# UK REACH Authorisation Lifecycle Change Signals (`starshaped_bullsnake/uk-reach-authorisation-lifecycle-change-signals`) Actor

Track official UK REACH application lifecycle changes by full AFA reference.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/starshaped\_bullsnake/uk-reach-authorisation-lifecycle-change-signals.md
- **Developed by:** [Starshape Tools](https://apify.com/starshaped_bullsnake) (community)
- **Categories:** Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $50.00 / 1,000 uk reach authorisation change signals

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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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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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`).

# README

## UK REACH Authorisation Lifecycle Change Signals

Tracks the `Authorisation applications` worksheet in HSE's official UK REACH workbook, keyed by the complete AFA reference. The separate grandfathered-authorisations worksheet is outside V1 because it uses ECHA references and contains repeated references across applicants.

Live runs fetch the full workbook, validate the schema and unique AFA keys, normalize multi-value fields, compare a persistent full snapshot, write Dataset signals and `OUTPUT`, then commit the snapshot last. Unknown status text remains `UNKNOWN_STAGE`. No grant or refusal is inferred beyond explicit source vocabulary. The first valid live run is a zero-signal baseline; removal requires two consecutive clean misses.

Sample mode uses deterministic fixtures, makes zero official HTTP requests, and never opens the production KVS. Signals: `APPLICATION_ADDED`, `APPLICATION_STAGE_CHANGED`, `FINAL_DECISION_PUBLISHED`, `APPLICATION_DETAILS_CHANGED`, `APPLICATION_NO_LONGER_LISTED`.

Source: [HSE list of UK REACH authorisations](https://www.hse.gov.uk/reach/applications-for-authorisation.htm). Contains public sector information published by the Health and Safety Executive and licensed under the Open Government Licence.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Use live official data or deterministic sample fixtures.

## `signalTypes` (type: `array`):

Optional exact signal-type filter.

## `afaReferences` (type: `array`):

Optional exact full AFA reference filter.

## `applicants` (type: `array`):

Optional case-insensitive applicant filter.

## `baselineOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Store a validated baseline without signals.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Limits Dataset output only.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "sample",
  "baselineOnly": false,
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `OUTPUT` (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 = {
    "mode": "sample",
    "maxItems": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("starshaped_bullsnake/uk-reach-authorisation-lifecycle-change-signals").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 = {
    "mode": "sample",
    "maxItems": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("starshaped_bullsnake/uk-reach-authorisation-lifecycle-change-signals").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 '{
  "mode": "sample",
  "maxItems": 20
}' |
apify call starshaped_bullsnake/uk-reach-authorisation-lifecycle-change-signals --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,starshaped_bullsnake/uk-reach-authorisation-lifecycle-change-signals"
        }
    }
}
```

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/cffc3lxZffzFYH5gG/builds/WxewO2Ln3eZ4AhDLd/openapi.json