You can access the Public Directory Change Detector programmatically from your own 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.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "pages": [
12        {
13            "url": "https://example.com/directory",
14            "html": "<html><body><article class=\"listing-card\"><a href=\"/directory/acme-studio\">Acme Studio</a><span class=\"category\">Design agency</span><span class=\"location\">Austin, TX</span></article><article class=\"listing-card\"><a href=\"/directory/beta-tools\">Beta Tools</a><span class=\"category\">Automation software</span></article></body></html>"
15        }
16    ]
17};
18
19// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
20const run = await client.actor("eager_vitamin/public-directory-change-detector").call(input);
21
22// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
23console.log('Results from dataset');
24console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
25const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
26items.forEach((item) => {
27    console.dir(item);
28});
29
30// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

Public Directory Change Detector API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Public Directory Change Detector API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Public Directory Change Detector API in Python

Public Directory Change Detector API through CLI

Public Directory Change Detector OpenAPI definition

Public Directory Change Detector API

Greenhouse Hiring Change Feed

snapperwapper/greenhouse-hiring-change-feed

Monitor public Greenhouse job boards for new, changed, unchanged, and closed roles using the public Job Board API.

snapperwapper

Public APIs Directory Scraper - API Catalog Data

benthepythondev/publicapis-directory-scraper

Scrape public API directory pages and extract API names, URLs, descriptions, categories and developer integration metadata.

Ben

Workday Jobs Scraper & Change Detector

aiechosystem/workday-jobs-scraper-test

Extract jobs from public Workday career sites and monitor new, changed, and removed job postings

Jawad EL OUFIR

Sitemap Change Detector

tri_angle/sitemap-change-detector

Identify and monitor sitemaps for specified websites. Retrieve only the new, updated, or removed URLs since the last crawl.

Tri⟁angle

Sitemap Change Monitor: New & Removed Page Alerts

scrapemint/sitemap-change-monitor

Watch any website's sitemap and get one row per change: new pages, removed pages, optional lastmod updates. See competitors' new products, content clusters and landing pages the day they ship. Pay only for changes; quiet sites cost nothing. Keyless, no proxy.

Ken M

Competitor Catalog Change Detector

zentrafoundry/competitor-catalog-change-detector

Detect new products, removed products, category changes, price changes, and catalog expansion on public stores.

Zentra

Hiring Change Monitor — Track New & Removed Jobs

coregent/hiring-change-monitor

Monitor public company career pages and ATS boards (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday-style sites) for hiring changes. Detect new, removed, reopened, and changed job posts as clean, CSV-friendly hiring-signal events.

Delowar Munna

Shopify Price & Stock Monitor: Change Alerts Any Store

scrapemint/shopify-price-monitor

Watch any Shopify store and get one row per change: price up or down with percent, back in stock, sold out, new and removed products, variant level. Pay only for changes; scanning an unchanged catalog costs nothing. No login, no API key, no proxy.

Ken M