Compare Two Versions of a CSV or Google Sheet by URL

Created by

Adam Pearce

Actor

Dataset Diff & Change Detector: Only New Items

Diff two versions of a public file by link: an older and the current version of the open ISO country-codes CSV on GitHub, matched on the ISO code and compared only in the columns you care about (name, capital, continent, dial code, currency), so cosmetic churn elsewhere is ignored. Live result: one real change, Turkey renamed to Türkiye. Downloads a CSV and Excel diff report.

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Dataset Diff & Change Detector: Only New Itemsnerolabs/dataset-diff-detector

Status

Key

Changed fields

Old values

+1 field

Input

Old file URL (CSV, Excel, JSON or Google Sheet):https://raw.githubusercontent.com/datasets/country-codes/8ff25c18dc13/data/country-codes.csv

New file URL (CSV, Excel, JSON or Google Sheet):https://raw.githubusercontent.com/datasets/country-codes/main/data/country-codes.csv

Key field(s):ISO3166-1-Alpha-2

Fields to compare:official_name_en+5

Export diff report as file:csv+1

Output fields

Status

Key

Changed fields

Old values

New values

How it works

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The Dataset Diff & Change Detector: Only New Items Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Compare Two Versions of a CSV or Google Sheet by URL". Sign up or log in and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

Start the "Compare Two Versions of a CSV or Google Sheet by URL" task

The Dataset Diff & Change Detector: Only New Items Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like old file url (csv, excel, json or google sheet), new file url (csv, excel, json or google sheet), and more, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Compare Two Versions of a CSV or Google Sheet by URL" 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 status, key, changed fields, and more.

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 "Compare Two Versions of a CSV or Google Sheet by URL" task via API.