You can access the SwitchSignal - Competitor Switching Intent Leads programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "competitorName": "Intercom",
10    "competitorAliases": [
11        "Intercom",
12        "intercom.com",
13        "Intercom support",
14    ],
15    "productCategory": "customer support software",
16    "yourProductDescription": "A simpler customer support platform for growing SaaS teams.",
17    "targetUrls": [],
18    "publicUrlSnippets": [],
19    "allowedDomains": [
20        "reddit.com",
21        "news.ycombinator.com",
22        "hn.algolia.com",
23    ],
24    "redditUserAgent": "nodejs:SwitchSignal:v1.0.0 (by /u/your_reddit_username)",
25    "redditSeedUrls": ["https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/example/intercom_alternative_discussion/"],
26    "redditSeedTexts": ["Intercom has become too expensive and support is slow. Looking for alternatives."],
27    "redditSearchIndexQueries": [
28        "site:reddit.com/r/ \"Intercom alternative\"",
29        "site:reddit.com/r/ \"Intercom too expensive\"",
30    ],
31    "redditSearchIndexResultUrls": ["https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/example/intercom_alternative_discussion/"],
32    "redditSearchIndexResultTitles": ["Intercom alternatives before renewal"],
33    "redditSearchIndexResultSnippets": ["Intercom has become too expensive and support has been painful. We are looking for alternatives before renewal."],
34}
35
36# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
37run = client.actor("neoscala/switchsignal").call(run_input=run_input)
38
39# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
40print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
41for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
42    print(item)
43
44# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

SwitchSignal - Competitor Switching Intent Leads API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use SwitchSignal - Competitor Switching Intent Leads API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

SwitchSignal - Competitor Switching Intent Leads API in JavaScript

SwitchSignal - Competitor Switching Intent Leads API through CLI

SwitchSignal - Competitor Switching Intent Leads OpenAPI definition

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