower than on the previous run, with that previous price on every row; Max price adds a threshold such as "under $900".

Example input

{
  "origin": "JFK",
  "destination": "LHR",
  "departureDate": "2026-11-12"
}

Flight price alerts (fare drops)

Schedule a search with "onlyPriceDrops": true: each run saves the route's flights only when its cheapest fare is lower than on the previous run, with previousCheapestPrice on every row. Add "maxPrice": 900 for a threshold alert. The first run saves everything (change: "first_check"); a run with no drop saves nothing.

{ "origin": "JFK", "destination": "LHR", "departureDate": "2026-12-18", "returnDate": "2027-01-03", "maxPrice": 900, "onlyPriceDrops": true }

Ready-made: n8n workflow: fare drops to Slack · guide: flight price alerts by API · public task: New York to London fare alert

Run it from code

REST API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/automationnation~google-flights-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"origin": "JFK", "destination": "LHR", "departureDate": "2026-11-12"}'

Python — see examples/python_example.py

# pip install apify-client
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("automationnation/google-flights-scraper").call(run_input={
  "origin": "JFK",
  "destination": "LHR",
  "departureDate": "2026-11-12"
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item.get("price"), item.get("airlines"), item.get("departure"), item.get("duration"))

JavaScript — see examples/node_example.mjs

// npm install apify-client
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('automationnation/google-flights-scraper').call({
  "origin": "JFK",
  "destination": "LHR",
  "departureDate": "2026-11-12"
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
for (const item of items) console.log(item.price, item.airlines, item.departure, item.duration);

Use it with AI agents (MCP)

Hosted MCP server URL (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other clients with remote MCP support):

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=automationnation/google-flights-scraper

Local config for Claude Desktop / Cursor — mcp/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-flights-scraper": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@apify/actors-mcp-server",
        "--tools",
        "automationnation/google-flights-scraper"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APIFY_TOKEN": "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

FAQ

Is there an official Google Flights API? No. Google shut down its QPX Express flights API in 2018. Google Flights Scraper returns Google Flights results as data.

Are prices per person? Prices include taxes and cover all passengers; round trips show the round-trip total.

Can it send me flight price alerts? Yes. Schedule a search with Only fare drops on: each run saves flights only when the cheapest fare drops, with the previous price, and the task's Integrations tab sends them to Slack, email or a webhook. A run with no drop saves nothing.

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This repository holds usage examples. The scraper itself runs on the Apify platform; you need a free Apify account and API token. Examples are MIT licensed.