# African Economic Stress Monitor — API (`malmon/african-economic-stress-monitor-api`) Actor HTTP/Standby API for the African Economic Stress Monitor: serves the latest cross-signal stress score + structural-vulnerability snapshots for 11 African economies as JSON (ranked crisis-scan, or per country). Delayed data; backs the RapidAPI listing. - **URL**: https://apify.com/malmon/african-economic-stress-monitor-api.md - **Developed by:** [Simon M](https://apify.com/malmon) (community) - **Categories:** Agents, Developer tools, News - **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use 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 ## African Economic Stress Monitor — API (Standby) A lightweight **HTTP API** that serves the latest [African Economic Stress Monitor](../african-economic-stress-monitor) snapshots as JSON — built to sit behind **RapidAPI**. This actor runs in Apify **[Standby mode](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/standby)** (a persistent HTTP server). It runs **no scrapers**: it reads the snapshots that the *producer* actor writes to a shared key-value store and returns them instantly. ### Two-actor architecture ```` Actor A (producer) shared named KVS Actor B (this actor) african-economic-stress-monitor ── writes ──▶ "stress-monitor-state" ── reads ──▶ …-api (Standby HTTP) • scrapes + scores, on a SCHEDULE └ LAST\_RUN { savedAt, • serves JSON • pay-per-event on the Apify Store byCountry: {…} } • RapidAPI proxies here ```` - **A** is unchanged — it keeps producing the snapshots (and is sold per-event on the Apify Store). - **B** (this actor) only **reads** A's latest output and serves it over HTTP — fast and cheap, decoupled from request volume. - They share a **versioned schema contract** ([`src/_contract/`](src/_contract/README.md)): A is the single source of truth; B vendors A's `Snapshot` schema and a test pins the schema version so the two can't silently diverge. ### Endpoints | Method · Path | Returns | |---|---| | `GET /crisis-scan` | All 11 covered countries, ranked most-stressed first, each a full snapshot | | `GET /country/{code}` | One country (ISO alpha-2, e.g. `/country/GH`); also `/country?code=GH` | | `GET /health` | Readiness + freshness of the underlying snapshot | Every payload carries a **freshness envelope** — `{ schemaVersion, generatedAt, ageSeconds, delayed: true }` — so consumers always see how delayed the data is. Before the producer has ever run, the data endpoints return **`503 warming_up`**. A machine-readable **OpenAPI 3.0 spec** for these endpoints (modelled from the `Snapshot` contract, with a real example response) lives in [`openapi.yaml`](openapi.yaml) — use it to create the RapidAPI listing. #### Example — `GET /country/GH` ```jsonc { "schemaVersion": 8, "generatedAt": "2026-06-07T11:00:00.000Z", "ageSeconds": 3600, "delayed": true, "country": { /* the full schema-8 Snapshot: verdict, stressScore, signals, vulnerabilityScore, vulnerabilitySignals, attributed details, … */ } } ```` ### Configuration | Env var | Purpose | |---|---| | `RAPIDAPI_PROXY_SECRET` | The `X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret` value from your RapidAPI Provider Dashboard (Security/Gateway). When set, **B rejects any request that doesn't carry it** — so nobody can bypass RapidAPI and hit this endpoint directly. **If unset, the API is OPEN** (handy for testing; the actor logs a loud warning). Set it before publishing the listing. Wired via the CLI: `apify secrets add rapidapi-proxy-secret ` + the `environmentVariables` mapping in `.actor/actor.json` (`@rapidapi-proxy-secret`), then `apify push` — or set it in Console → Settings → Environment variables. | ### Operational notes - **This actor needs *Full permissions*** (Console → Settings → *Actor permissions*). It reads a *named* key-value store created by Actor A, and Apify's default *Limited permissions* cannot access another actor's named storage — without it every data request fails and the endpoints return `503` (the log explains the fix). Change the setting, then restart the Standby run so it picks up a full-scope token. - **Actor A must run on a schedule.** B only serves what A last wrote, so set an Apify Schedule on A (e.g. daily) to keep `LAST_RUN` fresh. The data is *delayed* by design, so a cached snapshot is the correct model. B reports `ageSeconds` so a stalled schedule is visible. - B caches the snapshot in memory for 60s, so it serves instantly without reading the KVS on every request. - **Not investment advice; delayed data.** Each signal in a snapshot carries its own source attribution and license note (World Bank CC-BY, IMF, national statistics offices / central banks). See Actor A's README for source legality. ### Develop ```bash npm install npm run sync-contract # re-vendor A's Snapshot schema (run after A's schema changes) npm run build npm test # serve logic, auth guard, and the contract drift pin ``` # Actor input Schema ## Actor input object example ```json {} ``` # 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("malmon/african-economic-stress-monitor-api").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("malmon/african-economic-stress-monitor-api").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 '{}' | apify call malmon/african-economic-stress-monitor-api --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=malmon/african-economic-stress-monitor-api", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "African Economic Stress Monitor — API", "description": "HTTP/Standby API for the African Economic Stress Monitor: serves the latest cross-signal stress score + structural-vulnerability snapshots for 11 African economies as JSON (ranked crisis-scan, or per country). Delayed data; backs the RapidAPI listing.", "version": "0.2", "x-build-id": "YW5cRPlCbKibFzdHP" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/malmon~african-economic-stress-monitor-api/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-malmon-african-economic-stress-monitor-api", "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/malmon~african-economic-stress-monitor-api/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-malmon-african-economic-stress-monitor-api", "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/malmon~african-economic-stress-monitor-api/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-malmon-african-economic-stress-monitor-api", "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", "properties": {} }, "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": 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