# Australia APVMA Product No Portfolio Status Monitor (`plym-actor-factory/au-apvma-product-number-portfolio-status-monitor`) Actor

Watch Australia APVMA Product Numbers (pcode) and emit typed REGISTERED/APPROVED/APPEARED/DROPPED/REGCODE\_CHANGED/EXPIRY\_CHANGED events from data.gov.au PUBCRIS product.csv. Not EPA PPIS/PMRA/ACMA/ABN twin; not a national dump billed as rows.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/plym-actor-factory/au-apvma-product-number-portfolio-status-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Daniel Witney](https://apify.com/plym-actor-factory) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, AI, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $20.00 / 1,000 apvma product 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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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

## Australia APVMA Product No Portfolio Status Monitor

Watch a **book of Australia APVMA Product Numbers (`pcode`)** and emit typed portfolio events when a product appears, drops, or flips `regcode` (R=Registered / A=Approved) on the official data.gov.au PUBCRIS `product.csv`.

**Not** an EPA PPIS twin. **Not** a Canada PMRA twin. **Not** an ACMA radiocomms twin. **Not** an Australia ABN twin. **Not** a national APVMA dump billed as rows.

### What you get

| Event | Meaning |
|-------|---------|
| `REGISTERED` | Watched Product No moved to published **regcode R** (Registered) |
| `APPROVED` | Watched Product No moved to published **regcode A** (Approved active) |
| `APPEARED` / `DROPPED` | Present ↔ absent on the published product.csv |
| `REGCODE_CHANGED` | Other regcode transitions |
| `EXPIRY_CHANGED` | Optional attribute group — expiry date changed |
| `RUN_STATUS` | Non-billable health row (always on success) |

### Source

- Official APVMA PUBCRIS product.csv (data.gov.au): https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/0de37904-43e0-4814-b21b-5b64fafefe6f/resource/b4bb5394-b60b-4602-8bde-2e206ffc498f/download/product.csv
- Dataset page: https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/apvma-pubcris-dataset-for-registered-agricultural-and-veterinary-chemical-products-and-approved-acti
- No API key. License: **Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia**.
- **Honest lag:** weekly data.gov.au snapshot — not real-time PUBCRIS UI, not label mailers, not internal APVMA workflow events.

### Pricing (PPE)

- Charge event: `apvma-product-status-event-delivered`
- Target: **$0.02 / event** (~$20 / 1k) + **$0.00005** actor start
- `RUN_STATUS`, baselines, duplicates, filtered rows: **$0**

### Default input (Store-safe)

`sourceMode=fixture` (default) succeeds with a non-billable `RUN_STATUS` and **does not** emit fabricated product events unless `emitFixtureDemoEvents=true`.

Production: set `sourceMode=live` and provide your Product No (`pcode`) watchlist.

### Who this is for

- AgChem / veterinary chemical portfolio ops tracking competitor or own APVMA books
- Retail / distribution compliance teams watching products leave the registered set
- Regulatory intelligence analysts who need watchlist events, not a national dump

### Limitations (honest)

- Published product.csv membership + `regcode` R/A + expiry fields only
- **Weekly** snapshot lag vs APVMA PUBCRIS UI (honest; not docket mailers)
- First observation per Product No stores baseline only (no charge)
- Cancelled / suspended products typically **drop** from the published registered set (use `DROPPED`)

### Legal

APVMA PUBCRIS open data via data.gov.au (CC-BY 3.0 AU). Cite APVMA + data.gov.au + retrieval date. Default product fields are public registration identity data.

# Actor input Schema

## `productNumbers` (type: `array`):

Australia APVMA Product Numbers (pcode) to monitor against the official PUBCRIS product.csv (e.g. 30028 or 44001). Exact match after normalize. Invalid entries skipped with no charge. Not a national APVMA dump bill.

## `pcodes` (type: `array`):

Optional alias for productNumbers — same Product No / pcode keys, merged into the watchlist.

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

Which change groups to evaluate: directory (APPEARED/DROPPED), status (REGISTERED/APPROVED/REGCODE\_CHANGED), attributes (EXPIRY\_CHANGED). Default: directory+status.

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

Wall-clock budget (product.csv download + parse + watchlist diff).

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

Stop after this many unique change events are delivered (does not include RUN\_STATUS).

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

If true, resume Product No snapshots and seen event\_uids from the default Key-Value Store.

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

fixture = Store/CI health default (no network; RUN\_STATUS only unless emitFixtureDemoEvents=true). live = official data.gov.au APVMA product.csv (no API key; weekly CC-BY lag).

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

When sourceMode=fixture, if true push fabricated change events from local fixtures. Default false so Store daily auto-tests never emit fake APVMA events or charge apvma-product-status-event-delivered.

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

Optional as\_of label for events / RUN\_STATUS. Defaults to Last-Modified date from the CSV response when present.

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

Optional soft budget hint for delivered change events.

## `apvmaProductCsvUrl` (type: `string`):

Optional override for the official data.gov.au APVMA PUBCRIS product.csv download URL.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "productNumbers": [
    "30028",
    "44001",
    "30029"
  ],
  "signalGroups": [
    "directory",
    "status"
  ],
  "maxRunSeconds": 180,
  "maxEvents": 500,
  "resumeFromCheckpoint": true,
  "sourceMode": "fixture",
  "emitFixtureDemoEvents": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

JSON summary: delivered, charged, runStatus, checkpoint, stats, APVMA Product No coverage limits

# 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("plym-actor-factory/au-apvma-product-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("plym-actor-factory/au-apvma-product-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 '{}' |
apify call plym-actor-factory/au-apvma-product-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-apvma-product-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/dweNcGYdCZQecy1ha/builds/V21jibixt7j8Woied/openapi.json