# ASX Company Announcements Scraper (`nexgenwatch/australia-asx-announcement-event-watch`) Actor

Scrape ASX company announcements for the tickers you name: headline, type, price-sensitive flag, date and a direct link to the announcement PDF (the source serves the 5 most recent per issuer). Optional watch mode returns only what changed since your last run. Pay per result.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/australia-asx-announcement-event-watch.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGen Watch](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 96.7% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $100.50 / 1,000 announcement deltas

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?

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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,
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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

## 📣 ASX Company Announcements Scraper

**Scrape ASX company announcements for the tickers you name: headline, announcement type, price-sensitive flag, date and a direct link to the announcement PDF (the source serves the 5 most recent per issuer).** Run it once and you get the current records as a dataset — that is the default. Turn on watch mode and a scheduled run returns only what changed since the last run (see *Optional: run it on a schedule*).

Output is one `announcement_record` row per result; billing is pay-per-event, the value event being one announcement delta (a $0.02 start fee per run, then $0.15 per announcement delta plus one $0.10 source check per run that reads the source). Source: asx.api.markitdigital.com.

No login, no API key and no CAPTCHA solving are involved: the source is read logged-out with an identified contact User-Agent.

**How many rows to expect.** The ASX source answers with at most the 5 most recent announcements per issuer and has no paging, so `count` above 5 changes nothing and a snapshot is up to 5 × the issuers you name — the Store example (BHP + CBA) returns up to 10. Run it daily in optional watch mode and you keep a growing, de-duplicated record on your side; it is not an archive search.

**Who buys this**

Buyers usually search for **ASX announcements** or **ASX company announcements**.

- Investors, analysts and IR teams following ASX announcements.
- Compliance and data teams tracking ASX company announcements for a watchlist of issuers.
- Researchers and journalists building dated disclosure records.

### 📊 Sample Output

[![ASX Company Announcements Scraper sample output — a table of real announcement delta rows (asx_code, headline, announcement_type, announced_at) from run 7AqAmORB9SF8h0Wsk on build 0.1.39](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/80Y7h3rmVN5CWK7Mw/records/australia-asx-announcement-event-watch-sample-nw)](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/australia-asx-announcement-event-watch?fpr=2ayu9b)

Real rows from run `7AqAmORB9SF8h0Wsk` on build 0.1.39 (2026-10-02), the same input as the Quick start below — every value is as the source published it (emails masked, long text shortened):

| asx_code | headline | announcement_type | announced_at | price_sensitive | document_url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHP | BHP 2026 ESG Roundtable | PERIODIC REPORTS | 2026-09-15T22:55:24.000Z | False | https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03135917- |
| BHP | BHP 2026 Proxy Form | NOTICE OF MEETING | 2026-09-14T22:14:39.000Z | False | https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03135386- |
| BHP | BHP 2026 Notice of Annual General Meeting | OTHER | 2026-09-14T22:14:04.000Z | False | https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03135379- |
| BHP | Change of Director's Interest Notice | SECURITY HOLDER DETAILS | 2026-09-14T07:45:56.000Z | False | https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03135309- |
| BHP | Update - Dividend/Distribution - BHP | DISTRIBUTION ANNOUNCEMENT | 2026-09-06T22:22:45.000Z | False | https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03132213- |
| CBA | Group Personal Trading Policy | OTHER | 2026-09-30T23:10:23.000Z | False | https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03142997- |
| CBA | Issue of CNH 2,000,000,000 worth of Subordinated Notes | ISSUED CAPITAL | 2026-09-30T00:54:24.000Z | False | https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03141971- |
| CBA | Ceasing to be a substantial holder from CBA | SECURITY HOLDER DETAILS | 2026-09-29T03:25:25.000Z | False | https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03141253- |

The run finished with the status message: `NORMAL: emitted 10 item(s)`

### ✅ What you get

One row per record delivered by ASX Announcement Event Watch; in watch mode a delta row carries delta_type, before, after and changed_fields. Field names come from the actor's real output; fields the source does not publish are null.

Each row is flat JSON with these fields (from the dataset schema and the sample run; a field the source does not publish for a given row is `null`):

- `record_key` (string/null) — e.g. `asx:BHP:2924-03135917-3A701845`
- `asx_code` (string/number/integer/boolean/null) — e.g. `BHP`
- `issuer_name` (string/number/integer/boolean/null) — e.g. `BHP GROUP LIMITED`
- `document_key` (string/number/integer/boolean/null) — e.g. `2924-03135917-3A701845`
- `headline` (string/number/integer/boolean/null) — e.g. `BHP 2026 ESG Roundtable`
- `announcement_type` (string/number/integer/boolean/null) — e.g. `PERIODIC REPORTS`
- `announced_at` (string/number/integer/boolean/null) — e.g. `2026-09-15T22:55:24.000Z`
- `price_sensitive` (string/number/integer/boolean/null) — e.g. `False`
- `file_size` (string/number/integer/boolean/null) — e.g. `3071KB`
- `document_url` (string/null) — Direct link to the announcement PDF on the ASX API (asx-research/1.0/file/{documentKey})
- `document_url_checked` (boolean/null) — Whether this run's one live check of the document-link pattern answered with a PDF (true), did not (false), or could not be reached (null)
- `record_type` (string) — e.g. `announcement_record`
- `delta_type` (string/null) — null in every sample row
- `before` (object/array/string/number/integer/boolean/null) — null in every sample row
- `after` (object/array/string/number/integer/boolean/null) — null in every sample row
- `changed_fields` (array/object/string/null) — null in every sample row
- `observed_at` (string/null) — null in every sample row

**✅ What you get**

**✅ What you get**

**✅ What you get**

- `record_key` (string/null) — e.g. `asx:BHP:2924-03135917-3A701845`
- `asx_code` (string/number/integer/boolean/null) — e.g. `BHP`
- `issuer_name` (string/number/integer/boolean/null) — e.g. `BHP GROUP LIMITED`
- `document_key` (string/number/integer/boolean/null) — e.g. `2924-03135917-3A701845`
- `headline` (string/number/integer/boolean/null) — e.g. `BHP 2026 ESG Roundtable`
- `announcement_type` (string/number/integer/boolean/null) — e.g. `PERIODIC REPORTS`
- `announced_at` (string/number/integer/boolean/null) — e.g. `2026-09-15T22:55:24.000Z`
- `price_sensitive` (string/number/integer/boolean/null) — e.g. `False`
- `file_size` (string/number/integer/boolean/null) — e.g. `3071KB`
- `record_type` (string) — e.g. `announcement_record`
- `delta_type` (string/null) — null in every sample row
- `before` (object/array/string/number/integer/boolean/null) — null in every sample row
- `after` (object/array/string/number/integer/boolean/null) — null in every sample row
- `changed_fields` (array/object/string/null) — null in every sample row
- `observed_at` (string/null) — null in every sample row

**✅ What you get**

- `record_key` (string/null) — e.g. `asx:BHP:2924-03135917-3A701845`
- `asx_code` — e.g. `BHP`
- `issuer_name` — e.g. `BHP GROUP LIMITED`
- `document_key` — e.g. `2924-03135917-3A701845`
- `headline` — e.g. `BHP 2026 ESG Roundtable`
- `announcement_type` — e.g. `PERIODIC REPORTS`
- `announced_at` — e.g. `2026-09-15T22:55:24.000Z`
- `price_sensitive` — e.g. `False`
- `file_size` — e.g. `3071KB`
- `record_type` (string) — e.g. `announcement_record`
- `delta_type` (string/null) — null in every sample row

Every run also writes a `RUN_RECEIPT` record to its key-value store with the source checks it made and the counts it charged — diagnostics never land in the paid dataset.

### ⚙️ Sample inputs

**1. Quick start — the Store example (this is what the sample above came from)**

```json
{
  "codes": [
    "BHP",
    "CBA"
  ],
  "count": 10,
  "price_sensitive_only": false,
  "watch_mode": false,
  "baseline_id": "default",
  "max_items": 10
}
```

The sample run charged exactly: 1 × $0.02 apify-actor-start + 1 × $0.10 source-check + 0 × $0.15 announcement-delta = **$0.12** on the Free tier — snapshot preview rows are delivered unbilled; only the source check and the start fee were charged.

**2. A smaller, narrowed run**

```json
{
  "codes": [
    "BHP",
    "CBA"
  ],
  "count": 10,
  "price_sensitive_only": false,
  "watch_mode": false,
  "baseline_id": "default",
  "max_items": 5
}
```

Caps the run at 5 rows; same billing shape as the sample run above.

**3. Optional watch mode (changes only, for a schedule)**

```json
{
  "codes": [
    "BHP",
    "CBA"
  ],
  "count": 10,
  "price_sensitive_only": false,
  "watch_mode": true,
  "baseline_id": "default",
  "max_items": 10
}
```

The first run seeds a private baseline and emits zero deltas; every later run emits one row per change, billed at $0.15 each plus the $0.10 source check; billed deltas are capped at 500 per run.

### 🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run `7AqAmORB9SF8h0Wsk`, exactly as it lands in the dataset (emails masked, long text shortened):

```json
{
  "record_key": "asx:BHP:2924-03135917-3A701845",
  "asx_code": "BHP",
  "issuer_name": "BHP GROUP LIMITED",
  "document_key": "2924-03135917-3A701845",
  "headline": "BHP 2026 ESG Roundtable",
  "announcement_type": "PERIODIC REPORTS",
  "announced_at": "2026-09-15T22:55:24.000Z",
  "price_sensitive": false,
  "file_size": "3071KB",
  "document_url": "https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03135917-3A701845",
  "document_url_checked": true,
  "record_type": "announcement_record",
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "output_mode": "snapshot"
}
```

### 🔧 How it works

**Source.** The actor reads asx.api.markitdigital.com — endpoints: `https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/companies`. Public pages and feeds only; nothing behind a login.

**Transport.** Plain HTTPS from the Apify platform, no proxy. Every request carries an identified contact User-Agent.

**Watch semantics.** Snapshot mode (`watch_mode: false`) returns a preview. Watch mode keys every record on a source-native id, stores a private baseline in a named key-value store, and on each later run emits one delta row per change (new / changed / removed). A blocked fetch is never diffed, so a source outage cannot show up as a mass removal.

**Terminal states.** A run ends NORMAL, CAPPED (your cap was reached), PARTIAL (something was withheld and the message says what), GENUINE_EMPTY (the source was read and truly had nothing in scope) or BLOCKED (the source refused or changed shape — the run FAILS loud and bills nothing). A zero-row run is never reported as a silent success.

**Charging.** Each announcement delta is charged at the moment it is pushed (`announcement-delta`); a row that fails to charge is not delivered, so the dataset count always equals the charged count. One `source-check` is charged per run that actually read the source.

**🔧 How it works**

**🔧 How it works**

**🔧 How it works**

**Watch semantics.** Snapshot mode (`watch_mode: false`) returns a preview capped at 25 records. Watch mode keys every record on a source-native id, stores a private baseline in a named key-value store, and on each later run emits one delta row per change (new / changed / removed). A blocked fetch is never diffed, so a source outage cannot show up as a mass removal.

**🔧 How it works**

**Source**

ASX company announcements API (public, logged-out)

- https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/companies/{code}/announcements

Public, logged-out only — no API key, login, cookie or CAPTCHA.

**Snapshot mode is a PREVIEW**

`watch_mode: false` returns at most **25 records**, hard-capped in code regardless
of `max_items`, labeled `output_mode: "preview"`. This cell sells change detection,
not bulk record export.

**Watch semantics**

First watch run stores a private baseline and emits **zero** deltas. Later runs emit
`NEW` / `CHANGED` / `REMOVED` keyed on the source-native id with `before` / `after`
and `changed_fields`.

**Terminal states**

`NORMAL` · `SUCCEEDED-0: GENUINE_EMPTY` · `SUCCEEDED-0` (no change) · `PARTIAL` · `BLOCKED`.
A zero with no evidence FAILS loud rather than exiting 0 quietly.

**What is not done.** No login, no cookie or CAPTCHA bypass, no private or personal-account data, no browser automation.

**⏰ Optional: run it on a schedule**

A single run returns the current records. If you also want to be told what changed over time, open the actor in Apify Console → **Schedules** → **Create new**, add this actor with input 3 above (`watch_mode: true`) so each run returns only the changes, and pick a cadence:

- **Daily** — `0 7 * * *` (07:00 UTC): catch changes within a day.
- **Weekly** — `0 7 * * 1`: a Monday digest.

The baseline persists in a named key-value store between runs, so every scheduled run compares against the last one; use a different `baseline_id` for independent watches. Schedules can also POST results to a webhook (Console → Integrations).

**⏰ Optional: run it on a schedule**

A single run returns the current records. If you also want to be told what changed over time, open the actor in Apify Console → **Schedules** → **Create new**, add this actor with the watch-mode input above (`watch_mode: true`) so each run returns only the changes, and pick a cadence:

### ⏰ Optional: run it on a schedule

### 💰 Pricing example

| Event | Free | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actor Start (`apify-actor-start`) | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 |
| Source check (`source-check`) | $0.10 | $0.09 | $0.08 | $0.067 |
| Announcement Delta (`announcement-delta`) | $0.15 | $0.135 | $0.12 | $0.1005 |

Worked at the live Free-tier price (watch mode, one delta per change):

- 8 announcement deltas: $0.02 start + $0.10 source check + 8 × $0.15 = **$1.32**
- 25 announcement deltas: $0.02 start + $0.10 source check + 25 × $0.15 = **$3.87**
- 300 announcement deltas: $0.02 start + $0.10 source check + 300 × $0.15 = **$45.12**

A run that delivers zero rows charges the $0.02 start fee plus the $0.10 source check (the source was read and reported empty). A BLOCKED run (source refused) fails loud and charges no value event. The start fee is charged once per GB of run memory; the default run memory is 1024 MB.

Yield on the sample run: `NORMAL: emitted 10 item(s)`. `max_items` is a hard ceiling on what is delivered and billed, never a target.

### ⚖️ Legal & ToS

This actor reads public, logged-out pages and feeds published by asx.api.markitdigital.com. It collects only what the source publishes to any visitor, identifies itself with a contact User-Agent, and does not access accounts, private data or anything behind authentication. Use the output in line with the source's terms and your local law; the intended use is B2B research and monitoring.

### ❓ FAQ

**Q: Do I need an API key or a login?**\
A: No. The source (asx.api.markitdigital.com) is read logged-out; the input schema has no key field and the actor carries no secrets.

**Q: Why did my run return 0 rows?**\
A: Read the run's status message. GENUINE_EMPTY means the source was read and had nothing in scope for your input (in watch mode the first run always seeds the baseline and returns zero deltas); BLOCKED means the source refused and the run failed without billing a value event — retry later or narrow the input. A zero-row run bills the start fee plus one source check.

**Q: How many rows can one run return?**\
A: Up to `max_items` (default 300). Raise the cap for a bigger run; you pay per delivered row.

**Q: What does watch mode remember between runs?**\
A: A private baseline of source-native record ids in a named key-value store (`baseline_id` names it, so several independent watches can coexist). Each later run diffs the live source against it and emits only changes.

**Q: How fresh is the data?**\
A: Every run reads the source live at run time; nothing is cached between runs except the watch baseline. Put it on a schedule for a continuous feed.

**Q: What formats can I export?**\
A: The dataset downloads as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or RSS from the run's Dataset tab or the Apify API, and any run can push to a webhook or integration.

**Q: How is this different from the other market announcement scrapers actors?**\
A: Same output shape and billing model; this one covers asx.api.markitdigital.com. The siblings under **Related Actors** cover the other sources or slices — run several on one schedule for a combined feed.

### 🆘 Troubleshooting

- **Run FAILED with BLOCKED** → the source refused the request or changed its page shape → nothing was billed beyond the start fee; retry after a while, and if it persists open an Issue with the run id.
- **Status says CAPPED** → your cap (`max_items`) was reached → raise it for a bigger run.
- **Input validation error on start** → a field is outside the schema's allowed values → start from the Quick start block and change one field at a time.
- **Run TIMED-OUT** → a very wide request on a slow day → raise the run timeout in Run options or narrow the input; what was delivered before the timeout is still in the dataset.
- **First watch run shows no deltas** → expected: it seeds the baseline; changes appear from the second run.

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### ⭐ Found this useful?

If this actor saved you a manual check, a quick **[review on the Apify Store](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/australia-asx-announcement-event-watch?fpr=2ayu9b)** helps other teams find it. Feature request or a source that changed? Open it from the **Issues** tab — every one is read.

# Actor input Schema

## `codes` (type: `array`):

ASX issuer codes to watch, e.g. "BHP". Required — the source is per-issuer.

## `count` (type: `integer`):

How many announcements to request per issuer. MEASURED 2026-09-28: the ASX API serves at most the 5 most recent announcements per issuer whatever you ask for, and has no paging — a snapshot is therefore up to 5 × the issuers you name (25 issuers = 125 rows).

## `price_sensitive_only` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only announcements the source flags price-sensitive.

## `watch_mode` (type: `boolean`):

First run seeds a private baseline and emits ZERO deltas. Off by default: a run without this flag returns the current records.

## `baseline_id` (type: `string`):

Names the private baseline.

## `max_items` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on announcements delivered. In snapshot mode this bounds the export (the source itself gives at most 5 per issuer); in watch mode it bounds the records compared.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "codes": [
    "BHP",
    "CBA"
  ],
  "count": 10,
  "price_sensitive_only": false,
  "watch_mode": false,
  "baseline_id": "default",
  "max_items": 10
}
```

# 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 = {
    "codes": [
        "BHP",
        "CBA"
    ],
    "count": 10,
    "price_sensitive_only": false,
    "watch_mode": false,
    "baseline_id": "default",
    "max_items": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgenwatch/australia-asx-announcement-event-watch").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 = {
    "codes": [
        "BHP",
        "CBA",
    ],
    "count": 10,
    "price_sensitive_only": False,
    "watch_mode": False,
    "baseline_id": "default",
    "max_items": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgenwatch/australia-asx-announcement-event-watch").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 '{
  "codes": [
    "BHP",
    "CBA"
  ],
  "count": 10,
  "price_sensitive_only": false,
  "watch_mode": false,
  "baseline_id": "default",
  "max_items": 10
}' |
apify call nexgenwatch/australia-asx-announcement-event-watch --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,nexgenwatch/australia-asx-announcement-event-watch"
        }
    }
}
```

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/v5mLPPVIkSuXbpztc/builds/9JI5091EoBq5UTsCE/openapi.json