The dashboard searches the cheapest flight ticket by the given conditions:
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Your possible start date
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Your possible end date
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Duration of the journal
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Range of departure and destination cities
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Carrier
The web server is developed under flask.
The project is written in python. It is highly recommended to use pip install required libraries.
Use git to clone the whole project and install the required libraries.
git clone https://github.com/gavincyi/SkyScannerDashboard.git
cd SkyScannerDashboard
pip install -r requirement.txt
A few items should be set up in the configuration file default.ini before starting the server. Please register for a skyscanner API before setting up the server.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| API_KEY | Skyscanner API key |
| MARKET | Country of the market, e.g. US, GB or HK |
| CURRENCY | Currency, e.g. USD, EUR, GBP, HKD |
| LOCALE | Language, e.g. en-US |
| ADULTS | Number of adults of each query |
| QUERY_INIT_DELAY_SEC | Initial delay of each API query in seconds |
| QUERY_DELAY_SEC | Delay of each API query in seconds |
- Run the server
python run.py default.ini # No SSL
python run.py default.ini --ssl # SSL
Now the server is running under port 8080.
- Place your query on the page.
