UPC / EAN / ISBN Normalizer

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Store title: UPC / EAN / ISBN Normalizer

Short description: Normalize messy UPC, EAN, ISBN, and product identifier columns into consistent identifier formats for downstream feeds and QA.

SEO title: UPC / EAN / ISBN Normalizer — fast deterministic data utility

SEO description: Normalize messy UPC, EAN, ISBN, and product identifier columns into consistent identifier formats for downstream feeds and QA. Use it for fast, low-cost normalization or validation at scale with predictable pay-per-event pricing.

Categories: DEVELOPER_TOOLS, ECOMMERCE

Keywords: upc, ean, isbn, normalizer, tiny deterministic utility

Pay-Per-Event Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing. Event prices include Apify platform usage; users are not expected to pay a separate platform-usage pass-through charge for the configured pricing model.

• Tier: U1 — Tiny deterministic utility
• Primary event: identifier-validated at $0.00195 base
• Default max charge: $1.00
• Store discounts: FREE/BRONZE base, SILVER discounted, GOLD deepest approved discount

Event set:

• actor-start: base $0.00176, GOLD $0.00141. Upc Ean Isbn Normalizer: charged when actor start is completed. The price includes Apify platform usage; no separate usage pass-through is intended.
• identifier-validated: base $0.00195, GOLD $0.00156. Upc Ean Isbn Normalizer: charged when identifier validated is completed. The price includes Apify platform usage; no separate usage pass-through is intended.
• report-generated: base $0.02000, GOLD $0.01600. Upc Ean Isbn Normalizer: charged when report generated is completed. The price includes Apify platform usage; no separate usage pass-through is intended.

The actor accepts actor-start before work, accepts the primary event before each dataset row, and accepts the configured report event before writing report files. If maxChargeUsd or the live PPE limit blocks a charge, the corresponding row or report is not written.

Public Task Concepts

• Extract UPC / EAN / ISBN rows from supplied public inputs
• Inventory UPC / EAN / ISBN fields across a capped sample
• Normalize UPC / EAN / ISBN evidence for delivery
• Flag missing UPC / EAN / ISBN data before delivery
• Export UPC / EAN / ISBN records with source URLs Normalize product identifiers for catalog workflows.

What It Does

Strips formatting, detects UPC-A/EAN-13/ISBN-10/ISBN-13, validates check digits, converts ISBN-10 to ISBN-13, and optionally pads UPC-A bodies.

Inputs

This actor exposes these input fields in .actor/input_schema.json:

• inputRows
• fileUrl
• codeColumn
• outputFormat
• convertIsbn10
• padUpcA
• maxRows
• includeInvalidRows
• maxChargeUsd

The exact default normalizes ISBN-10 0-306-40615-2 and ISBN-13 978-0-306-40615-7, a real edition pair verified through the public Open Library Books API at 2026-07-12T05:48:00Z.

Outputs

Dataset rows contain:

• rowIndex
• originalCode
• normalizedCode
• detectedType
• convertedFrom
• checkDigitValid
• normalizationStatus
• warnings
• errors

Sample outputs in examples/output.sample.json and output.sample.json were generated from examples/input.tiny.json through actor logic.

Reports

After the configured report charge is accepted, the actor writes its Markdown, JSON, or CSV reports to the key-value store. A rejected report charge leaves those files unwritten.

Public Task Concepts

• Normalize UPC / EAN / ISBN Normalizer records
• Validate UPC / EAN / ISBN Normalizer values in bulk
• Generate a small utility report for UPC / EAN / ISBN Normalizer

Safe use

Use small capped runs first. Network paths are bounded; review output quality and costs before increasing limits.