# European Fuel Prices by Station (France, Italy) (`aesthetic_gewgaw/europe-fuel-prices`) Actor

Current petrol, diesel and LPG prices per filling station in France and Italy from official open data feeds, one schema, filter by fuel, region, city and cheapest N.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/aesthetic_gewgaw/europe-fuel-prices.md
- **Developed by:** [Huskarian Geist](https://apify.com/aesthetic_gewgaw) (community)
- **Categories:** Other
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## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 station fuel prices

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## European Fuel Prices by Station (France, Italy)

Get current petrol, diesel, LPG and other fuel prices for individual filling stations in France and Italy, in one clean schema, straight from each country's official open data feed. Filter by fuel, region, city or postal code, drop stale prices, and ask for just the cheapest N stations per fuel. Because it reads the government feeds directly, there is no scraping, no login and no proxy bill, and every record names its source. Use it for route and fleet cost planning, price comparison, mapping and alerts.

### Coverage

| country | source | update rhythm | stations |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | Prix des carburants, data.economie.gouv.fr (Licence Ouverte 2.0) | stations report through the day | about 9,800 |
| Italy | Osservaprezzi carburanti, Ministry of Enterprise (mimit.gov.it) | daily file | about 24,000 |

More countries are planned. This version covers these two.

### What you get

One record per station and fuel.

| field | example |
|---|---|
| country, stationId | FR, 69970001 |
| brand | Agip Eni (Italy only, France does not publish brands) |
| address, city, postalCode | street, Chaponnay, 69970 |
| region, subdivision | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (Italy gives the province code, for example MI) |
| latitude, longitude | 45.65, 4.927 |
| fuelType, fuelLabel | diesel, Gazole |
| price, currency | 1.829, EUR |
| selfService | true or false for Italy, null for France |
| updatedAt | when the station last reported the price |
| source | data.economie.gouv.fr |

Normalised `fuelType` values are diesel, petrol95, petrol95_e10, petrol98, e85, lpg, cng, lng, hvo, diesel_premium and petrol_premium. The original label stays in `fuelLabel`.

### Example input

```json
{
  "countries": ["FR", "IT"],
  "fuelTypes": ["diesel", "petrol95_e10"],
  "region": "Bretagne",
  "cheapestPerFuel": 20,
  "maxAgeDays": 3
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per result: $1 per 1,000 records. No subscription. Set `maxItems` to cap your spend. A "cheapest 20 per fuel" run costs a few cents.

### Things to know

- **Stale prices are hidden by default.** Prices not updated in the last 7 days are dropped so an old low price does not look like a deal. Set `maxAgeDays` to 0 to keep everything.
- **Livigno, Italy** is a duty-free zone with much lower prices. It often tops "cheapest" lists for Italy. Filter by province or region if you do not want it.
- **Italian prices come in two kinds**, self-service and served. Use `selfServiceOnly` to compare like with like.
- **Station and operator names are not collected** for Italy, because small stations are often named after a person. Brand, address and coordinates are included.
- The Actor reports the feeds as published. It cannot confirm that a station is open right now.

### FAQ

**How fresh is the data?** France updates through the day, Italy once a day. `updatedAt` tells you when each station last reported.

**Can I get UK, Spain or other countries?** Not yet. Open feeds differ by country and each is added after its licence is checked.

**Do you cover electric charging?** No, only liquid and gas fuels.

# Actor input Schema

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Which national price feeds to read. France comes from the government fuel price open data feed (updated about every 10 minutes) and Italy from the Ministry of Enterprise daily price file.

## `fuelTypes` (type: `array`):

Keep only these fuels. diesel, petrol95 (95 octane E5), petrol95_e10, petrol98, e85, lpg, cng, lng, hvo, diesel_premium, petrol_premium. Leave empty for all.

## `region` (type: `string`):

Text matched against the region and the department (France) or province code and region (Italy), for example Bretagne, Rhone or MI.

## `city` (type: `string`):

Only stations whose city name contains this text, for example Lyon or Torino.

## `postalCodePrefix` (type: `string`):

For example 75 for Paris. Italian stations have no postal code in the feed, so use region or city there.

## `selfServiceOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Italy publishes separate self-service and served prices. Turn on to keep only self-service. France has one price per fuel.

## `maxAgeDays` (type: `integer`):

Drop prices the station has not updated within this many days, so stale prices do not look cheap. Use 0 to keep all.

## `maxPriceEur` (type: `number`):

Drop prices above this value.

## `cheapestPerFuel` (type: `integer`):

Keep only the N cheapest stations for each country and fuel after the other filters. Leave empty to keep all.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many records. You are charged per result, so this is also your spending cap.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "countries": [
    "FR",
    "IT"
  ],
  "fuelTypes": [
    "diesel",
    "petrol95_e10"
  ],
  "selfServiceOnly": false,
  "maxAgeDays": 7,
  "maxItems": 200
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `prices` (type: `string`):

One record per station and fuel type, in one schema across countries. Field definitions are in the dataset schema.

# 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 = {
    "countries": [
        "FR",
        "IT"
    ],
    "fuelTypes": [
        "diesel",
        "petrol95_e10"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("aesthetic_gewgaw/europe-fuel-prices").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 = {
    "countries": [
        "FR",
        "IT",
    ],
    "fuelTypes": [
        "diesel",
        "petrol95_e10",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("aesthetic_gewgaw/europe-fuel-prices").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 '{
  "countries": [
    "FR",
    "IT"
  ],
  "fuelTypes": [
    "diesel",
    "petrol95_e10"
  ]
}' |
apify call aesthetic_gewgaw/europe-fuel-prices --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,aesthetic_gewgaw/europe-fuel-prices"
        }
    }
}
```

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/A2fcvjGJO6xNzTH3Q/builds/YR8ehh3JvzoRCFRwB/openapi.json