# FlixBus Price Scraper — France Bus Prices (`dr1ms/flixbus-price-scraper`) Actor

Scrape FlixBus bus prices for French routes. Returns structured JSON with prices, durations, availability, and amenities.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dr1ms/flixbus-price-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Adrien](https://apify.com/dr1ms) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Travel, Integrations
- **Stats:** 5 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 🚌 FlixBus Price Scraper — France Bus Prices

Get real-time FlixBus bus prices, schedules, and seat availability for any route in France. No API key required.

### What data do you get?

For each trip found, the scraper returns:

- **Real-time price**: actual ticket price in EUR
- **Schedule**: departure/arrival times, duration
- **Availability**: number of seats remaining
- **Amenities**: WiFi, power sockets, etc.
- **Transfer info**: direct or with connections

### Example input

```json
{
  "routes": [
    { "from": "Paris", "to": "Lyon", "date": "2026-04-15" },
    { "from": "Lyon", "to": "Marseille" }
  ]
}
```

No API key needed. If `date` is omitted, tomorrow's date is used.

### Example output

```json
{
  "departure_station": "Paris",
  "arrival_station": "Lyon",
  "departure_time": "2026-04-15T08:40:00+02:00",
  "arrival_time": "2026-04-15T14:45:00+02:00",
  "duration_minutes": 365,
  "price_eur": 16.49,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "carrier": "FlixBus",
  "train_type": "Bus",
  "train_number": "FLIX-006",
  "transport_mode": "bus",
  "nb_transfers": 0,
  "seats_available": 55,
  "amenities": ["WIFI", "POWER_SOCKETS"],
  "source": "flixbus",
  "search_date": "2026-04-15"
}
```

### Supported cities

Pre-mapped French cities for instant search:

Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Lille, Toulouse, Nantes, Strasbourg, Rennes, Montpellier, Nice, Grenoble, Dijon

Other cities are resolved automatically via the FlixBus API. European cities are also supported (Berlin, Amsterdam, Barcelona, etc.).

### Use cases

- **Price comparison**: monitor FlixBus prices across multiple routes
- **Travel planning apps**: integrate real-time bus prices into your app
- **Price alerts**: track price drops on your favorite routes
- **Market research**: analyze bus travel pricing trends in France
- **Arbitrage**: compare bus vs train prices for the same route

### Pricing model

This actor uses pay-per-result pricing. You only pay for the results you get.

### Rate limits

The scraper uses a configurable delay between requests (default: 1.5 seconds) to respect FlixBus API limits.

# Actor input Schema

## `routes` (type: `array`):

List of routes as JSON objects with 'from', 'to', and optional 'date' (YYYY-MM-DD). Example: \[{"from": "Paris", "to": "Lyon"}]

## `maxRetries` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of retry attempts per request

## `delayBetweenRequestsMs` (type: `integer`):

Delay between API requests to respect rate limits

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "routes": [
    {
      "from": "Paris",
      "to": "Lyon"
    }
  ],
  "maxRetries": 3,
  "delayBetweenRequestsMs": 1500
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "routes": [
        {
            "from": "Paris",
            "to": "Lyon"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dr1ms/flixbus-price-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "routes": [{
            "from": "Paris",
            "to": "Lyon",
        }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dr1ms/flixbus-price-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "routes": [
    {
      "from": "Paris",
      "to": "Lyon"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call dr1ms/flixbus-price-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dr1ms/flixbus-price-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/iZltcqoeIyl9tvJlm/builds/wYEaKhIZzaSOQtyWN/openapi.json