# BTS Commodity Flow Freight Analysis Data API (`koalastuff/bts-commodity-flow-monitor`) Actor

Query official BTS freight-flow estimates by origin, destination, commodity, mode, year, and bounded row limits for logistics analysis and planning.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/koalastuff/bts-commodity-flow-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Timo Schmidt](https://apify.com/koalastuff) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 bts freight-flow records

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## BTS Commodity Flow Freight Analysis Data API

Return bounded, normalized freight-flow estimates from the official Bureau of Transportation Statistics Commodity Flow Survey area file. Filter by origin and destination state, commodity, domestic mode, and survey year for logistics, infrastructure, and supply-chain analysis.

### Try this first

```json
{"originState":"06","destinationState":"13","commodityCode":"26","year":2022,"maxResults":10}
```

Source: [BTS Commodity Flow Survey](https://www.bts.gov/cfs) and the [official CFS Area File API](https://data.bts.gov/Research-and-Statistics/CFS-Area-File-2012-2022/j246-y2rf). The source describes geographic commodity movements and estimates of tonnage, value, and average miles. Values and suppression flags are returned as provided by BTS; the Actor does not turn estimates into regulatory or commercial advice.

Limits: one official GET request, optional two-digit state filters, numeric source taxonomy filters, survey years 2012–2022, at most 100 records, an 8 MB response cap, retries, safe query construction, and deterministic deduplication. No personal records or establishment identifiers are exported.

Store: https://apify.com/koalastuff/bts-commodity-flow-monitor

# Actor input Schema

## `originState` (type: `string`):

Optional two-digit U.S. state or territory FIPS code; 00 means aggregate.

## `destinationState` (type: `string`):

Optional two-digit destination state or territory FIPS code; 00 means aggregate.

## `commodityCode` (type: `string`):

Optional BTS commodity code from the source taxonomy.

## `modeCode` (type: `string`):

Optional BTS mode code such as 22 for truck and rail.

## `year` (type: `integer`):

CFS area-file year.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Hard output limit.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "originState": "06",
  "destinationState": "13",
  "commodityCode": "26",
  "year": 2022,
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

# 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("koalastuff/bts-commodity-flow-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("koalastuff/bts-commodity-flow-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 koalastuff/bts-commodity-flow-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,koalastuff/bts-commodity-flow-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/WlUlnBX5zEMqdTyfh/builds/8stKzNGBbz1gbCApr/openapi.json