# Monitor Apify and Reddit Incident Feeds

**Use case:** 

Collect five recent publisher-ordered feed entries from each vendor, preserving incident text and source dates.

## Input

```json
{
  "vendors": [
    "apify",
    "reddit"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerSource": 5,
  "keywords": [],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "comparePrevious": false,
  "onlyChanges": false,
  "snapshotName": "default",
  "maxRunSeconds": 240
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "vendorName": {
    "label": "Publisher / vendor",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "incidentId": {
    "label": "Canonical incident ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Publisher title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "latestUpdateLabel": {
    "label": "Published update label",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "sourcePublishedAt": {
    "label": "Published source date",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "sourceUpdatedAt": {
    "label": "Source updated at",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "comparisonStatus": {
    "label": "Observation comparison",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "changedFields": {
    "label": "Changed fields",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "updateText": {
    "label": "Published update text",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "sourceUrl": {
    "label": "Official incident link",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "observedAt": {
    "label": "Retrieved at",
    "format": "date"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Vendor Incident Monitor - Public Outage Feeds Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Monitor Apify and Reddit Incident Feeds". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/9dU1RSaAZMin4v8NZ) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Monitor Apify and Reddit Incident Feeds" task

The Vendor Incident Monitor - Public Outage Feeds Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like supported vendor feeds, entries inspected per feed, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Monitor Apify and Reddit Incident Feeds" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as publisher / vendor, canonical incident id, publisher title, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Monitor Apify and Reddit Incident Feeds" task via API](https://apify.com/maydit/vendor-incident-feed-monitor.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Vendor Incident Monitor - Public Outage Feeds](https://apify.com/maydit/vendor-incident-feed-monitor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/maydit/vendor-incident-feed-monitor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/maydit/vendor-incident-feed-monitor.md

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`).