# Vendor Compliance Evidence Finder (`orbiscribe/vendor-compliance-evidence-finder`) Actor

Find public vendor trust, security, privacy, terms, DPA, subprocessor, status, cookie, and accessibility evidence pages from company domains.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/orbiscribe/vendor-compliance-evidence-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Orbiscribe Labs](https://apify.com/orbiscribe) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$10.00 / 1,000 vendor evidence pages

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

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If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

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# README

## Vendor Compliance Evidence Finder

Find public vendor trust, security, privacy, terms, DPA, subprocessor, status,
cookie, and accessibility evidence pages from company domains.

This Actor is for procurement, security, vendor-risk, legal-ops, compliance,
and RevOps teams that need a quick public evidence pack before onboarding,
renewing, reviewing, or monitoring vendors.

It does not log in, bypass trust-center gates, or make legal decisions. It
finds public pages, classifies them, extracts evidence snippets, and stores
content hashes so scheduled runs can flag changed pages.

### What You Get

Each result is one public evidence page:

- vendor and domain
- page type such as `security`, `privacy_policy`, `terms`, `dpa`,
  `subprocessors`, `status`, or `trust_center`
- evidence URL and page title
- confidence score
- matched compliance/security terms
- evidence snippets
- public emails visible on the page
- content hash and `changedSinceLastRun`
- source and compliance notes

### Input

Run with defaults for a demo. For live results, set `dryRun` to `false`.

```json
{
  "vendorDomains": ["apify.com", "openai.com"],
  "vendorUrls": [],
  "maxPagesPerVendor": 12,
  "includeCommonPaths": true,
  "includeHomepageLinks": true,
  "compareToPreviousRun": true,
  "dryRun": false
}
````

Use `vendorUrls` when you already know the vendor's trust center,
subprocessor, DPA, security, or privacy URL.

### Output

```json
{
  "vendor": "example-saas.com",
  "pageType": "subprocessors",
  "url": "https://example-saas.com/subprocessors",
  "confidence": 88,
  "evidenceTerms": ["subprocessor", "personal data", "gdpr"],
  "changedSinceLastRun": true
}
```

### Why This Is Not A Generic Page Monitor

Generic page monitors tell you that text changed. This Actor is built for a
specific procurement/security workflow:

- discover the relevant vendor pages from a domain
- classify page type
- extract evidence terms and snippets
- produce a CSV/API-ready evidence matrix
- keep content hashes for scheduled change checks

### Pricing Suggestion

Use pay per event:

- event: `vendor-evidence-page`
- suggested price: `$0.01` per emitted evidence page
- dry runs free
- first 25 live evidence records free for free-plan users where Apify runtime
  billing context allows it

This is priced as a vendor-risk evidence pack, not as raw crawling.

### Limits

- Gated trust centers are not accessed.
- Some vendors use custom legal portals or PDFs that this first version may not
  parse deeply.
- Page classification is deterministic and evidence-based, not legal advice.
- Users should verify source pages before making procurement, security, or
  compliance decisions.

### Good Use Cases

- vendor onboarding evidence collection
- subprocessor page monitoring
- privacy/terms/security page discovery
- procurement questionnaire prep
- scheduled checks for changed public evidence pages

# Actor input Schema

## `vendorDomains` (type: `array`):

Company domains to scan for public compliance evidence pages.

## `vendorUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional exact URLs to fetch, such as a known trust center, subprocessor page, DPA, or security page.

## `maxPagesPerVendor` (type: `integer`):

Maximum candidate pages to fetch per vendor domain.

## `includeCommonPaths` (type: `boolean`):

Try common URLs such as /security, /privacy, /terms, /subprocessors, and /trust.

## `includeHomepageLinks` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch the homepage and add links that look like trust, security, privacy, legal, or status pages.

## `compareToPreviousRun` (type: `boolean`):

Store content hashes and mark records changed when the same evidence URL changes on later runs.

## `snapshotStoreName` (type: `string`):

Key-value store name used for content hashes when compareToPreviousRun is enabled.

## `requestTimeoutMs` (type: `integer`):

Per-page fetch timeout in milliseconds.

## `dryRun` (type: `boolean`):

Emit deterministic demo evidence without network calls or custom pay-per-event charges.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "vendorDomains": [
    "apify.com",
    "openai.com"
  ],
  "vendorUrls": [],
  "maxPagesPerVendor": 12,
  "includeCommonPaths": true,
  "includeHomepageLinks": true,
  "compareToPreviousRun": true,
  "snapshotStoreName": "vendor-compliance-evidence-snapshots",
  "requestTimeoutMs": 10000,
  "dryRun": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `evidenceExport` (type: `string`):

No description

## `runSummary` (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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("orbiscribe/vendor-compliance-evidence-finder").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("orbiscribe/vendor-compliance-evidence-finder").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call orbiscribe/vendor-compliance-evidence-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=orbiscribe/vendor-compliance-evidence-finder",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Vendor Compliance Evidence Finder",
        "description": "Find public vendor trust, security, privacy, terms, DPA, subprocessor, status, cookie, and accessibility evidence pages from company domains.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "6Ebc3Scyd2mbchFVz"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/orbiscribe~vendor-compliance-evidence-finder/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-orbiscribe-vendor-compliance-evidence-finder",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/orbiscribe~vendor-compliance-evidence-finder/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-orbiscribe-vendor-compliance-evidence-finder",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/orbiscribe~vendor-compliance-evidence-finder/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-orbiscribe-vendor-compliance-evidence-finder",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "vendorDomains": {
                        "title": "Vendor domains",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Company domains to scan for public compliance evidence pages.",
                        "default": [
                            "apify.com",
                            "openai.com"
                        ]
                    },
                    "vendorUrls": {
                        "title": "Known evidence URLs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Optional exact URLs to fetch, such as a known trust center, subprocessor page, DPA, or security page.",
                        "default": []
                    },
                    "maxPagesPerVendor": {
                        "title": "Max pages per vendor",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 50,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum candidate pages to fetch per vendor domain.",
                        "default": 12
                    },
                    "includeCommonPaths": {
                        "title": "Try common compliance paths",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Try common URLs such as /security, /privacy, /terms, /subprocessors, and /trust.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "includeHomepageLinks": {
                        "title": "Discover homepage links",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Fetch the homepage and add links that look like trust, security, privacy, legal, or status pages.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "compareToPreviousRun": {
                        "title": "Compare to previous run",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Store content hashes and mark records changed when the same evidence URL changes on later runs.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "snapshotStoreName": {
                        "title": "Snapshot store name",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Key-value store name used for content hashes when compareToPreviousRun is enabled.",
                        "default": "vendor-compliance-evidence-snapshots"
                    },
                    "requestTimeoutMs": {
                        "title": "Request timeout",
                        "minimum": 1000,
                        "maximum": 30000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Per-page fetch timeout in milliseconds.",
                        "default": 10000
                    },
                    "dryRun": {
                        "title": "Dry run",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Emit deterministic demo evidence without network calls or custom pay-per-event charges.",
                        "default": true
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```
