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Content & Listings Monitor

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Monitor anything, anywhere. Receive mobile alerts or execute actions on updates of interest. Useful for listings, news, articles, products and more.

You can access the Content & Listings Monitor programmatically from your own Python applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "selectors": ["table table tr[class='athing'] td:nth-child(3) > span > a"],
10    "scrapers": """// (input) => ({\r
11//     title: {\r
12//         selectors: [\"table table tr[class='athing'] td:nth-child(3) > span > a\"],\r
13//         extractor: node => node.innerText,\r
14//     },\r
15//     links: {\r
16//         contents: {\r
17//             selectors: [\"table table tr[class='athing'] td:nth-child(3) > span > a\"],\r
18//             extractor: node => node.href,\r
19//         },\r
20//         comments: {\r
21//             selectors: [\"table table tr td[class='subtext'] span a[href^=item]:first-child\"],\r
22//             extractor: node => node.href,\r
23//         },\r
24//     },\r
25// })""",
26    "filters": """// [\r
27// \t({title}) => title.length > 1,\r
28// \t({links}) => links.contents.includes('http'),\r
29// \t({price}, {price: oldPrice}) => price < oldPrice,\r
30// ]""",
31    "matcher": """// E.g. exclude dynamic \"price\":\r
32// ({price, ...match}) => match""",
33    "pages.retries": 3,
34    "hooks.load": """// async page => {
35// \tawait page.click('button[name=\"cookie-consent\"]').catch(error => null);
36// }""",
37    "alerts.limit": 10,
38    "limits.alerts": 10,
39    "limits.results": 100,
40    "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": False },
41}
42
43# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
44run = client.actor("cyberfly/listingmonitor").call(run_input=run_input)
45
46# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
47print("πŸ’Ύ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
48for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
49    print(item)
50
51# πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Content & Listings Monitor API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Content & Listings Monitor API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

pip install apify-client

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  • Created in Jan 2024

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