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Cheapflights Scraper

Extract discount flight deals, fare comparisons, and budget airline pricing from Cheapflights aggregation platform. Built on spider-browser .

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target
cheapflights.com
success rate
99.9%
latency
~4ms
Quick start

Extract data in minutes.

cheapflights-scraper.ts
import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";

const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
  apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
  stealth: 2,
});

await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.cheapflights.com/flight-search/SFO-TYO/2026-08-01");
await page.content(15000);

const data = await page.extractFields({
  airline: "[class*='carrier'] [class*='name'], [data-testid*='airline']",
  price: "[data-testid*='price'], [class*='price'] span",
  departure: "[class*='depart'], [data-testid*='depart']",
  arrival: "[class*='arrival'], [data-testid*='arrival']",
  duration: "[class*='duration'] span, [data-testid*='duration']",
  stops: "[class*='stops'], [data-testid*='stops']",
});

console.log(data);
await spider.close();
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Fetch API

One endpoint for cheapflights.com.

Structured JSON from cheapflights.com with a single POST. AI-resolved selectors, cached on the first call.

POST /fetch/cheapflights.com/
AirlinePriceRouteDepartureArrivalDuration
cURL
curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/cheapflights.com/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"return_format": "json"}'
Python
import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/cheapflights.com/",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"return_format": "json"},
)
print(resp.json())
Node.js
const resp = await fetch("https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/cheapflights.com/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ return_format: "json" }),
});
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);
Extraction

Fields you can pull.

AirlinePriceRouteDepartureArrivalDurationStopsProvider
Pricing

Dynamic rate capture

Session-aware scraping captures pricing on cheapflights.com that changes per visitor.

Rendering

Complex SPA handling

Full browser rendering for React/Next.js booking interfaces and search results.

Scale

Destination coverage

Scrape listings across thousands of destinations and date ranges concurrently.

Related

More Travel scrapers.

Start

Start scraping cheapflights.com.

Grab an API key and call the endpoint above. The first request resolves the config; every request after hits cache.