# Refurbished Server Offers - Configurations, Prices & Stock (`maydit/refurbished-server-offer-monitor`) Actor

Export public refurbished server configurations, asking prices and availability. Compare installed CPU, memory, storage, bays, rails, RAID and warranty without opening a custom configurator.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/maydit/refurbished-server-offer-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Brandt May](https://apify.com/maydit) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.20 / 1,000 saved observations

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Refurbished Server Offers - Configurations, Prices & Stock

Build a comparable shortlist of public refurbished server offers with the configuration actually listed: CPU count and total cores, installed memory, storage description, bays, rails, RAID, management and warranty. Keep missing components and out-of-stock offers visible instead of filling gaps with chassis maximums.

### Start with a small run

Run with the prefilled input to observe up to five rows from the default public collection. No API key, login or proxy is required. Inspect the dataset plus **SUMMARY** and the readable **RUN_REPORT** before feeding observations into purchasing decisions.

#### Ready-configured server shortlist

Observe three listings with their actual installed configuration text.

```json
{
  "collectionUrls": [
    "https://techmikeny.com/collections/servers"
  ],
  "productsPerSource": 3,
  "maxResults": 3
}
```

#### Known Dell certified-refurbished offer

Monitor one stable SKU, including its honest current stock status.

```json
{
  "productUrls": [
    "https://techmikeny.com/products/dell-certified-refurbished-poweredge-r960-server-2-20ghz-80-core-64gb-600gb"
  ],
  "maxResults": 1
}
```

#### Dell R640 exact configuration

Read one NVMe server configuration without confusing supported maximums with installed RAM.

```json
{
  "productUrls": [
    "https://techmikeny.com/products/dell-poweredge-r640-nvme-server-2x-gold-6154-3-00ghz-36-core-128gb-h730p-rails"
  ],
  "maxResults": 1
}
```

### What you get

| Field | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| `recordId / sku` | Stable configured-offer identity from the public source. |
| `manufacturer / serverModel / generation` | Seller-specified make and model; null where absent. |
| `cpuCount / totalCpuCores / cpuDescription` | Installed CPU information; raw listing text is retained. |
| `ramTotalGb / ramModuleCount / ramModuleCapacityGb` | Installed memory from the listing, not the maximum RAM a chassis can support. |
| `driveBayCount / installedStorageText` | Bays and the actual drive/caddy description. A bay count does not mean drives are installed. |
| `railsIncluded / raidController / managementText` | Included components where the source explicitly says so; otherwise null. |
| `condition / warrantyText` | Literal seller terms, which must be checked before purchase. |
| `configurationBasis` | listed_configured_system, base_configuration or public_offer_configuration_unspecified. A starting/base price does not imply an upgraded system. |
| `price / currency / available` | Public asking price and source-reported stock; no inventory count or checkout guarantee. |
| `url / sourceUrl / observedAt` | Product link, exact observed endpoint and observation time. |
| `comparisonStatus / changedFields / previous` | Optional saved-observation comparison with the prior observed values. |
| `priceChange / priceChangePercent` | Same-currency difference from the prior saved observation; null without a comparable prior price. |

### Save a watchlist and compare later

Save your input as an Apify Task. Set `comparePrevious: true` and choose a `snapshotName`. The first complete run establishes a baseline and marks observations `new`; later runs mark them `changed` or `unchanged`. Set `onlyChanges: true` to omit unchanged rows. The same source URLs, selected window, availability filter and snapshot name share history. Different scopes stay separate.

Only complete, successfully saved observations advance history. Source failures, unreachable sources, output or time caps, spending limits and concurrent history conflicts do not overwrite the prior baseline. A saved row can be useful even when the overall run is partial; check SUMMARY. Missing items never prove removal or discontinuation. Concurrent tasks should use separate snapshot names.

### Bounds and source behavior

The Actor reads Product JSON-LD already delivered in public TechMikeNY collection and product HTML. It does not use the custom server configurator, private APIs, customer accounts or checkout. When a collection contains more records than your selected window, later records are outside coverage. Unknown or aggregate-only offers are rejected rather than converted into an invented configured price.

- Select up to 10 exact product URLs and 3 collection URLs on the supported source host.
- Each collection observes a window of 1–20 products; `maxResults` saves 1–100 rows. Filtering applies after the window is selected.
- The default is five selected products and five saved rows, with a 90-second budget; the maximum budget is 120 seconds.
- Requests respect robots.txt, enforce body and time limits, reject redirects and stop on HTTP 401, 403 or 429. There is no bypass or repeated-until-success retry.
- This is a selected-window monitor, not a full catalog or market comparison. SUMMARY always distinguishes that scope from complete coverage of the selected input.

Configuration text can be incomplete or change. The Actor does not infer compatible CPU upgrades, maximum supported memory, installed-drive totals from bay counts, or CPU power from a power-supply wattage. Base/starting configurations remain labeled.

### Pricing

The planned Actor price is **$0.002 per saved result** plus **$0.00005 per Actor start**. For example, five saved rows cost $0.01005 in Actor event charges, with any separate Apify platform usage charges shown by your plan. The live Store pricing is authoritative. Each result is charged once when saved; unchanged rows omitted with `onlyChanges` do not incur a result charge. A run can still incur the start event and platform usage when it saves no rows. Set a per-run maximum charge in Apify for a firm spending cap.

### Export and use

Download CSV, Excel or JSON from the dataset, or use the Apify API and your saved Task in a procurement workflow. Always retain source URLs and observation times beside price comparisons. Confirm condition, warranty, compatibility, availability, tax and shipping with the seller before placing an order. Asking prices are not completed sales, fair value, future resale profit or guaranteed margins.

### Support

Open an issue on this Actor with the run ID and a public source URL. Do not include credentials or private purchasing information. [Explore Mayd It data tools](https://mayd-it.com/data-tools/) and [our quality notes](https://mayd-it.com/data-tools/quality/).

Source consistency checks reject conflicting installed CPU/RAM values instead of choosing one. Explicit RAM totals written in TB use 1,024 GB per TB and must agree with the stated module count and module capacity when all are present. This RAM convention does not describe usable disk capacity.

# Actor input Schema

## `productUrls` (type: `array`):

Up to 10 plain HTTPS TechMikeNY product URLs. No login, query parameters or custom configurator.

## `collectionUrls` (type: `array`):

Up to 3 plain public collection URLs. When both lists are empty, use the standard collection. Only the first selected window is observed; this is not a whole-catalog crawl.

## `productsPerSource` (type: `integer`):

Select this many public Product structured-data records from each collection page. The whole catalog and later pages are not covered.

## `onlyAvailable` (type: `boolean`):

Filter source-reported available offers after selecting the bounded source window. Availability is not a reservation or checkout guarantee.

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

Maximum saved rows. A cap inside the selected window produces partial coverage and does not advance comparison history.

## `comparePrevious` (type: `boolean`):

Store source observations only after the entire selected window succeeds. New, changed and unchanged records include previous values. Missing records are never inferred closed or deleted.

## `onlyChanges` (type: `boolean`):

Enables comparison. Unchanged repeats can correctly save zero rows and incur no dataset-item charges.

## `snapshotName` (type: `string`):

1-80 letters, numbers, underscores or hyphens. Separate history for the source list, selected window and filters. Use a new name for an independent workflow.

## `maxRunSeconds` (type: `integer`):

Total runtime budget, including source requests and output. The Actor stops before the budget with a truthful partial summary.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "productUrls": [],
  "collectionUrls": [
    "https://techmikeny.com/collections/servers"
  ],
  "productsPerSource": 5,
  "onlyAvailable": false,
  "maxResults": 5,
  "comparePrevious": false,
  "onlyChanges": false,
  "snapshotName": "default",
  "maxRunSeconds": 90
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

## `report` (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 = {
    "collectionUrls": [
        "https://techmikeny.com/collections/servers"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("maydit/refurbished-server-offer-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 = { "collectionUrls": ["https://techmikeny.com/collections/servers"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("maydit/refurbished-server-offer-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 '{
  "collectionUrls": [
    "https://techmikeny.com/collections/servers"
  ]
}' |
apify call maydit/refurbished-server-offer-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,maydit/refurbished-server-offer-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/vYveNILQeSPT3grgB/builds/z5aiyKqxDaoiRRVn7/openapi.json