# NPS Park Alerts & Conditions (`scrupulous_waterbird_m4w/nps-park-alerts`) Actor Scrape current alerts, closures, and conditions for US National Park Service sites. Filter by state and category. No API key required. - **URL**: https://apify.com/scrupulous\_waterbird\_m4w/nps-park-alerts.md - **Developed by:** [Mori](https://apify.com/scrupulous_waterbird_m4w) (community) - **Categories:** Travel, Lead generation, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## 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/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.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 In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). 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. 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 ## NPS Park Alerts & Conditions Scrape current alerts, closures, and conditions for US National Park Service sites. Each record is enriched with the park name and state. Built on the public [NPS Data API](https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm) — no API key required. ### What it does - Pulls the live alerts feed (`/api/v1/alerts`) from `developer.nps.gov`. - Enriches each alert with park name, state, and homepage via `/api/v1/parks`. - Filters: US state(s), alert category, free-text search against title + description. - One unified JSON record per alert with stable schema. ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `stateFilter` | string (CSV of 2-letter codes) | empty | e.g. `CA,AZ,UT`. Empty = all 50 states + DC + territories. | | `alertTypeFilter` | enum | `all` | `Caution`, `Danger`, `Information`, `Park Closure`, or `all`. | | `searchQuery` | string | empty | Free-text query against title + description (e.g. `wildfire`, `bear`, `road closure`). | | `maxRecords` | integer | 100 | Cap on alerts returned. Max 5000. | | `includeParkDetails` | boolean | true | Enrich each alert with park name + state (one extra `/parks` request per 10 unique parkCodes). | ### Output One record per alert: ```json { "id": "74D6113F-1B0B-4CB6-AEAF-E5BB6A6E2304", "parkCode": "grca", "parkName": "Grand Canyon National Park", "parkUrl": "https://www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm", "stateCode": "AZ", "title": "Stage 2 Fire Restrictions—VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER", "alertType": "Danger", "severity": "high", "description": "Stage 2 fire restrictions for South Rim, North Rim, and Inner Canyon are in effect…", "url": "https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/management/fireinformation.htm", "lastIndexedDate": "2026-07-06 00:00:00.0", "scrapedAt": "2026-07-09T22:00:00.000Z" } ```` ### Severity mapping The NPS Data API exposes `category` (Caution / Danger / Information / Park Closure). This actor adds a derived `severity` field: | Category | Severity | |---|---| | Information | low | | Caution | medium | | Danger | high | | Park Closure | critical | ### Pricing Free tier: 1000 NPS API requests/hour (DEMO\_KEY). Default run = 1 alerts request + 1 parks request per 10 unique parkCodes. A 100-record filtered run with no `includeParkDetails` false is well under the limit. ### Limitations - DEMO\_KEY rate limit is 1000 requests/hour. High-volume users should register a free personal API key at `nps.gov/subjects/developer/get-started.htm`. - The NPS API does not expose historical alerts — only current state. - The alerts feed is updated nightly by NPS, not in real time. ### Changelog - 0.1.0 — initial release. # Actor input Schema ## `stateFilter` (type: `string`): Optional. Comma-separated list of 2-letter US state codes (e.g. 'CA,AZ,UT'). When set, only alerts for parks in those states are returned. Leave empty for all 50 states + DC + territories. ## `alertTypeFilter` (type: `string`): Optional. Restrict to one NPS alert category. ## `searchQuery` (type: `string`): Optional. Free-text query against the alerts index (matches title/description). Useful for 'wildfire', 'road closure', 'bear', etc. ## `maxRecords` (type: `integer`): Cap on total alerts returned. Default 100, max 5000. ## `includeParkDetails` (type: `boolean`): When true, each alert is enriched with park full name, state, and URL via the /parks endpoint (one extra request per unique parkCode). Default true. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy settings. Free-tier apify runs usually don't need a proxy against developer.nps.gov. ## Actor input object example ```json { "stateFilter": "", "alertTypeFilter": "all", "searchQuery": "", "maxRecords": 100, "includeParkDetails": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `id` (type: `string`): No description ## `parkCode` (type: `string`): No description ## `parkName` (type: `string`): No description ## `parkUrl` (type: `string`): No description ## `stateCode` (type: `string`): No description ## `title` (type: `string`): No description ## `alertType` (type: `string`): No description ## `severity` (type: `string`): No description ## `description` (type: `string`): No description ## `url` (type: `string`): No description ## `lastIndexedDate` (type: `string`): No description ## `scrapedAt` (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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("scrupulous_waterbird_m4w/nps-park-alerts").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("scrupulous_waterbird_m4w/nps-park-alerts").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 scrupulous_waterbird_m4w/nps-park-alerts --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrupulous_waterbird_m4w/nps-park-alerts", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "NPS Park Alerts & Conditions", "description": "Scrape current alerts, closures, and conditions for US National Park Service sites. Filter by state and category. No API key required.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "6yOSZFpgyqCZmwuDE" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/scrupulous_waterbird_m4w~nps-park-alerts/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrupulous_waterbird_m4w-nps-park-alerts", "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/scrupulous_waterbird_m4w~nps-park-alerts/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-scrupulous_waterbird_m4w-nps-park-alerts", "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/scrupulous_waterbird_m4w~nps-park-alerts/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-scrupulous_waterbird_m4w-nps-park-alerts", "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": { "stateFilter": { "title": "State filter (comma-separated 2-letter codes)", "type": "string", "description": "Optional. Comma-separated list of 2-letter US state codes (e.g. 'CA,AZ,UT'). When set, only alerts for parks in those states are returned. Leave empty for all 50 states + DC + territories.", "default": "" }, "alertTypeFilter": { "title": "Alert category", "enum": [ "all", "Caution", "Danger", "Information", "Park Closure" ], "type": "string", "description": "Optional. Restrict to one NPS alert category.", "default": "all" }, "searchQuery": { "title": "Text search", "type": "string", "description": "Optional. Free-text query against the alerts index (matches title/description). Useful for 'wildfire', 'road closure', 'bear', etc.", "default": "" }, "maxRecords": { "title": "Max records", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5000, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap on total alerts returned. Default 100, max 5000.", "default": 100 }, "includeParkDetails": { "title": "Include park details", "type": "boolean", "description": "When true, each alert is enriched with park full name, state, and URL via the /parks endpoint (one extra request per unique parkCode). Default true.", "default": true }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings. Free-tier apify runs usually don't need a proxy against developer.nps.gov.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": false } } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```