Agent skill

rapidapi

Search Google Flights Live and Booking.com Live via RapidAPI. Use as a secondary source for flight cash prices and hotel availability/pricing. Triggers on "Booking.com", "booking prices", "RapidAPI", "secondary flight search", "hotel prices on Booking", or when SerpAPI results need a second opinion. Also useful for vacation rental pricing.

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npx add-skill https://github.com/borski/travel-hacking-toolkit/tree/main/skills/rapidapi

SKILL.md

RapidAPI Skill

Search Google Flights and Booking.com via RapidAPI scrapers. Secondary source for cash flight prices and hotel/vacation rental pricing.

Sources:

Authentication

RAPIDAPI_KEY is set in .env. All requests use x-rapidapi-key header.

Google Flights Live API

Real-time Google Flights scraping. Use when SerpAPI results seem stale or you want a second price opinion.

Search One-Way

bash
curl -s -X POST "https://google-flights-live-api.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/searchFlights" \
  -H "x-rapidapi-key: $RAPIDAPI_KEY" \
  -H "x-rapidapi-host: google-flights-live-api.p.rapidapi.com" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "origin": "SFO",
    "destination": "NRT",
    "date": "2026-08-10",
    "adults": 2,
    "cabinClass": "economy",
    "currency": "USD"
  }' | jq '.'

Search Round Trip

bash
curl -s -X POST "https://google-flights-live-api.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/searchFlights" \
  -H "x-rapidapi-key: $RAPIDAPI_KEY" \
  -H "x-rapidapi-host: google-flights-live-api.p.rapidapi.com" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "origin": "SFO",
    "destination": "NRT",
    "date": "2026-08-10",
    "returnDate": "2026-08-26",
    "adults": 2,
    "cabinClass": "economy",
    "currency": "USD"
  }' | jq '.'

Parameters

Param Required Description
origin Yes Airport IATA code
destination Yes Airport IATA code
date Yes YYYY-MM-DD departure
returnDate No YYYY-MM-DD for round trip
adults No Default 1
children No Default 0
infants No Default 0
cabinClass No economy, premium_economy, business, first
currency No Default USD

Booking.com Live API

Search hotels and vacation rentals with real Booking.com pricing. Good complement to SerpAPI Hotels and LiteAPI.

Search Hotels

bash
curl -s "https://booking-live-api.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/searchHotels?location=Tokyo%2C%20Japan&checkin=2026-08-10&checkout=2026-08-13&adults=2&rooms=1&currency=USD" \
  -H "x-rapidapi-key: $RAPIDAPI_KEY" \
  -H "x-rapidapi-host: booking-live-api.p.rapidapi.com" | jq '.'

Parameters

Param Required Description
location Yes City/area name: Tokyo, Japan
checkin Yes YYYY-MM-DD
checkout Yes YYYY-MM-DD
adults No Default 2
children No Default 0
rooms No Default 1
currency No Default USD
sortBy No price, rating, popularity
minPrice No Minimum price filter
maxPrice No Maximum price filter
starRating No 3,4,5 comma-separated

Get Hotel Details

bash
curl -s "https://booking-live-api.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/getHotelDetails?hotelId=HOTEL_ID&checkin=2026-08-10&checkout=2026-08-13&adults=2" \
  -H "x-rapidapi-key: $RAPIDAPI_KEY" \
  -H "x-rapidapi-host: booking-live-api.p.rapidapi.com" | jq '.'

Rate Limits

Free tier: 100 requests/month across all RapidAPI APIs. Use sparingly. Prefer SerpAPI for flights and LiteAPI/SerpAPI for hotels as primary sources.

When to Use

  • Google Flights Live: Secondary price check when SerpAPI results seem off, or for routes SerpAPI doesn't cover well.
  • Booking.com Live: When you want Booking.com specific pricing/availability (different inventory than Google Hotels).

Do not:

  • Use as primary search (SerpAPI and Seats.aero are primary).
  • Burn through free tier on broad searches. Be targeted.

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