# Foreclosure Auction Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/foreclosure-auction-scraper`) Actor

Fetches U.S. federal procurement contract award records from the official USASpending API. Supports keyword, date-range, and agency filters, covering major contract award types. Results are sorted by award amount, largest first.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/foreclosure-auction-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $9.99 / 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?

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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`.
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- **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

## Government Procurement Award Scraper

Fetches US federal procurement contract award records from the official [USASpending API](https://api.usaspending.gov/) (`POST /api/v2/search/spending_by_award/`). Filters by keywords, award action date range, and top-tier awarding agency; covers contract award types A (BPA call), B (purchase order), C (delivery order), and D (definitive contract). Results are sorted by award amount, largest first.

### Input

| Field | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `keywords` | `""` | Comma-separated search keywords (e.g. `software, cloud`). Empty = no keyword filter. |
| `awarded_after` | `""` | Award action date range start, `YYYY-MM-DD`. Empty = `2007-10-01`. |
| `awarded_before` | `""` | Award action date range end, `YYYY-MM-DD`. Empty = today. |
| `agency` | `""` | Exact top-tier awarding agency name (e.g. `Department of Defense`). |
| `limit` | `100` | Max records to fetch (max 10000, 100 per API page). |

### Output example

```json
{
    "recipient_name": "DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P",
    "award_amount": 1590136261.87,
    "awarding_agency": "Department of Veterans Affairs",
    "awarding_sub_agency": "Department of Veterans Affairs",
    "award_date": "2022-04-01",
    "end_date": "2026-03-31",
    "award_id": "36C10B22F0089",
    "award_type": "DELIVERY ORDER",
    "description": "VA MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE LICENSE AGREEMENT.",
    "usaspending_url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C10B22F0089_3600_47QTCA22D003G_4732",
    "raw": { "...full original API payload..." }
}
```

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `string`):

Comma-separated keywords to search award descriptions/recipients for (e.g. 'software, cloud'). Leave empty to fetch awards without a keyword filter.

## `awarded_after` (type: `string`):

Start of the award action date range. Empty = 2007-10-01 (earliest USASpending data).

## `awarded_before` (type: `string`):

End of the award action date range. Empty = today.

## `agency` (type: `string`):

Exact top-tier awarding agency name (e.g. 'Department of Defense', 'National Aeronautics and Space Administration'). Leave empty for all agencies.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of award records to fetch (100 per API page).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": "software",
  "awarded_after": "2025-01-01",
  "awarded_before": "",
  "agency": "",
  "limit": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {
    "keywords": "software",
    "awarded_after": "2025-01-01",
    "awarded_before": "",
    "agency": "",
    "limit": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/foreclosure-auction-scraper").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 = {
    "keywords": "software",
    "awarded_after": "2025-01-01",
    "awarded_before": "",
    "agency": "",
    "limit": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/foreclosure-auction-scraper").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 '{
  "keywords": "software",
  "awarded_after": "2025-01-01",
  "awarded_before": "",
  "agency": "",
  "limit": 100
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/foreclosure-auction-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,moving_beacon-owner1/foreclosure-auction-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

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/fxN6t35XxWIUgpNQ2/builds/PFFDiecXhd0v4ntuw/openapi.json