# Automated Supplier Catalog Change Tracker with Alerting (`lavgroup/supplier-catalog-change-tracker-alerting-6271147`) Actor Monitor supplier websites for catalog updates and notify procurement teams to streamline sourcing decisions. - **URL**: https://apify.com/lavgroup/supplier-catalog-change-tracker-alerting-6271147.md - **Developed by:** [Taku Anan](https://apify.com/lavgroup) (community) - **Categories:** AI - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $50.00 / 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? Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. - **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use). - **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`. - **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`. - **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`. - **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Supplier Catalog Change Tracker with Alerting Actor This Actor monitors supplier websites for catalog updates and notifies procurement teams with change diffs and alert severity. ### How it works - Input: list of supplier catalog URLs with CSS selectors for product SKU, name, price, and availability. - Fetches HTML pages asynchronously. - Extracts product catalogs using CSS selectors. - Compares with previous catalog data (optional input). - Generates added, removed, and changed product lists with a severity alert. - Pushes results to the default dataset. ### Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "properties": { "supplierCatalogUrls": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "url": {"type": "string", "format": "uri"}, "productSelectors": { "type": "object", "propertyNames": {"enum": ["sku", "name", "price", "availability"]}, "additionalProperties": {"type": "string"} } }, "required": ["url", "productSelectors"] }, "minItems": 1 }, "previousCatalogs": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "sku": {"type": "string"}, "name": {"type": "string"}, "price": {"type": "string"}, "availability": {"type": "string"} }, "required": ["sku"] } } } }, "required": ["supplierCatalogUrls"] } ``` ### Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "properties": { "url": {"type": "string"}, "timestamp": {"type": "string"}, "status": {"type": "string"}, "added": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "sku": {"type": "string"}, "name": {"type": "string"}, "price": {"type": "string"}, "availability": {"type": "string"} }, "required": ["sku"] } }, "removed": {"type": "array", "items": {"$ref": "#/properties/added/items"}}, "changed": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "sku": {"type": "string"}, "diffs": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": { "type": "object", "properties": { "old": {"type": "string"}, "new": {"type": "string"} }, "required": ["old", "new"] } } }, "required": ["sku", "diffs"] } }, "severity_score": {"type": "integer"}, "alert_level": {"type": "string"} }, "required": ["url", "status", "added", "removed", "changed", "severity_score", "alert_level"] } ``` ### Example input ```json { "supplierCatalogUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.supplier-example.com/catalog", "productSelectors": { "sku": ".sku", "name": ".product-name", "price": ".price", "availability": ".availability" } } ], "previousCatalogs": {} } ``` ### Running - Deploy the Actor on Apify platform. - Use the input schema to provide supplier catalog URLs and selectors. - The Actor outputs normalized diff reports to dataset. ### License MIT # Actor input Schema ## Actor input object example ```json {} ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): Results stored in the default dataset. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("lavgroup/supplier-catalog-change-tracker-alerting-6271147").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("lavgroup/supplier-catalog-change-tracker-alerting-6271147").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 lavgroup/supplier-catalog-change-tracker-alerting-6271147 --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lavgroup/supplier-catalog-change-tracker-alerting-6271147" } } } ``` 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 ` 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/pOSusEAodhxcjMNfK/builds/4kbUmeJZJftcE2qKO/openapi.json