# Anime Figure Price Drop & Restock Alerts API (`soft_but_savage/price-drop-restock-alerts`) Actor Track anime figure product pages and emit structured alerts for price drops, restocks, sellouts, and preorder changes. - **URL**: https://apify.com/soft\_but\_savage/price-drop-restock-alerts.md - **Developed by:** [Tahira Muhammad](https://apify.com/soft_but_savage) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Developer tools - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN 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.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.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/platform/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 ## Anime Figure Price Drop & Restock Alerts API Track anime figure product pages and get structured JSON alerts when prices drop, products restock, products sell out, or preorder status changes. This Actor is built for anime figure collectors, deal channels, Discord bots, storefront monitors, and resale tools. Instead of returning a raw price snapshot, it compares each run to the previously stored state and emits usable change events. --- ### What it detects - `first_seen` - `price_drop` - `price_increase` - `restocked` - `sold_out` - `availability_change` Each dataset item includes the current price, previous price, current availability, previous availability, and a concise `change_summary`. --- ### Best use cases - Anime figure restock alerts - Nendoroid and scale-figure watchlists - Crunchyroll, Good Smile, and specialty-store monitoring - Discord or Telegram deal bots for anime merch - Reseller backends watching sellouts and restocks --- ### Input ```json { "productUrls": [ "https://www.goodsmileus.com/products/nendoroid-belle-14589", "https://www.goodsmileus.com/products/hello-good-smile-sesshomaru-15314" ], "niche": "anime figures", "emitUnchanged": false, "followCanonicalUrl": true, "timeoutSecs": 20, "userAgent": "Your Company research@yourcompany.com" } ```` | Field | Type | Notes | |---|---|---| | `productUrls` | string\[] | Product pages to monitor. | | `niche` | string | Optional label stored on each output item. | | `emitUnchanged` | boolean | If `true`, writes current state even when nothing changed. | | `followCanonicalUrl` | boolean | Uses the page canonical URL when present. | | `timeoutSecs` | integer | Per-request timeout. | | `userAgent` | string | Set this to your company name and email for polite crawling. | *** ### Output fields | Field | Meaning | |---|---| | `event_types` | One or more change events for the product | | `price_amount` | Current parsed price | | `previous_price_amount` | Previous stored price | | `availability` | Normalized availability (`in_stock`, `out_of_stock`, `preorder`, `backorder`, `unknown`) | | `previous_availability` | Previous stored availability | | `change_summary` | Human-readable description of what changed | | `tracked_at` | ISO timestamp of the current run | *** ### How it works The Actor fetches each product page, extracts structured data from JSON-LD, Open Graph, meta tags, and text fallbacks, then stores the latest known state in Apify key-value storage. On the next run, it compares the new snapshot to the prior one and emits only meaningful changes by default. That makes it suitable for scheduled runs, webhook pipelines, Discord bots, and deal-alert backends. *** ### Notes - Extraction quality is best on stores that expose product schema or standard meta tags. - Some stores block automated traffic; blocked pages will be returned with an `error`. - This Actor is intentionally watchlist-first. It monitors URLs you already care about rather than discovering every figure in a category. # Actor input Schema ## `openaiApiKey` (type: `string`): Optional API Key for GPT-4o inference on complex layouts. ## `productUrls` (type: `array`): Product pages to monitor across one or more stores. ## `niche` (type: `string`): Optional label for the watchlist, such as anime figures, GPUs, sneakers, or TCG cards. ## `emitUnchanged` (type: `boolean`): If true, write an item even when no price or stock change is detected. ## `followCanonicalUrl` (type: `boolean`): Use the page canonical URL as the stable identity when available. ## `timeoutSecs` (type: `integer`): Per-request timeout for product fetches. ## `userAgent` (type: `string`): User-Agent string used for product requests. ## Actor input object example ```json { "productUrls": [ "https://www.goodsmileus.com/products/nendoroid-belle-14589", "https://www.goodsmileus.com/products/hello-good-smile-sesshomaru-15314" ], "niche": "anime figures", "emitUnchanged": false, "followCanonicalUrl": true, "timeoutSecs": 20, "userAgent": "Soft But Savage research@example.com" } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): Dataset items containing price-drop, restock, sellout, and availability-change events. # 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 = { "productUrls": [ "https://www.goodsmileus.com/products/nendoroid-belle-14589", "https://www.goodsmileus.com/products/hello-good-smile-sesshomaru-15314" ], "niche": "anime figures", "emitUnchanged": false, "followCanonicalUrl": true, "timeoutSecs": 20, "userAgent": "Soft But Savage research@example.com" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("soft_but_savage/price-drop-restock-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 = { "productUrls": [ "https://www.goodsmileus.com/products/nendoroid-belle-14589", "https://www.goodsmileus.com/products/hello-good-smile-sesshomaru-15314", ], "niche": "anime figures", "emitUnchanged": False, "followCanonicalUrl": True, "timeoutSecs": 20, "userAgent": "Soft But Savage research@example.com", } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("soft_but_savage/price-drop-restock-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 '{ "productUrls": [ "https://www.goodsmileus.com/products/nendoroid-belle-14589", "https://www.goodsmileus.com/products/hello-good-smile-sesshomaru-15314" ], "niche": "anime figures", "emitUnchanged": false, "followCanonicalUrl": true, "timeoutSecs": 20, "userAgent": "Soft But Savage research@example.com" }' | apify call soft_but_savage/price-drop-restock-alerts --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=soft_but_savage/price-drop-restock-alerts", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Anime Figure Price Drop & Restock Alerts API", "description": "Track anime figure product pages and emit structured alerts for price drops, restocks, sellouts, and preorder changes.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "pLGUdi0xBYM3SB1wj" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/soft_but_savage~price-drop-restock-alerts/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-soft_but_savage-price-drop-restock-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/soft_but_savage~price-drop-restock-alerts/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-soft_but_savage-price-drop-restock-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/soft_but_savage~price-drop-restock-alerts/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-soft_but_savage-price-drop-restock-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", "required": [ "productUrls" ], "properties": { "openaiApiKey": { "title": "OpenAI API Key", "type": "string", "description": "Optional API Key for GPT-4o inference on complex layouts." }, "productUrls": { "title": "Product URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Product pages to monitor across one or more stores.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "niche": { "title": "Niche label", "type": "string", "description": "Optional label for the watchlist, such as anime figures, GPUs, sneakers, or TCG cards.", "default": "anime figures" }, "emitUnchanged": { "title": "Emit unchanged products", "type": "boolean", "description": "If true, write an item even when no price or stock change is detected.", "default": false }, "followCanonicalUrl": { "title": "Follow canonical URL", "type": "boolean", "description": "Use the page canonical URL as the stable identity when available.", "default": true }, "timeoutSecs": { "title": "Timeout seconds", "minimum": 5, "maximum": 60, "type": "integer", "description": "Per-request timeout for product fetches.", "default": 20 }, "userAgent": { "title": "User-Agent", "type": "string", "description": "User-Agent string used for product requests.", "default": "Soft But Savage research@example.com" } } }, "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", 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