# Affiliate Revenue Leak Monitor (`faithful_schlumbergera/affiliate-revenue-leak-monitor`) Actor

Find broken links, redirect issues, and potential affiliate tracking problems across public blogs and websites. Detect affiliate link candidates, check HTTP status, prioritize actionable issues, and export CSV reports. Respects robots.txt. Does not verify actual commissions.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/faithful_schlumbergera/affiliate-revenue-leak-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [代美 小澤](https://apify.com/faithful_schlumbergera) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Affiliate Revenue Leak Monitor

**Find broken links and potential affiliate-link problems before they go unnoticed.**

Affiliate Revenue Leak Monitor checks links on public blog pages and URLs you paste manually. It identifies affiliate-link candidates, separates confirmed HTTP error responses from access restrictions, and produces a practical CSV audit with suggested next steps.

Built for affiliate publishers, bloggers, content creators, and site owners who need a lightweight way to review their public links.

> **Important:** This is a rules-based link auditing tool, not a commission tracker or an AI language model. It cannot access affiliate account reports or prove that a commission was lost.

### What it does

- Discover affiliate-link candidates from public HTML pages, including observed Ameba Pick-style redirects.
- Check individual affiliate URLs, including links copied from YouTube descriptions.
- Identify HTTP 404/410 responses that may indicate broken destinations.
- Distinguish access restrictions, server errors, and inconclusive results.
- Follow up to four HTTPS redirects and check optional visible tracking parameters.
- Prioritize affiliate candidates over unrelated site links.
- Export structured datasets, CSV findings, and Markdown reports.

### How to use

**Scan a blog:** Enter one or more public HTTPS article URLs under **Public blog/page URLs**, choose Scan mode, and start the Actor.

**Check links manually:** Paste HTTPS URLs into **Manual links**, one per line, and start the Actor.

**Test without network access:** Select Demo mode to generate fictional example findings.

### Output

- `FINDINGS.csv`: HTTP status, risk classification, link category, and recommended action.
- `REPORT.md`: Human-readable audit summary.
- `OUTPUT`: JSON summary containing detection counts and warnings.

### Important limitations

This Actor does not verify purchases, product availability, conversions, or commissions. Robots.txt restrictions and HTTP 403/429 are not proof of a broken link. A missing visible tracking parameter is only a review signal.

Only public HTTPS URLs are supported. The Actor respects robots.txt and does not bypass access controls.

Apify runtime charges may apply. Demo results may also be billable if pay-per-event pricing is enabled.

**Version: 1.4.0**

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Demo shows fictional sample audit rows; Scan checks public URLs.

## `pageUrls` (type: `string`):

One HTTPS page per line. Up to 5. Respects robots.txt. JavaScript-only links not extracted.

## `manualLinks` (type: `string`):

Paste actual HTTPS links one per line; no YouTube scraping or Google API. Do not enter passwords or signed links.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Source pages to inspect (1-5).

## `maxLinks` (type: `integer`):

Maximum external destinations to inspect (1-60).

## `checkAllLinks` (type: `boolean`):

More requests and potential charges. Default only checks links with known affiliate identifiers.

## `expectedTrackingKey` (type: `string`):

Optional query key to observe, such as tag, aff_id (query string only, not attribution proof).

## `expectedTrackingValue` (type: `string`):

Optional corresponding value. Omit for key-only checking. Never paste a password or secret.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "demo",
  "pageUrls": "",
  "manualLinks": "",
  "maxPages": 2,
  "maxLinks": 20,
  "checkAllLinks": false,
  "expectedTrackingKey": "",
  "expectedTrackingValue": ""
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("faithful_schlumbergera/affiliate-revenue-leak-monitor").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("faithful_schlumbergera/affiliate-revenue-leak-monitor").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 '{}' |
apify call faithful_schlumbergera/affiliate-revenue-leak-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,faithful_schlumbergera/affiliate-revenue-leak-monitor"
        }
    }
}
```

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/BLapKMQvtWcDyMbgo/builds/7ftGmPYhEZV3KKtiz/openapi.json