# Monitor Industrial Product Prices

**Use case:** 

Monitor prices for industrial products from public supplier product pages and compare current observations with previous runs to identify procurement-relevant changes.

## Input

```json
{
  "watchlist": [
    {
      "manufacturer": "AutomationDirect",
      "mpn": "FA-24PS",
      "sku": "FA-24PS",
      "url": "https://www.automationdirect.com/adc/shopping/catalog/power_products_%28electrical%29/dc_power_supplies/open_frame/fa-24ps"
    },
    {
      "manufacturer": "ifm",
      "sku": "IFT210",
      "url": "https://www.ifm.com/my/en/product/IFT210"
    },
    {
      "manufacturer": "WAGO",
      "mpn": "750-430",
      "sku": "750-430",
      "url": "https://www.wago.com/us/controllers-bus-couplers-i-o/8-channel-digital-input/p/750-430"
    },
    {
      "manufacturer": "Banner Engineering",
      "mpn": "Q20PDLQMA",
      "url": "https://www.bannerengineering.com/us/en/products/part.78165.html"
    },
    {
      "manufacturer": "Turck",
      "mpn": "BI10-M30-IOLU69X2-H1141",
      "url": "https://www.turck.us/en/product/100001079"
    },
    {
      "manufacturer": "Schneider Electric",
      "mpn": "XB4BA31",
      "sku": "XB4BA31",
      "url": "https://www.se.com/us/en/product/XB4BA31/harmony-22mm-push-button-green-flush-spring-return-1-no-unmarked/"
    },
    {
      "manufacturer": "Omron",
      "mpn": "NX102-9000",
      "url": "https://automation.omron.com/en/mx/products/family/NX102/nx102-9000"
    },
    {
      "manufacturer": "Pepperl+Fuchs",
      "mpn": "CBB4-12GH60-E2-V1",
      "url": "https://www.pepperl-fuchs.com/es-mx/products-gp25581/41546"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 8
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "productName": {
    "label": "Product Name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "manufacturer": {
    "label": "Manufacturer",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "mpn": {
    "label": "MPN",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "sku": {
    "label": "SKU",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "price": {
    "label": "Price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "currency": {
    "label": "Currency",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "availability": {
    "label": "Availability",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "stockStatus": {
    "label": "Stock Status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "leadTime": {
    "label": "Lead Time",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "leadTimeDays": {
    "label": "Lead Time (Days)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "observationStatus": {
    "label": "Observation Status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "changeStatus": {
    "label": "Change Status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "signalStatus": {
    "label": "Signal Status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "warningStatus": {
    "label": "Warning Status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "confidence": {
    "label": "Confidence",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "stockQuantity": {
    "label": "Stock Quantity",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "packSize": {
    "label": "Pack Size",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "unit": {
    "label": "Unit",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "moq": {
    "label": "MOQ",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "previousPrice": {
    "label": "Previous Price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "previousAvailability": {
    "label": "Previous Availability",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "previousStockStatus": {
    "label": "Previous Stock Status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "changes": {
    "label": "Changes",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "procurementSignals": {
    "label": "Procurement Signals",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "warnings": {
    "label": "Warnings",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "supplierName": {
    "label": "Supplier",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "supplierDomain": {
    "label": "Supplier Domain",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "sourceUrl": {
    "label": "Source URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "canonicalUrl": {
    "label": "Canonical URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "observedAt": {
    "label": "Observed At",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "extractionMethod": {
    "label": "Extraction Method",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "identityType": {
    "label": "Identity Type",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "identityKey": {
    "label": "Identity Key",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Industrial Procurement Watchlist](https://apify.com/signalveqrin/industrial-procurement-watchlist.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/signalveqrin/industrial-procurement-watchlist.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/signalveqrin/industrial-procurement-watchlist.md

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`).