# NOLA Occupational License Portfolio Status Monitor (`plym-actor-factory/us-la-nola-occupational-numstring-portfolio-status-monitor`) Actor

Watch named City of New Orleans occupational business license numstring values; emit APPEARED/DROPPED/STATUS_CHANGED from official Socrata abc4-h3u3. Portfolio PPE only — not a citywide dump; not Calgary/Montgomery/NYC DOB/DCWP twin; not STR lead scraper.

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

from $20.00 / 1,000 nola occupational license 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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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.

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# README

## NOLA Occupational License Portfolio Status Monitor

Watch named City of New Orleans **occupational business license** `numstring` values against the official Open Data Socrata dataset [`abc4-h3u3`](https://data.nola.gov/Business-and-Economic-Development/Occupational-Business-License-Data-for-the-Office-/abc4-h3u3) and emit typed portfolio status events.

### Events

| Event | When |
|-------|------|
| `APPEARED` | Watched license newly present on the published Occupational Business License extract |
| `DROPPED` | Watched license absent from the current extract (honest republish lag) |
| `STATUS_CHANGED` | `currentstatus` changed (Issued / Expired / Approved / Application Filed / …) |
| `BUSINESS_TYPE_CHANGED` / `CATEGORY_CHANGED` / `ADDRESS_CHANGED` / `DESCRIPTION_CHANGED` | Attribute diffs (when `attributes` signal group enabled) |
| `RUN_STATUS` | Non-billable health (`FIXTURE_HEALTH` / `MONITOR_IDLE` / `CATCHUP_COMPLETE`) |

### Pricing (PPE)

- **Primary:** `nola-occupational-license-status-event-delivered` @ **$0.02** per unique change event
- **Start:** `apify-actor-start` @ **$0.00005**
- Quiet books = `MONITOR_IDLE` free (no event charges)

### Input

- `licenseNumbers` / `licenses` / `licenseNos` / `numstrings` — watchlist of NOLA `numstring` values
- `sourceMode`: `fixture` | `live`
- `signalGroups`: `directory`, `status`, `attributes`
- `emitFixtureDemoEvents`: fixture demo catch-up (charges in cloud)

### Honesty

- Watchlist SoQL `numstring in(...)` only — **not** a citywide dump billed as rows
- Not a Calgary #74 / Montgomery #76 / NYC DOB #75 / NYC DCWP #71 twin
- Not an STR permit lead scraper
- Absent IDs emit `DROPPED` against the current published extract (honest lag)
- Cadence = City of New Orleans Open Data / Socrata republish (`rowsUpdatedAt` / `Last-Modified`)

### Private

`isPublic=false`. Append LAST on the private publish queue — do not burn Store 5/24h ahead of older privates.

# Actor input Schema

## `licenseNumbers` (type: `array`):

City of New Orleans Occupational Business License numbers (numstring) to monitor against official Socrata abc4-h3u3. Exact match after normalize (digits). Invalid entries skipped with no charge. Not a citywide dump — only IDs on the book are evaluated.

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

Alias of licenseNumbers.

## `licenseNos` (type: `array`):

Alias of licenseNumbers.

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

directory = APPEARED/DROPPED; status = STATUS_CHANGED; attributes = business type / category / address / description changes.

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

Hard run budget in seconds.

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

Max billable change events to deliver this run.

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

Resume entity baselines and seen event UIDs from the actor key-value store.

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

fixture = offline fixtures (FIXTURE_HEALTH / demo). live = official City of New Orleans Open Data Socrata.

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

When sourceMode=fixture, emit CATCHUP APPEARED/DROPPED/STATUS_CHANGED demo events (charges in cloud).

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

Optional as-of date hint (YYYY-MM-DD) for live runs.

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

Optional Apify platform max total charge USD for this run.

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

Override official City of New Orleans Occupational Business License Socrata resource URL (default data.nola.gov/resource/abc4-h3u3.json).

## `numstrings` (type: `array`):

Alias of licenseNumbers.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "licenseNumbers": [
    "2414505",
    "1808379",
    "1923812",
    "1922457"
  ],
  "signalGroups": [
    "directory",
    "status"
  ],
  "maxRunSeconds": 180,
  "maxEvents": 500,
  "resumeFromCheckpoint": true,
  "sourceMode": "fixture",
  "emitFixtureDemoEvents": false,
  "socrataUrl": "https://data.nola.gov/resource/abc4-h3u3.json"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

JSON summary: delivered, charged, runStatus, checkpoint, stats, NOLA occupational numstring 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/us-la-nola-occupational-numstring-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/us-la-nola-occupational-numstring-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/us-la-nola-occupational-numstring-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/us-la-nola-occupational-numstring-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/9Xiq0obnsv7WfTX8Z/builds/qXNpfyrJzwEX0q94B/openapi.json