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.

Request

HTTP Request

curl -X GET "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search" \
  -d "engine=google_flights" \
  -d "departure_id=PEK" \
  -d "arrival_id=AUS" \ 
  -d "outbound_date=2025-02-06" \ 
  -d "return_date=2025-02-12" \ 
  -d "no_cache=false" \
  -d "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

Aimport requests

params = {
    "engine": "google_flights",
    "departure_id": "PEK",
    "arrival_id": "AUS",
    "outbound_date": "2025-02-06",
    "return_date": "2025-02-12",
    "no_cache": "false",
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
response = requests.get("https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", params=params)
print(response.json())

const axios = require('axios');

const params = {
  engine: "google_flights",
  departure_id: "PEK",
  arrival_id: "AUS",
  outbound_date: "2025-02-06",
  return_date: "2025-02-12",
  no_cache: "false",
  api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY"
};

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

<?php
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$response = $client->get('https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search', [
    'query' => [
        'engine' => 'google_flights',
        'departure_id' => 'PEK',
        'arrival_id' => 'AUS',
        'outbound_date'=>'2025-02-06',
        'return_date' => '2025-02-12',
        'no_cache' => 'false',
        'api_key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY'
    ]
]);
echo $response->getBody();

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("outbound_date", "2025-02-06")
    q.Add("return_date", "2025-02-12")
    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))
}

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["outbound_date"] = "2025-02-06";
        query["return_date"] = "2025-02-12";
        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());
    }
}

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" +
            "&outbound_date=2025-02-06" +
            "&return_date=2025-02-12" +
            "&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);
    }
}

API Parameters

Search Query

Name

Type

Required

Description

Example

departure_id

string

Yes

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

Yes

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

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.

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hl

string

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.

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currency

string

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

Yes

Parameter defines the outbound date. The format is YYYY-MM-DD.

2025-02-06

return_date

string

Yes

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

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

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",
        "outbound_date":"2025-02-06",
        "return_date":"2025-02-12",
        "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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