Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines Flight API

The Southwest Airlines internal flight booking API powers the southwest.com website for searching and booking flights. It provides flight availability, pricing, schedules, and air booking shopping capabilities. Third-party flight data aggregators also provide API access to Southwest flight schedules and status information.

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API entry from apis.yml

aid: southwest-airlines:southwest-flight-api
name: Southwest Airlines Flight API
description: The Southwest Airlines internal flight booking API powers the southwest.com website for searching
  and booking flights. It provides flight availability, pricing, schedules, and air booking shopping capabilities.
  Third-party flight data aggregators also provide API access to Southwest flight schedules and status
  information.
humanURL: https://www.southwest.com/
baseURL: https://www.southwest.com/api
tags:
- Airlines
- Flight Booking
- Flight Search
- Travel
properties:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.southwest.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.southwest.com/
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/southwest-airlines/refs/heads/main/json-schema/southwest-airlines-flight-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/southwest-airlines/refs/heads/main/json-schema/southwest-airlines-reservation-schema.json
- url: graphql/southwest-airlines-graphql.md
  type: GraphQL