# Quick 3-record sample from UK tenders API

**Use case:** 

Pulls a minimal 3-record sample from the UK Find a Tender OCDS API to validate data structure and field coverage before a full run.

## Input

```json
{
  "search_limit": "3",
  "max_items": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "tag": {
    "label": "Tag",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "date": {
    "label": "Date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "initiation_type": {
    "label": "Initiation Type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "ocid": {
    "label": "Ocid",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "parties_name": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "parties_id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "identifier_scheme": {
    "label": "Scheme",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "identifier_id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "street_address": {
    "label": "Street Address",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "locality": {
    "label": "Locality",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "postal_code": {
    "label": "Postal Code",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "country": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "country_name": {
    "label": "Country Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "region": {
    "label": "Region",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "contact_point_name": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "email": {
    "label": "Email",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "roles": {
    "label": "Roles",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "classifications_scheme": {
    "label": "Scheme",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "classifications_id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "classifications_description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "buyer_id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "buyer_name": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "tender_id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "legal_basis_id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "legal_basis_scheme": {
    "label": "Scheme",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "tender_title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "tender_description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "tender_status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "procurement_method": {
    "label": "Procurement Method",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "procurement_method_details": {
    "label": "Procurement Method Details",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "lots_id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "lots_status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "tender_documents_id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "tender_documents_document_type": {
    "label": "Document Type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "tender_documents_description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "awards_id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "awards_status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "main_procurement_category": {
    "label": "Main Procurement Category",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "suppliers_id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "suppliers_name": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "items_id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "additional_classifications_scheme": {
    "label": "Scheme",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "additional_classifications_id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "additional_classifications_description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "related_lot": {
    "label": "Related Lot",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "related_lots": {
    "label": "Related Lots",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "contracts_id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "award_id": {
    "label": "Award ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "contracts_title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "contracts_status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "start_date": {
    "label": "Start Date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "end_date": {
    "label": "End Date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "max_extent_date": {
    "label": "Max Extent Date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "has_renewal": {
    "label": "Has Renewal",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "renewal_description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "amount_gross": {
    "label": "Amount Gross",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "amount": {
    "label": "Amount",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "currency": {
    "label": "Currency",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "above_threshold": {
    "label": "Above Threshold",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "date_signed": {
    "label": "Date Signed",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "agreed_metrics_id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "agreed_metrics_title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "duration_in_months": {
    "label": "Duration In Months",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "observations_id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "contracts_documents_id": {
    "label": "Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "contracts_documents_document_type": {
    "label": "Document Type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "notice_type": {
    "label": "Notice Type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "contracts_documents_description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "date_published": {
    "label": "Date Published",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "format": {
    "label": "Format",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "language": {
    "label": "Language",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The UK Find a Tender Service (OCDS API) - Data Scraper Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Quick 3-record sample from UK tenders API". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/ixfwCaNo5UTXwVWPX) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Quick 3-record sample from UK tenders API" task

The UK Find a Tender Service (OCDS API) - Data Scraper Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like limit, maximum results, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Quick 3-record sample from UK tenders API" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as id, tag, date, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Quick 3-record sample from UK tenders API" task via API](https://apify.com/gettingtechnicl/uk-find-a-tender.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [UK Find a Tender Service (OCDS API) - Data Scraper](https://apify.com/gettingtechnicl/uk-find-a-tender.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/gettingtechnicl/uk-find-a-tender.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/gettingtechnicl/uk-find-a-tender.md

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`).