AzulCrawler

Fetches flight information for a date range from Azul website

Installation

You need to have a chromedriver that is specific for your chrome browser version, you can get it here.

Place the chromdriver executable in this folder.

Now, download all the dependencies:

$ mix deps.get

Now, in the terminal you can run the program with the following command:

$ mix flights

The program will ask some questions and fetch the data, you will see something like this:

Type the departure airport code (default: FLN):
> FLN

Type the arrival airport code (default: URG):
> URG

Type the start departure date in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD) (default: 2022-10-23):
> 2022-10-23

Type the end departure date in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD) (default: 2022-10-23):
> 2022-10-24

Is this a round-trip flight? [yN]: y

Fetching flights for FLN -> URG [≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡] 100%
Creating xlsx files         [≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡] 100%
Fetching flights for URG -> FLN [≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡] 100%
Creating xlsx files         [≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡] 100%

When the script is done, you will have some .xsls files in the same directory with the flight data.

Errors

If you see some error logs, don't worry, it just means that the website is not loading correctly.

The script will retry it automatically, it will only crash if the website fails for more than 10 times.