# AUREUS Supplier Catalog Change Audit (`embroidered_butter/aureus-supplier-catalog-change-audit`) Actor

Compare two supplier CSV catalogs to detect added or removed SKUs, price and title changes, duplicate SKUs, and invalid data. Download HTML, CSV, and JSON audit reports before importing catalog updates. No AI API calls.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/embroidered_butter/aureus-supplier-catalog-change-audit.md
- **Developed by:** [roberto pappaianni](https://apify.com/embroidered_butter) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$500.00 / 1,000 completed catalog audits

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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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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

## AUREUS Supplier Catalog Change Audit

Compare two supplier CSV catalogs before importing an update into your store or inventory system.

Identify product changes and data quality issues, then download reports in HTML, CSV and JSON.

### What it checks

- Added and removed SKUs.
- Price changes, with a configurable percentage alert threshold.
- Product title and currency changes.
- Duplicate or missing SKUs.
- Invalid prices and currency formats.

SKUs duplicated in either catalog are excluded from comparison to avoid ambiguous matches.

### How to use

1. Paste your previous CSV into "Catalogo precedente".
2. Paste your current CSV into "Catalogo attuale".
3. Set the price alert threshold. The default is 20%.
4. Start the Actor.
5. Open the run's Storage section to download the reports.

Use comma-separated CSV with this header:

sku,price,currency,title

Example previous catalog:

sku,price,currency,title
A001,10.00,EUR,Cup
A002,20.00,EUR,Lamp
A003,15.00,EUR,Vase

Example current catalog:

sku,price,currency,title
A001,13.00,EUR,Cup
A002,20.00,EUR,Lamp
A004,25.00,EUR,Cushion

At a 20% threshold, this example reports:

- A001: price increased by 30%.
- A003: removed from the current catalog.
- A004: added to the current catalog.

### Reports

The run's default key-value store contains:

- REPORT.html: readable audit report.
- FINDINGS.csv: findings for spreadsheet review.
- AUDIT.json: structured audit data.

The default dataset contains one combined audit record per comparison, rather than one record per product.

### Input requirements and limits

- Both catalogs must contain the columns sku,price,currency,title.
- Maximum 2,000 product rows per catalog.
- Maximum 1 MB per catalog.
- Maximum 30 columns and 2,048 characters per cell.
- SKU matching is case-sensitive.
- Prices must be non-negative, with no more than two decimal places.
- Use three-letter uppercase currency codes, such as EUR or USD.
- Empty catalogs are rejected.

### Pricing

USD 0.50 per completed catalog audit.
One audit compares one previous catalog with one current catalog.

### Scope

The Actor compares only the CSV data you provide. It does not fetch supplier websites, modify your original catalogs or import changes into your store.

A removed SKU means it is absent from the supplied current CSV; it does not prove that the product is discontinued or out of stock.

No AI API calls are used.

# Actor input Schema

## `previousCsv` (type: `string`):

CSV precedente con colonne sku,price,currency,title.

## `currentCsv` (type: `string`):

CSV attuale con colonne sku,price,currency,title.

## `priceChangePercent` (type: `number`):

Segnala variazioni percentuali di prezzo pari o superiori alla soglia.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "previousCsv": "sku,price,currency,title\nA001,10.00,EUR,Tazza\nA002,20.00,EUR,Lampada\nA003,15.00,EUR,Vaso",
  "currentCsv": "sku,price,currency,title\nA001,13.00,EUR,Tazza\nA002,20.00,EUR,Lampada\nA004,25.00,EUR,Cuscino",
  "priceChangePercent": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `htmlReport` (type: `string`):

No description

## `csvFindings` (type: `string`):

No description

## `jsonAudit` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "previousCsv": `sku,price,currency,title
A001,10.00,EUR,Tazza
A002,20.00,EUR,Lampada
A003,15.00,EUR,Vaso`,
    "currentCsv": `sku,price,currency,title
A001,13.00,EUR,Tazza
A002,20.00,EUR,Lampada
A004,25.00,EUR,Cuscino`
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("embroidered_butter/aureus-supplier-catalog-change-audit").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 = {
    "previousCsv": """sku,price,currency,title
A001,10.00,EUR,Tazza
A002,20.00,EUR,Lampada
A003,15.00,EUR,Vaso""",
    "currentCsv": """sku,price,currency,title
A001,13.00,EUR,Tazza
A002,20.00,EUR,Lampada
A004,25.00,EUR,Cuscino""",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("embroidered_butter/aureus-supplier-catalog-change-audit").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 '{
  "previousCsv": "sku,price,currency,title\\nA001,10.00,EUR,Tazza\\nA002,20.00,EUR,Lampada\\nA003,15.00,EUR,Vaso",
  "currentCsv": "sku,price,currency,title\\nA001,13.00,EUR,Tazza\\nA002,20.00,EUR,Lampada\\nA004,25.00,EUR,Cuscino"
}' |
apify call embroidered_butter/aureus-supplier-catalog-change-audit --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,embroidered_butter/aureus-supplier-catalog-change-audit"
        }
    }
}
```

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/F1TNSWdVZQaZ0ddfn/builds/BZAr38JL19c2AYH5z/openapi.json