# EU FTS Beneficiary Records (`nexgenwatch/eu-fts-beneficiary-records`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/eu-fts-beneficiary-records.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGen Watch](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 75.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $33.50 / 1,000 funding records

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

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## EU FTS Beneficiary Records

One structured `funding_record` per record from the official public source, logged-out. Public, robots-honoured.

Difference: one funding\_record per official EU Financial Transparency System beneficiary row (beneficiary, registration/VAT, contracted + committed + consumed amounts, programme, budget line, geography, references, project) from the Commission's annual FTS XLSX — the full 38-column schema carried verbatim, canaried on drift. Annual publication-timing drift handled loud.

### What you get

One `funding_record` per record, deduplicated on the source-native id. Fields the source does not publish are honest `null`. A `run_receipt` row carries the source URL, scope, reconciliation counts, and delivered/duplicate totals.

### How it behaves

The annual FTS XLSX is downloaded (year input; default latest, falling back to the prior year with a note), the 38-column header canaried, and rows streamed read-only into one record each, deduped on legal-commitment + beneficiary + amount + budget line. Bulk-proof: streamed, memory bounded, never a full-file self-charged pull.

### Source

`https://ec.europa.eu/budget/financial-transparency-system/download/{year}_FTS_dataset_en.xlsx`

### Pricing

| Event | FREE | BRONZE | SILVER | GOLD+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `apify-actor-start` (one-time actor start) | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 |
| `funding_record` (per unique record) | $0.05 | $0.045 | $0.040 | $0.0335 |

Charged once per unique record delivered. Start fee $0.02.

# Actor input Schema

## `maxRecords` (type: `integer`):

Per-run CAP on delivered records (not a guaranteed count). Max 500000 = this actor's runtime ceiling; a larger request is rejected at start.

## `year` (type: `string`):

year.

## `userAgent` (type: `string`):

userAgent.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxRecords": 300
}
```

# 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 = {
    "maxRecords": 300
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgenwatch/eu-fts-beneficiary-records").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 = { "maxRecords": 300 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgenwatch/eu-fts-beneficiary-records").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 '{
  "maxRecords": 300
}' |
apify call nexgenwatch/eu-fts-beneficiary-records --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,nexgenwatch/eu-fts-beneficiary-records"
        }
    }
}

```

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/hy9JYk97mLgxBCNK3/builds/IumG2PmEgKpbw2bB1/openapi.json