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FlightSpy

Flight Spy

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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/

To receive notifications by Slack you'll have to create one account here: https://slack.com/

If you also want to receive e-mails create a free account at 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

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Import the src/Resources/kibana/Dashboard.json file into your kibana dashboards panel: 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.

Bugs and suggestions: open a ticket.

License

This package is available under the MIT license.

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