# UK Gazette Probate Notices - London/Edinburgh/Belfast (`jungle_synthesizer/uk-gazette-probate-notices-scraper`) Actor

Scrape statutory UK probate notices from The Gazette (London, Edinburgh, Belfast). Output: decedent and executor name and address, filing solicitor, date of death, creditor-claim expiry date. Native claim-expiry filter for heir-finders, dormant-account hunters, and estate solicitors.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/uk-gazette-probate-notices-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community)
- **Categories:** Real estate, Lead generation, Business
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# README

## UK Gazette Probate Notices Scraper — London / Edinburgh / Belfast

Scrape statutory probate notices from [The Gazette](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/) — the UK's official Crown publication of record for estate notices. Covers The London Gazette, The Edinburgh Gazette, and The Belfast Gazette across an 870K+ historical corpus and approximately 150K new notices per year. Returns decedent name, last address, date of death, occupation, executor, filing solicitor, and the statutory creditor-claim expiry date. Open Government Licence; no auth, no captcha, no rate-walling beyond the publisher's 10-second `Crawl-delay` directive (which this actor honours by default).

---

### UK Gazette Probate Notices Scraper Features

- All three editions in one feed — London, Edinburgh, Belfast — or filter to one
- Native filter on **claim-expiry-date** for heir-finder workflows targeting imminent statutory deadlines
- Date-range filter on publication date for daily, weekly, or monthly incremental polls
- UK postcode prefix filter for regional intake (`SW1`, `EH1`, `BT1`, …)
- Free-text keyword search across the notice corpus
- Pulls full RDFa-decorated detail pages — decedent middle names, occupation, exact date of death — not just the sparse listing payload
- Honours `robots.txt` `Crawl-delay: 10` automatically (single-thread, 10-second courtesy delay)

---

### Who Uses UK Probate Notice Data?

- **Probate research firms** — Anglia Research, Title Research, Fraser & Fraser, and other heir-finders feed daily notice flows into their case-acquisition pipelines
- **Dormant-account specialists** — Track deceased estates for unclaimed-asset reconciliation against bank, pension, and Treasury Solicitor's bona vacantia records
- **Estate solicitors** — Monitor section 27 Trustee Act notices to advise creditor clients before claim windows close
- **Banks and pension administrators** — Trigger account-closure workflows from the official deceased-account feed
- **Genealogists** — Source verified date-of-death and last-address records for family-tree research
- **PropTech and proptech-adjacent funds** — Build deceased-estate scoring models for direct-mail outreach

---

### How UK Gazette Probate Notices Scraper Works

1. Builds one query per selected edition. With three editions selected and a 7-day window, the actor walks `wills-and-probate/london/notice/data.json`, then Edinburgh, then Belfast, in sequence.
2. Pages through the JSON listing API at 100 records per page. The listing payload carries the decedent's title, last address, claim-deadline date, and the canonical notice URL.
3. For each listing entry, fetches the per-notice HTML detail page at `/notice/<id>`. The detail page is RDFa-decorated, so the actor reads stable property names (`personal-legal:dateOfDeath`, `vcard:adr`, `foaf:familyName`, `gaz:Edition`) rather than visible labels — the parser does not break when The Gazette tweaks copy.
4. Merges the listing partial with the detail-derived fields into one unified record per notice. Default Trustee Act 1925 section 27 notice text is preserved verbatim for downstream NLP.

The actor only touches `robots.txt`-allowed paths. The richer `/data.jsonld`, `/data.rdf`, `/data.ttl`, and `?view=linked-data` endpoints are explicitly disallowed in the publisher's robots policy and are deliberately avoided.

---

### Input

```json
{
    "editions": ["london"],
    "publishedSinceDays": 7,
    "claimExpiryWithinDays": 0,
    "maxItems": 5,
    "sp_intended_usage": "Heir-finder lead generation",
    "sp_improvement_suggestions": ""
}
````

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `editions` | array | `["london","edinburgh","belfast"]` | Subset of the three Gazette editions. Empty or omitted = all three. |
| `publishedSinceDays` | integer | `7` | Pull notices published within the last N days. `0` disables the publish-date filter. |
| `claimExpiryWithinDays` | integer | `0` | Pull notices whose creditor-claim deadline falls within the next N days. `0` disables. Use `30`, `60`, or `90` for heir-finder priority intake. |
| `datePublishedFrom` | string | `""` | ISO date (`YYYY-MM-DD`). Overrides `publishedSinceDays` with an explicit start date. |
| `datePublishedTo` | string | `""` | ISO end date. Empty = today. |
| `postcode` | string | `""` | UK postcode prefix (`SW1`, `EH1`, `BT1`). Filters notices by location of the deceased's last address. |
| `keyword` | string | `""` | Free-text search across the notice corpus (decedent name, occupation, etc.). |
| `maxItems` | integer | `5` | Hard cap on records returned per run. Each item triggers one detail-page fetch with a 10-second courtesy delay. Set higher (50–500) for production batches. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Apify Proxy GB Residential | The publisher does not block direct fetches, but a UK residential proxy keeps the source IP stable for production cadence. |

#### Heir-finder example — claim deadline within 60 days

```json
{
    "editions": ["london", "edinburgh", "belfast"],
    "publishedSinceDays": 0,
    "claimExpiryWithinDays": 60,
    "maxItems": 200,
    "sp_intended_usage": "Heir finder retainer pipeline"
}
```

#### Edinburgh-only weekly incremental

```json
{
    "editions": ["edinburgh"],
    "publishedSinceDays": 7,
    "maxItems": 100,
    "sp_intended_usage": "Scottish probate weekly digest"
}
```

#### Postcode-targeted intake — Greater London

```json
{
    "editions": ["london"],
    "postcode": "SW1",
    "publishedSinceDays": 30,
    "maxItems": 50,
    "sp_intended_usage": "Central London estate solicitor outreach"
}
```

***

### UK Gazette Probate Notices Scraper Output Fields

```json
{
    "notice_id": "5124340",
    "notice_url": "https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/5124340",
    "edition": "London",
    "publish_date": "2026-05-01",
    "claim_expiry_date": "2026-07-07",
    "notice_type": "Deceased Estates",
    "decedent_name": "Ernest William Gilburt",
    "decedent_aka": [],
    "decedent_address": "14 Park Crescent, Enfield, EN2 6HS",
    "decedent_dob": null,
    "decedent_dod": "2025-02-27",
    "decedent_occupation": "Printer (Retired)",
    "executor_name": "Paul Antoniou",
    "executor_address": null,
    "executor_solicitor": "Taylor Rose Solicitors",
    "solicitor_address": "4th Floor 69 Carter Lane, London, EC4V 5EQ",
    "estate_value_indicator": null,
    "notice_text": "Notice is hereby given pursuant to section 27 (Deceased Estates) of the Trustee Act 1925, …",
    "scraped_at": "2026-05-01T02:39:44.637Z"
}
```

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `notice_id` | Numeric Gazette notice identifier. |
| `notice_url` | Canonical URL on `thegazette.co.uk`. |
| `edition` | `London`, `Edinburgh`, or `Belfast`. |
| `publish_date` | Date the notice was published (`YYYY-MM-DD`). |
| `claim_expiry_date` | Statutory creditor-claim deadline (`YYYY-MM-DD`). The single most important field for heir-finder workflows. |
| `notice_type` | Notice category as published by The Gazette (`Deceased Estates`, etc.). |
| `decedent_name` | Decedent's full legal name — `firstName middleName(s) familyName` reassembled from the RDFa fields. |
| `decedent_aka` | Alternative names or maiden names if listed. |
| `decedent_address` | Last known address of the deceased. |
| `decedent_dob` | Date of birth if listed. Rare in section 27 notices. |
| `decedent_dod` | Date of death (`YYYY-MM-DD`), pulled from the `personal-legal:dateOfDeath` RDFa property. |
| `decedent_occupation` | Decedent's occupation if listed. |
| `executor_name` | Executor / personal representative contact name (often the named individual at the filing firm). |
| `executor_address` | Executor mailing address when separate from the solicitor. |
| `executor_solicitor` | Filing solicitor / firm name. |
| `solicitor_address` | Solicitor firm address. Primary direct-mail field for B2B outreach. |
| `estate_value_indicator` | Estate value if mentioned in the notice text (e.g. £-prefixed amount). |
| `notice_text` | Full statutory legal-information text when published inline (London edition typically; Edinburgh edition often omits inline legal text). |
| `scraped_at` | Timestamp of the scrape (ISO 8601). |

***

### FAQ

#### How many notices does The Gazette publish?

The wills-and-probate corpus stood at **870,306 notices** when this actor was verified live (2026-04-30), growing by roughly 150,000 per year. London publishes the bulk; Edinburgh adds about 18,000; Belfast adds the remainder.

#### Does this actor respect The Gazette's robots policy?

Yes. `robots.txt` sets `Crawl-delay: 10` and disallows the alternative `/data.jsonld`, `/data.rdf`, `/data.ttl`, `/data.xml`, and `?view=linked-data` endpoints. This actor enforces the 10-second crawl delay globally (across both listing and detail fetches) and only touches the explicitly-allowed `/wills-and-probate/notice/data.json` listing endpoint and the canonical `/notice/<id>` detail page. The data is published under the Open Government Licence.

#### Why is `notice_text` sometimes null?

The London Gazette template includes the statutory section 27 Trustee Act text inline on every deceased-estates notice. The Edinburgh and Belfast templates often omit the inline legal text — the structured fields (decedent, executor, solicitor, dates) are still populated from the RDFa-decorated detail page.

#### How do I run a daily incremental?

Set `publishedSinceDays: 1` and schedule the actor for a daily run. Each run will pick up notices published in the last 24 hours across the editions you select. With three editions and an average of ~410 new notices per weekday, expect 200–500 records per daily incremental.

#### How do I target imminent claim deadlines?

Set `claimExpiryWithinDays` to `30`, `60`, or `90` and `publishedSinceDays` to `0`. The actor will pull notices whose statutory creditor-claim window closes within the configured horizon — the priority slice for heir-finder firms.

#### What's the difference between `executor_name` and `executor_solicitor`?

The Gazette publishes a combined string in the *Details of the Executor/Administrator* block: `"Firm Name, Address. (Contact Name)"`. This actor splits that into `executor_solicitor` (the firm), `solicitor_address` (the firm's address), and `executor_name` (the contact named in parentheses, falling back to the firm name when no individual contact is published).

#### Why does the run take 50+ seconds for just 5 records?

The actor honours `robots.txt`'s `Crawl-delay: 10` directive — every listing page and every detail fetch waits at least 10 seconds before the next request. A 5-record run is one listing fetch plus five detail fetches, gated to roughly 50 seconds. Scale `maxItems` linearly: 50 records ≈ 8 minutes, 500 records ≈ 80 minutes. For larger batches, set the actor's run timeout accordingly.

#### Can I use the Atom XML feed instead?

The Atom alternative at `/wills-and-probate/notice/data.feed` is a peer endpoint to the JSON one this actor uses. Both expose the same listing payload. We use JSON for parser simplicity, but neither is more or less complete.

***

### Need More Features?

Open an issue or contact the maintainer through the Apify store. Ideas welcome — particularly around heir-finder enrichment workflows (postcode-radius search, executor-firm dedup, probate-grant cross-reference).

# Actor input Schema

## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`):

Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler.

## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`):

Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements.

## `sp_contact` (type: `string`):

Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you.

## `editions` (type: `array`):

Which Gazette editions to include. Empty = all three.

## `publishedSinceDays` (type: `integer`):

Only return notices published within the last N days. 7 for weekly incremental; 0 = no publish-date filter.

## `claimExpiryWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Filter to notices whose creditor-claim deadline falls within the next N days. 0 = no filter. Useful for heir-finder workflows targeting imminent deadlines.

## `datePublishedFrom` (type: `string`):

Override publishedSinceDays with explicit start date.

## `datePublishedTo` (type: `string`):

Optional explicit end date. Empty = today.

## `postcode` (type: `string`):

Optional UK postcode prefix to filter notices by location (e.g., 'SW1', 'EH1', 'BT1').

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Optional free-text search across notice content (decedent name, occupation, etc.).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of notices to scrape per run. Each item triggers one detail-page fetch with a 10-second courtesy delay (Crawl-delay: 10 per robots.txt). Default 5 keeps a single-edition test inside the Apify tester's 5-minute window. Override higher for production batches.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy is optional. The Gazette JSON API is open and unauthenticated; default runs without a proxy. Enable Apify residential GB only if you hit IP-based rate limiting on a high-volume run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
  "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
  "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
  "editions": [
    "london",
    "edinburgh",
    "belfast"
  ],
  "publishedSinceDays": 7,
  "claimExpiryWithinDays": 0,
  "maxItems": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
    "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
    "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
    "editions": [
        "london",
        "edinburgh",
        "belfast"
    ],
    "publishedSinceDays": 7,
    "claimExpiryWithinDays": 0,
    "datePublishedFrom": "",
    "datePublishedTo": "",
    "postcode": "",
    "keyword": "",
    "maxItems": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/uk-gazette-probate-notices-scraper").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 = {
    "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
    "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
    "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
    "editions": [
        "london",
        "edinburgh",
        "belfast",
    ],
    "publishedSinceDays": 7,
    "claimExpiryWithinDays": 0,
    "datePublishedFrom": "",
    "datePublishedTo": "",
    "postcode": "",
    "keyword": "",
    "maxItems": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/uk-gazette-probate-notices-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
  "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
  "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
  "editions": [
    "london",
    "edinburgh",
    "belfast"
  ],
  "publishedSinceDays": 7,
  "claimExpiryWithinDays": 0,
  "datePublishedFrom": "",
  "datePublishedTo": "",
  "postcode": "",
  "keyword": "",
  "maxItems": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call jungle_synthesizer/uk-gazette-probate-notices-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/uk-gazette-probate-notices-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "UK Gazette Probate Notices - London/Edinburgh/Belfast",
        "description": "Scrape statutory UK probate notices from The Gazette (London, Edinburgh, Belfast). Output: decedent and executor name and address, filing solicitor, date of death, creditor-claim expiry date. Native claim-expiry filter for heir-finders, dormant-account hunters, and estate solicitors.",
        "version": "1.0",
        "x-build-id": "cqezWo79tz2vrFYu1"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~uk-gazette-probate-notices-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-uk-gazette-probate-notices-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~uk-gazette-probate-notices-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-uk-gazette-probate-notices-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~uk-gazette-probate-notices-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-uk-gazette-probate-notices-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "sp_intended_usage",
                    "sp_improvement_suggestions"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "sp_intended_usage": {
                        "title": "What is the intended usage of this data?",
                        "minLength": 1,
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler."
                    },
                    "sp_improvement_suggestions": {
                        "title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?",
                        "minLength": 1,
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements."
                    },
                    "sp_contact": {
                        "title": "Contact Email",
                        "minLength": 1,
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you."
                    },
                    "editions": {
                        "title": "Gazette Editions",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Which Gazette editions to include. Empty = all three.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "enum": [
                                "london",
                                "edinburgh",
                                "belfast"
                            ],
                            "enumTitles": [
                                "The London Gazette",
                                "The Edinburgh Gazette",
                                "The Belfast Gazette"
                            ]
                        }
                    },
                    "publishedSinceDays": {
                        "title": "Published Within Last N Days",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Only return notices published within the last N days. 7 for weekly incremental; 0 = no publish-date filter.",
                        "default": 7
                    },
                    "claimExpiryWithinDays": {
                        "title": "Claim Expiry Within N Days",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Filter to notices whose creditor-claim deadline falls within the next N days. 0 = no filter. Useful for heir-finder workflows targeting imminent deadlines.",
                        "default": 0
                    },
                    "datePublishedFrom": {
                        "title": "Publish Date From (YYYY-MM-DD)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Override publishedSinceDays with explicit start date."
                    },
                    "datePublishedTo": {
                        "title": "Publish Date To (YYYY-MM-DD)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional explicit end date. Empty = today."
                    },
                    "postcode": {
                        "title": "Postcode (UK)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional UK postcode prefix to filter notices by location (e.g., 'SW1', 'EH1', 'BT1')."
                    },
                    "keyword": {
                        "title": "Free-text Keyword",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional free-text search across notice content (decedent name, occupation, etc.)."
                    },
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Max Items",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of notices to scrape per run. Each item triggers one detail-page fetch with a 10-second courtesy delay (Crawl-delay: 10 per robots.txt). Default 5 keeps a single-edition test inside the Apify tester's 5-minute window. Override higher for production batches.",
                        "default": 5
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Proxy is optional. The Gazette JSON API is open and unauthenticated; default runs without a proxy. Enable Apify residential GB only if you hit IP-based rate limiting on a high-volume run."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```
