Airline Fare Crawler IP|Skyscanner/Skycruise class data collection to simulate real user search behavior

Why Airline Fare Crawlers Need 'Real Life Mode'?

Technical teams that do airfare monitoring understand that directly and violently grabbing data from platforms like Skyscanner will be recognized as machine traffic in minutes. Last year, we found that if you request the same IP address more than 20 times in a row, you will be forced to jump to the CAPTCHA page.

at this momentResidential Proxy IPThe value of this is highlighted. The real home network IPs provided by ipipgo can make the server think that each request is a real user from a different region checking airfare. For example, if you start with a UK IP checking for flights from London to New York, and then switch to a Japanese IP five minutes later for the same route, this pattern is almost identical to the trajectory of a real user.

Tips for choosing Dynamic IP vs Static IP

There are clear scenarios where these two agent types are applicable in flight data capture scenarios:

ipipgo's.Dynamic IP pool covering 90 million + real residential IPsIt supports switching IP address by minute. Particularly suitable for the need to simulate the user in different time periods, different regions to query fares.

Configuration details that are easily overlooked

Many developers think that using a proxy IP is all right, in fact, these details determine success or failure:

1. Randomization of request intervals: Real people don't check their tickets with a stopwatch, so we suggest adding a random wait time of 3-15 seconds to the code.

2. Browser fingerprint disguise: To match the IP address of ipipgo, you need to synchronize the modification of parameters such as User-Agent, screen resolution, etc.

3. Geolocation linkageIf you use a US IP, the corresponding time zone should be set to EST or PST to avoid the loophole of New York IP querying with Beijing time.

Five guidelines for avoiding pitfalls in the real world

Our team learned these lessons when we used ipipgo for skywatch data collection:

- Avoid using data center IPs, airline websites are particularly sensitive to server room IPs

- The same IP should not query the same route more than 3 times in a row, use ipipgo's automatic rotation function to solve the problem.

- Don't fight with CAPTCHA, immediately switch to a new IP and pause the task for 30 minutes.

- Pay attention to the IP carrier, some low-cost carriers will display special offers for specific carriers.

- Weekly IP whitelist update to eliminate tagged IP segments

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Will using a proxy IP affect the crawling speed?
A: ipipgo's residential IP is optimized for speed, and the delay of single-threaded request is within 800ms, which is 40% faster than ordinary proxy. it is recommended to use with multi-threading, but pay attention to control the number of concurrency within 10.

Q: What IP magnitude is needed to be sufficient?
A: According to the calculation of switching 1 IP every 5 minutes, the average daily need of 288 IPs. However, in actual use, ipipgo's IP pool supports intelligent multiplexing strategy, 200 high-quality IPs can meet the needs of medium-sized crawlers.

Q: How can I tell if an IP is recognized?
A: Three warning signals: sudden appearance of a large number of CAPTCHA, abnormal return data format, and missing price data for specific routes. It is recommended to add an automatic detection mechanism in the code to automatically switch IP segments when the trigger rate exceeds 20%.

Through the global residential IP network provided by ipipgo, together with the technical strategies mentioned in this article, our team is now able to stably obtain real-time fare data from 15 mainstream platforms. The key is toBringing crawler behavior infinitely closer to human modes of operationThis requires the agency service provider to provide real and diversified IP resource support.