Google Flights API

Google Flights API

Our Google Flights API allows you to scrape flight results from Google Flights. The API is accessed through the following endpoint: /search?engine=google_flights.

Api Details

Endpoint GET https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search

Description Retrieve comprehensive user profile including basic info, account status and optional permission sets.

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Request

HTTP Request

cURL

curl -X GET "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search" \
  -d "engine=google_flights" \
  -d "departure_id=PEK" \
  -d "arrival_id=AUS" \ 
  -d "no_cache=false" \
  -d "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

params = {
    "engine": "google_flights",
    "departure_id": "PEK",
    "arrival_id": "AUS",
    "no_cache": "false",
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
response = requests.get("https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", params=params)
print(response.json())

Node.js

const axios = require('axios');

const params = {
  engine: "google_flights",
  departure_id: "PEK",
  arrival_id: "AUS",
  no_cache: "false",
  api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY"
};

axios.get("https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", { params })
  .then(response => console.log(response.data));

HTTP

GET /search?engine=google_flights&departure_id=PEK&arrival_id=AUS&no_cache=false&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY HTTP/1.1
Host: serpapi.abcproxy.com

PHP

<?php
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$response = $client->get('https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search', [
    'query' => [
        'engine' => 'google_flights',
        'departure_id' => 'PEK',
        'arrival_id' => 'AUS',
        'no_cache' => 'false',
        'api_key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY'
    ]
]);
echo $response->getBody();

Golang

package main

import (
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
    "log"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", nil)
    
    q := req.URL.Query()
    q.Add("engine", "google_flights")
    q.Add("departure_id", "PEK")
    q.Add("arrival_id", "AUS")
    q.Add("no_cache", "false")
    q.Add("api_key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.URL.RawQuery = q.Encode()

    resp, _ := client.Do(req)
    body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    log.Println(string(body))
}

C#

using System;
using System.Net.Http;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        var client = new HttpClient();
        var query = System.Web.HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);
        query["engine"] = "google_flights";
        query["departure_id"] = "PEK";
        query["arrival_id"] = "AUS";
        query["no_cache"] = "false";
        query["api_key"] = "YOUR_API_KEY";
        
        var response = await client.GetAsync(
            $"https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search?{query}"
        );
        Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
    }
}

Java

import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String url = "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search" +
            "?engine=google_flights" +
            "&departure_id=PEK" +
            "&arrival_id=AUS" +
            "&no_cache=false" +
            "&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY";
        
        HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url).openConnection();
        conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
        
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
            new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream())
        );
        String response = in.lines().collect(Collectors.joining());
        System.out.println(response);
    }
}

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API Parameters

Search Query

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
departure_id	string	No	Parameter defines the departure airport code or location kgmid. An airport code is an uppercase 3-letter code. You can search for it on Google Flights or IATA. For example, CDG is Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and AUS is Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. A location kgmid is a string that starts with /m/. You can search for a location on Wikidata and use its "Freebase ID" as the location kgmid. For example, /m/0vzm is the location kgmid for Austin, TX. You can specify multiple departure airports by separating them with a comma. For example, CDG,ORY,/m/04jpl.	PEK
arrival_id	string	No	Parameter defines the arrival airport code or location kgmid. An airport code is an uppercase 3-letter code. You can search for it on Google Flights or IATA. For example, CDG is Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and AUS is Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. A location kgmid is a string that starts with /m/. You can search for a location on Wikidata and use its "Freebase ID" as the location kgmid. For example, /m/0vzm is the location kgmid for Austin, TX. You can specify multiple arrival airports by separating them with a comma. For example, CDG,ORY,/m/04jpl.	AUS

Localization

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
gl	string	No	Parameter defines the country to use for the Google search. It is a two-letter country code. (e.g., us for the United States, uk for United Kingdom, or fr for France). Head to the Google countries page for a full list of supported Google countries.	Amgola-ao
hl	string	No	Parameter defines the language to use for the Google search. It is a two-letter language code. (e.g., en for English, es for Spanish, or fr for French). Head to the Google languages page for a full list of supported Google languages.	Akan-ak
currency	string	No	Parameter defines the currency of the returned prices. Default to USD. Head to the Google Travel Currencies page for a full list of supported currency codes.	-

Advanced Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
outbound_date	string	No	Parameter defines the outbound date. The format is YYYY-MM-DD.	2025-02-06
return_date	string	No	Parameter defines the return date. The format is YYYY-MM-DD.	2025-02-12

Serpapi Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
engine	string	Yes	Set parameter to google_flights to use the Google Flights API engine.	google_flights
no_cache	boolean	No	Parameter will force SerpApi to fetch the Google Flights results even if a cached version is already present. A cache is served only if the query and all parameters are exactly the same. Cache expires after 1h. Cached searches are free, and are not counted towards your searches per month. It can be set to false (default) to allow results from the cache, or true to disallow results from the cache. no_cache and async parameters should not be used together.	trueorfalse
api_key	string	Yes	Parameter defines the SerpApi private key to use.	YOUR_API_KEY

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Response

Success 200

Response Body

{
  "code": 200,
  "search_metadata":
    {				 
        "total_time_taken":"38.5575",
        "id":"5e41bed5-92bf-4d8a-8658-f0d6024e945c",
        "json_endpoint":"https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/90b297671acc8b99/5e41bed5-92bf-4d8a-8658-f0d6024e945c.json",
        "created_at":"2025-04-03 10:36:12",
        "google_url":"https://www.google.com/travel/flights?curr=USD&hl=en&tfs=CBwQAhoSagcIARIDUEVLcgcIARIDQVVTGhJqBwgBEgNBVVNyBwgBEgNQRUs%3D",
        "raw_html_file":"https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/90b297671acc8b99/5e41bed5-92bf-4d8a-8658-f0d6024e945c.html",
        "xray_html_file":"https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/90b297671acc8b99/5e41bed5-92bf-4d8a-8658-f0d6024e945c.xray",
    },
  "search_parameters":
    {
        "api_key":"YOUR_API_KEY",
        "departure_id":"PEK",
        "arrival_id":"AUS",
        "engine":"google_flights",
    },
   "MianFlights":
    {
        "other_flights":
        [
            {
            "price":"$2,083",
            "type":"round trip",
            "carbon_emissions":
                {
                    "typical_for_this_route":897000,
                    "difference_percent":"-7",
                    "this_flight":832000,
                },
            },
            ......,
        ],
        "best_flights":
        [
            {
            "price":"$1,927",
            "type":"round trip",
            "carbon_emissions":
                {
                    "this_flight":835000,
                    "typical_for_this_route":897000,
                    "difference_percent":"-7",
                },
            },
            ......,
        ],
    },
}

Response Fields

Name	Type	Remark
search_metadata	object	Contains timing and status information
search_parameters	object	Contains query parameters and search context
best_flights	object []	Best Flight Information
other_flights	object []	Other flight information
price_insights	object	Price action information
airports	object []	Airport information

Error Responses

Common Errors

HTTP Status	Error Code	Description
200	400	API Key can not be empty
200	401	Param error
200	402	API Key error
200	403	Insufficient Balance
200	404	Deduction failed
200	405	Failed to record usage count
200	406	Unsupported engine
200	407	Network error
200	408	File not found
200	409	Limit param error
200	410	Build url error
200	411	Failed to QueryRecentRecord
200	412	Failed to find json
200	413	Get html error
200	414	HTML is empty
200	429	Too many request

Error Example

{
  "code": 400,
  "message": "API Key can not be empty"
}

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