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https://github.com/jeancsil/flight-spy
Looking for the cheapest flights and don't have enough time to track all the prices?
https://github.com/jeancsil/flight-spy
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Looking for the cheapest flights and don't have enough time to track all the prices?
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jeancsil/flight-spy
- Owner: jeancsil
- License: mit
- Created: 2016-09-22T20:11:05.000Z (about 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2017-04-10T08:17:33.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-07-05T14:53:39.923Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: deals, flights, skyscanner-api
- Language: PHP
- Homepage:
- Size: 387 KB
- Stars: 141
- Watchers: 11
- Forks: 23
- Open Issues: 12
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# FlightSpy
[](http://www.skyscanner.net)
[](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/jeancsil/flight-spy/?branch=master)
[](https://travis-ci.org/jeancsil/flight-spy)
[](https://packagist.org/packages/jeancsil/flight-spy)
[](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jeancsil/flight-spy/master/LICENSE)
[](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Watch+the+best+fare+for+your+next+trip!&url=http://github.com%2Fjeancsil%2Fflight-spy)
## Looking for the cheapest flights and don't have enough time to track all the prices?
#### Be notified whenever the budget you're looking for pops up by only declaring a **simple JSON file**!
```
[
{
"from": "FRA-sky",
"to": "GRU-sky",
"search-period-from": "2017-07-01",
"search-period-to": "2017-07-31",
"search-period-travel-days": 20,
"max-price": "650",
"currency": "EUR",
"country": "DE",
"locale": "de-DE",
"adults": "1",
"children": "1"
}
]
```
## Prerequisites
Create your account at Skyscanner to get your API access. Don't worry, it's for free! [http://en.business.skyscanner.net/](http://en.business.skyscanner.net/en-gb/products/travel-apis/)
To receive notifications by Slack you'll have to create one account here: [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/)
If you also want to receive e-mails create a free account at [https://postmarkapp.com/](https://postmarkapp.com/)
## Install with docker
Rename the `src/Resources/parameters.yml.dist` to `src/Resources/parameters.yml` and update the content with the data from the previous step.
Rename the `docker/volume/watch.json.dist` to `docker/volume/watch.json` and fill with your next trips!
```
$ git clone https://github.com/jeancsil/flight-spy.git
$ docker-compose up -d
```
## Create your elasticsearch index to hold your history data
```
PUT /flightspy
{
"settings": {
"number_of_replicas": 0,
"number_of_shards": 1
},
"mappings": {
"history": {
"properties": {
"Creation": {
"type": "date"
},
"SessionKey": {
"type": "keyword"
}
.......
HERE GOES THE CONTENT OF THIS FILE:
https://github.com/jeancsil/flight-spy/blob/master/src/Resources/elasticsearch/mappings.json
}
}
```
## Configure kibana index pattern
Browse to this url: http://localhost:5601/
In the first screen, kibana will ask you to create the index pattern to show you some data.
You can fill your index name: flightspy or flightstpy*
## Visualize your watched prices with Kibana
Import the `src/Resources/kibana/Dashboard.json` file into your kibana dashboards panel: [http://localhost:5601/app/kibana#/management/kibana/objects](http://localhost:5601/app/kibana#/management/kibana/objects)
## Documentation
FlightSpy will look for the best deals for you every 15 minutes and will let you know by e-mail/Slack if there is a good price for you next trip!
## Support
For general support and questions, find me on Twitter as [@jeancsil](http://twitter.com./jeancsil).
Bugs and suggestions: [open a ticket](https://github.com/jeancsil/flight-spy/issues).
## License
This package is available under the [MIT license](LICENSE).