AWeirdDev/flights
Fast, robust Google Flights scraper (API) for Python. (Probably)
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Where it stands
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1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 70 days ago, with 16 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a fast, robust Python API to scrape and query Google Flights data using Base64-encoded Protobuf strings.
- Delivers strongly-typed, efficient flight search capabilities with extensive filtering and integration options, outperforming slow browser-based scrapers.
- Use for building automated flight search tools that require detailed filtering like stops, airlines, and layover times in Python.
- Use for integrating flight data into travel apps or chatbots needing real-time, structured flight information from Google Flights.
- Use for developers seeking to bypass deprecated Google Flights APIs by leveraging protobuf decoding and serverless scraping techniques.
Should you depend on it?
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License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
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The fast and strongly-typed Google Flights scraper (API) implemented in Python. Based on Base64-encoded Protobuf string.
Daily snapshots
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+261 stars over 78 days across 7 snapshot days; best day +11 on Aug 12.
Forks
259+35
Open issues
34+0
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| AWeirdDev/flights | 2.1K | — | 36 | 70 days ago |
| Category median | 48.2K | +183 | 59 | — |
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