# UK Food Hygiene Ratings Data (`sanguine_piranha/uk-food-hygiene-ratings-data`) Actor

Search and normalize official UK Food Standards Agency hygiene ratings into clean, privacy-minimized JSON.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/sanguine\_piranha/uk-food-hygiene-ratings-data.md
- **Developed by:** [Simon Jessen](https://apify.com/sanguine_piranha) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

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?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## UK Food Hygiene Ratings Data — Actor #001

A Market Hunter validation Actor using the official UK Food Standards Agency FHRS API v2.

### Why this Actor exists

This is our first end-to-end test of the Market Hunter -> Source Clearance -> Actor -> Apify workflow. The source is an official public API, requires no login/API key, and the FSA states that ratings information is reusable under the Open Government Licence.

### Output philosophy

Actor #001 intentionally excludes contact-heavy fields such as phone numbers, local-authority email addresses and right-to-reply text. It returns normalized establishment/rating facts plus source/licence/retrieval metadata.

### Monetization

The code is Pay-per-Event ready. When PPE is enabled in Apify Console, each default dataset item can be charged via the `dataset-item` event. Keep the Actor private/free during validation. Set pricing only after real cloud-run cost is measured.

### Attribution

Contains public sector information from the UK Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence. FSA logos/images are not included.

# Actor input Schema

## `name` (type: `string`):

Optional business-name search.

## `address` (type: `string`):

Optional address or postcode search.

## `ratingKey` (type: `string`):

Optional hygiene rating filter from 0 to 5.

## `ratingOperatorKey` (type: `string`):

How the selected rating should be compared.

## `schemeTypeKey` (type: `string`):

Optional food hygiene rating scheme filter.

## `businessTypeId` (type: `integer`):

Optional FSA business type identifier.

## `localAuthorityId` (type: `integer`):

Optional FSA local authority identifier.

## `countryId` (type: `integer`):

Optional FSA country identifier.

## `latitude` (type: `number`):

Optional latitude for distance-based searching.

## `longitude` (type: `number`):

Optional longitude for distance-based searching.

## `maxDistanceLimit` (type: `number`):

Maximum search distance in miles when coordinates are supplied.

## `sortOptionKey` (type: `string`):

Sort order returned by the source API.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of normalized dataset items to return.

## `pageSize` (type: `integer`):

Number of source records requested per API page.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Safety limit for the maximum number of source API pages to fetch.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "ratingOperatorKey": "Equal",
  "sortOptionKey": "Relevance",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "pageSize": 100,
  "maxPages": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

## `runMeta` (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("sanguine_piranha/uk-food-hygiene-ratings-data").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("sanguine_piranha/uk-food-hygiene-ratings-data").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 sanguine_piranha/uk-food-hygiene-ratings-data --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,sanguine_piranha/uk-food-hygiene-ratings-data"
        }
    }
}

```

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/FiMSrCmZbj8D4ZHL0/builds/5SHSY4QzkqPZ7ZmBE/openapi.json