# ACT COLA Licence Monitor: Access Canberra Status Alerts (`plym-actor-factory/au-act-cola-licence-number-portfolio-status-monitor`) Actor

Watch ACT Access Canberra COLA licence numbers for Active/Expired/Suspended/Cancelled status and occupation changes from the official List of Professionals open dataset. Pay per change. Personal names never output.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/plym-actor-factory/au-act-cola-licence-number-portfolio-status-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Daniel Witney](https://apify.com/plym-actor-factory) (community)
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## Pricing

from $20.00 / 1,000 act cola licence status event delivereds

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/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,
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## ACT COLA Licence Number Portfolio Status Monitor

Watch named **ACT Access Canberra COLA Licence Numbers** against the official [List of Professionals](https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/de4w-gbt3) open dataset (CC-BY-4.0).

**Who this is for:** ACT builders, construction PMs, insurers, lenders, and compliance desks that need recurring alerts when a named tradesperson's licence overall status changes (Active / Expired / Automatic Suspension / Surrendered / Cancelled / Suspended / Inactive), when active occupation/class endorsements change, or when the earliest class expiry moves.

Billable events (PPE `act-cola-status-event-delivered` @ $0.02):

- `APPEARED` / `DROPPED`
- `STATUS_CHANGED`
- `OCCUPATIONS_CHANGED` / `EXPIRY_CHANGED`

**Not** a registry dump billed as rows. **Not** QBCC / NSW / VIC twins. Personal names (surname, given names), partners and nominees are **never** fetched or output.

### Quick start

1. Replace example `colaLicenceNumbers` with your watchlist (digits-only COLA numbers).
2. Set `sourceMode` to `live`.
3. Schedule daily/weekly.
4. First run baselines (no change events, no product charge). Later runs emit diffs.

### Input

- `colaLicenceNumbers` — COLA Licence Numbers (aliases: `licenceNumbers`, `licenses`)
- `signalGroups` — `directory`, `status`, `attributes`
- `sourceMode` — `fixture` | `live`

### Pricing

| Event | Price |
|-------|------:|
| `act-cola-status-event-delivered` | $0.02 |
| `apify-actor-start` | $0.00005 |

### Source

- Dataset: `https://www.data.act.gov.au/resource/de4w-gbt3.json`
- Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Attribution: ACT Government / Access Canberra
- Overall status is a roll-up across occupation/class rows for the same COLA number (worst status wins).

# Actor input Schema

## `colaLicenceNumbers` (type: `array`):

Digits-only ACT Access Canberra COLA Licence Numbers from the List of Professionals open dataset.

## `licenceNumbers` (type: `array`):

Optional alias merged into the watchlist.

## `licenses` (type: `array`):

Optional alias merged into the watchlist.

## `signalGroups` (type: `array`):

directory (APPEARED/DROPPED), status (STATUS_CHANGED), attributes (OCCUPATIONS_CHANGED / EXPIRY_CHANGED). Default: all three.

## `maxRunSeconds` (type: `integer`):

Wall-clock budget.

## `maxEvents` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many unique change events.

## `resumeFromCheckpoint` (type: `boolean`):

Resume snapshots and seen event_uids from KV store.

## `sourceMode` (type: `string`):

fixture = free health check. live = official ACT List of Professionals on data.act.gov.au.

## `emitFixtureDemoEvents` (type: `boolean`):

When fixture, emit SAMPLE demo events (never charged).

## `maxTotalChargeUsd` (type: `number`):

Optional PPE spend cap for the run.

## `asOfHint` (type: `string`):

Optional as_of override for testing.

## `socrataUrl` (type: `string`):

Optional dataset URL override.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "colaLicenceNumbers": [
    "2019460",
    "19873875",
    "2010886"
  ],
  "signalGroups": [
    "directory",
    "status",
    "attributes"
  ],
  "maxRunSeconds": 120,
  "maxEvents": 500,
  "resumeFromCheckpoint": true,
  "sourceMode": "fixture",
  "emitFixtureDemoEvents": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `OUTPUT` (type: `string`):

JSON summary: delivered, charged, runStatus, checkpoint, stats, coverage, attribution

# 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 = {
    "colaLicenceNumbers": [
        "2019460",
        "19873875",
        "2010886"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("plym-actor-factory/au-act-cola-licence-number-portfolio-status-monitor").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 = { "colaLicenceNumbers": [
        "2019460",
        "19873875",
        "2010886",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("plym-actor-factory/au-act-cola-licence-number-portfolio-status-monitor").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 '{
  "colaLicenceNumbers": [
    "2019460",
    "19873875",
    "2010886"
  ]
}' |
apify call plym-actor-factory/au-act-cola-licence-number-portfolio-status-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,plym-actor-factory/au-act-cola-licence-number-portfolio-status-monitor"
        }
    }
}
```

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/qD1FJYFOdsHY8WREe/builds/f3R7monTbyQ2Ej5bD/openapi.json