# UK Gazette Insolvency Notice Watch (`nexgenwatch/uk-gazette-insolvency-event-watch`) Actor

Insolvency notices published in The Gazette — the UK's official public record: notice code, category, the subject named in the notice, publication timestamp…

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/uk-gazette-insolvency-event-watch.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGen Watch](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $33.50 / 1,000 notice 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## UK Gazette Insolvency Notice Watch

```
    Insolvency notices published in The Gazette — the UK's official public record: notice code, category, the subject named in the notice, publication timestamp and the notice text, keyed on the Gazette's own notice id. Bounded by a publication-date window, because the archive holds over three million notices.

    ## Source
    The Gazette insolvency notice Atom feed (public, logged-out)
    - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/insolvency/notice/data.feed

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

    ## Pricing
    | Event | Price (FREE tier) |
    |---|---|
    | Actor start (`apify-actor-start`) | $0.02 one-time |
    | Source check (`source-check`) | $0.10 |
```

| **Per delta (`notice-delta`)** | **$0.05** |

```
    `source-check` ladder, GOLD-floored: **$0.10 / $0.09 / $0.08 / $0.067**, charged
    once per run after enumeration terminates — seed and genuine-zero runs included.
    The per-delta value event (`notice-delta`) is the **primary** event and is priced at **$0.05 per delta** at the FREE tier. Ladder, GOLD-floored: **$0.05 / $0.045 / $0.04 / $0.0335** (FREE / BRONZE / SILVER / GOLD-PLATINUM-DIAMOND). `source-check` still charges; it is no longer the headline event. Billed deltas are capped at 500 per run and any overflow is reported as a withholding rather than charged.

    ## 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`. A build whose signature shape changes RE-SEEDS rather than
    emitting a storm of deltas nobody caused.

    ## Source cadence
    The Gazette publishes on business days and often many times a day — the 24–25 July 2026 window alone held 555 insolvency notices against an archive total of 3,313,513. The date window is what keeps a run bounded.

    ## Which filters are real
```

The Gazette accepts some filter parameters and silently ignores others. Measured against
the source's own reported total (3,313,513 unfiltered):

| filter | effect |
|---|---|
| publication date window | **works** — 24–25 July 2026 narrowed to 555 |
| `text_query` | **works** — "winding up" narrowed to 1,137,436 |
| `edition` | **works** — london narrowed to 3,020,737 |
| notice code | **ignored by the source** — returns 200 and changes nothing |

So `notice_codes` is applied **by this actor after fetching**, and the ignored parameter
is never sent. You still get the filtering; you are not told the source did it.

### Subject vs submitter

`subject` is the party named in the notice. `submitter_given_name` and
`submitter_family_name` are the Gazette submitting official — the same person appears
across unrelated notices. They are never merged.

```
    ## 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.
```

# Actor input Schema

## `days_back` (type: `integer`):

Publication-date window ending today. Keep it small — the archive is millions of notices.

## `pages` (type: `integer`):

Feed pages to walk within the window.

## `page_size` (type: `integer`):

Feed page size.

## `text_query` (type: `string`):

Optional free-text search, applied BY THE SOURCE (e.g. 'winding up').

## `edition` (type: `string`):

Gazette edition, applied by the source.

## `notice_codes` (type: `array`):

Optional notice codes to keep, e.g. '2509'. Applied by THIS ACTOR after fetching — the source ignores its own notice-code parameter.

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

First run seeds a private baseline and emits ZERO deltas.

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

Names the private baseline.

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

Hard cap on notices processed.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "days_back": 1,
  "pages": 1,
  "page_size": 20,
  "text_query": "",
  "edition": "all",
  "notice_codes": [],
  "watch_mode": true,
  "baseline_id": "default",
  "max_items": 60
}
```

# 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 = {
    "days_back": 1,
    "pages": 1,
    "page_size": 20,
    "text_query": "",
    "edition": "all",
    "notice_codes": [],
    "watch_mode": false,
    "baseline_id": "default",
    "max_items": 60
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgenwatch/uk-gazette-insolvency-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 = {
    "days_back": 1,
    "pages": 1,
    "page_size": 20,
    "text_query": "",
    "edition": "all",
    "notice_codes": [],
    "watch_mode": False,
    "baseline_id": "default",
    "max_items": 60,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgenwatch/uk-gazette-insolvency-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 '{
  "days_back": 1,
  "pages": 1,
  "page_size": 20,
  "text_query": "",
  "edition": "all",
  "notice_codes": [],
  "watch_mode": false,
  "baseline_id": "default",
  "max_items": 60
}' |
apify call nexgenwatch/uk-gazette-insolvency-event-watch --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,nexgenwatch/uk-gazette-insolvency-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/wyK2uRCYl60oXzi9W/builds/3ONANeBumnyule6as/openapi.json