# Enterprise HDD & SSD Price, Stock & Condition Monitor (`maydit/storage-drive-price-monitor`) Actor

Track enterprise drive asking prices, availability, condition and warranty. Export model, capacity, interface and eligible price per TB with saved price/restock comparisons.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/maydit/storage-drive-price-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

## Enterprise HDD & SSD Price, Stock & Condition Monitor

Turn public enterprise drive offers into a procurement sheet with exact model, condition, asking price and source-reported availability. Keep manufacturer-recertified, seller-refurbished and new drives separate. Calculate a comparable price per decimal TB only for available, positive-price offers that do not require a quote.

### 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.

#### Recertified Seagate offers

Read three products in the public recertified-drive window.

```json
{
  "collectionUrls": [
    "https://serverpartdeals.com/collections/recertified-seagate-exos"
  ],
  "productsPerSource": 3,
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

#### One refurbished 10 TB drive

Inspect one exact listed drive, preserving seller-refurbished condition.

```json
{
  "productUrls": [
    "https://serverpartdeals.com/products/western-digital-ultrastar-dc-hc510-huh721010ale600-0f27490-10tb-7-2k-rpm-sata-6gb-s-512e-256mb-3-5-refurbished-hdd"
  ],
  "maxResults": 5
}
```

#### Available enterprise SSD shortlist

Inspect five source-reported available SSD offers with decimal TB capacity and price per TB.

```json
{
  "collectionUrls": [
    "https://serverpartdeals.com/collections/solid-state-drives"
  ],
  "productsPerSource": 5,
  "maxResults": 10,
  "onlyAvailable": true
}
```

### What you get

| Field | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| `recordId / variantId` | Stable seller variant identity; separate variants stay separate. |
| `model / partNumber / sku` | Explicit model and part numbers from the seller specifications. |
| `capacityTb / capacityText` | Source capacity converted to decimal TB: 1,000 GB = 1 TB. This is not usable formatted capacity. |
| `interface / interfaceSpeed / formFactor` | Source-listed hardware specifications; not a compatibility guarantee. |
| `condition / warrantyText` | The condition and warranty stated for this offer. |
| `price / compareAtPrice / currency` | Current public asking price and optional seller comparison price. No sales or resale-value estimate. |
| `available / quoteRequired / offerEligible` | Source availability; eligibility additionally requires a positive price and no quote-only wording. Unknown availability remains null. |
| `pricePerTb` | Price divided by capacity only when offerEligible is true; null for unavailable placeholders, unknown capacity or quote-only offers. |
| `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 the public ServerPartDeals store metadata and selected collection product JSON. Exact products use Shopify’s documented public Product Ajax endpoint. Price normalization for exact products is restricted to the verified USD storefront. Requests use no customer cookies, credentials, login, proxy or private inventory API. Source product JSON without explicit availability is not treated as proof of stock.

- 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.

Unavailable or quote-only offers retain their raw asking prices for auditability, but `offerEligible` is false and `pricePerTb` is null. This prevents a seller placeholder price from becoming an apparent buying recommendation.

### 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 a variant associated with a different parent product, conflicting duplicate specification fields, and contradictory capacity metadata. Identical repeated metadata is accepted; missing Ajax parent IDs remain supported when the exact product handle matches.

# Actor input Schema

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

Up to 10 plain HTTPS ServerPartDeals 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`):

Read at most this many products from each collection. Every variant is a separate output row, so set maxResults high enough for the selected products.

## `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://serverpartdeals.com/collections/recertified-seagate-exos"
  ],
  "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://serverpartdeals.com/collections/recertified-seagate-exos"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("maydit/storage-drive-price-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://serverpartdeals.com/collections/recertified-seagate-exos"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("maydit/storage-drive-price-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://serverpartdeals.com/collections/recertified-seagate-exos"
  ]
}' |
apify call maydit/storage-drive-price-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,maydit/storage-drive-price-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/lu47bLfA4oXrIJQMB/builds/0AWABHQsgcHTVFROS/openapi.json