Flight_Tracker

Tool to monitor airline flights and optionally send notifications when prices go below a set threshold/price point.

Tool can be used to monitor reward purchases, cheapest roundtrip or oneway flights, or specific flights using the --flight_numbers flag. For reward purchases, the user's flight itineraries are checked and notifications are sent when flights decrease in value by a set --threshold.

Note: Use at your own risk. Scraping data may be in violation of flight company's Terms of Service.

Installation

1. Clone/download repository:
   git clone https://github.com/broadtoad/Flight_Tracker.git
2. Install Chrome WebDriver:
   brew install chromedriver
3. Sign up for an account with Twilio and edit twilio.json to receive notifications
4. Install application
   cd Flight_Tracker python setup.py install
   • Note, if edits are made to twilio.json you must either rerun python setup.py install or specify the new file location using --twilio argument.

For flight tracking, I recommend running the script on Amazon Web Services (it's free, and you can protect yourself from incurring fees by using a Visa gift card). If using Amazon Web Services, run sh install_chromedriver_aws.sh to install Chrome WebDriver.

Tested on AWS Linux, MacOS, Python2.7, Python3.6

Usage

Command line arguments:

usage: flight_tracker [options]

Tool to monitor airline flights and optionally send notifications
when prices go below a set threshold/price point.

Track reward flights in Southwest Account (for the churners out there):
flight_tracker -u username -p password [options]

Track cheapest flight (one way):
flight_tracker -o origin -d destination -l depart_date [options]

Track cheapest flights (round trip):
flight_tracker -o origin -d destination -l depart_date  -r return_date [options]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -f , --frequency      Frequency (in minutes) for checking flights [180]
  -la, --logall         Write/print all available flights

Southwest Account:
  -u , --username       Southwest username
  -p , --password       Southwest password
  -t , --threshold      Threshold (price difference) for notification [1000]

Track a Flight:
  -o , --origin         Flight origin (airport code)
  -d , --destination    Flight destination (airport code)
  -l , --depart_date    Depart date (mm/dd/yy)
  -r , --return_date    Return date (mm/dd/yy)
  -lt , --depart_time   Depart time {ALL_DAY, BEFORE_NOON, NOON_TO_SIX, AFTER_SIX} [ALL_DAY]
  -rt , --return_time   Return time {ALL_DAY, BEFORE_NOON, NOON_TO_SIX, AFTER_SIX} [ALL_DAY]
  -x , --passengers     Number of passengers [1]
  -ft , --faretype      Fare type {POINTS, USD} [POINTS]
  -c , --price_point    Price point to receive notification [1]
  -ns, --nonstop        Only track non-stop flights
  -n  [ ...], --flight_numbers  [ ...]
                        Flight number (separate by spaces if separate flights,
                        or commas if connecting flights)

Track Multiple Flights:
  -m , --multiple       File containing multiple flights to track (header must contain argument names)

Notification Settings:
  -a , --twilio         Twilio account config file [twilio.json]

Examples

Track a single flight:

# Track oneway flight and notify if less than $150
flight_tracker -o PHL -d BNA -l 07/12/18 -c 150 -ft USD

# Track oneway flight (nonstop only) and notify if less than $150
flight_tracker -o PHL -d BNA -l 07/12/18 -c 150 -ft USD -ns

# List all roundtrip flight options
flight_tracker -o PHL -d BNA -l 07/12/18 -r 07/20/18 -la -f 0

# Track roundtrip flight and notify if less than 20000 points
flight_tracker -o PHL -d BNA -l 07/12/18 -r 07/20/18 -c 20000

# Track specific rountrip flight and notify if less than $400
flight_tracker -o PHL -d BNA -l 07/12/18 -r 07/20/18 -c 400 -n 2506,2568 874 -ft USD

Track multiple flights:

multiple_flights.txt:

origin	destination	depart_date	return_date	flight_numbers	nonstop	faretype	price_point
PHL	BNA	7/12/18	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	USD	150
PHL	BNA	7/12/18	FALSE	FALSE	TRUE	USD	150
PHL	BNA	7/12/18	7/20/18	FALSE	FALSE	POINTS	20000
PHL	BNA	7/12/18	7/20/18	2506,2568 874	FALSE	USD	400

flight_tracker -m multiple_flights.txt

Note: You can opt out of notifications by setting --twilio None or leaving twilio.json as is.

Inspirations

swa-dashboard

SWA-Scraper @wcrasta