# CaFE + ZAPP Art Opportunities & Commissions Scraper (`tactful_anvil/cafe-zapp-art-opportunities-commissions-scraper`) Actor

All 600+ live art calls from CallForEntry (CaFE) + ZAPP in one run: public-art commissions with $10k-$1M budgets, entry & jury fees, deadlines, free-entry flag and a 0-100 opportunity score. HTTP-only, no login. Sort the whole board by money in seconds.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tactful\_anvil/cafe-zapp-art-opportunities-commissions-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Mr Zack](https://apify.com/tactful_anvil) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Automation, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.80 / 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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

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# README

## CaFE + ZAPP Art Opportunities & Public Art Commissions Scraper

One run pulls the **entire live CallForEntry (CaFE) + ZAPP board** — the main US directory of art calls — and turns it into a flat, sortable dataset: **public-art commissions with real budgets ($10k–$1M+), entry & jury fees, deadlines, a free-entry flag and a 0–100 opportunity score**. HTTP-only. No login, no API key, no proxies, no browser.

### Who this is for

- **Artists hunting paid work**: public-art commissions on this board publish budgets from $10,000 to $1,000,000. Sorting the whole board by `budgetUsd` takes one run — refreshing it by hand means paging through 600+ calls.
- **Artist coaches, newsletters & communities**: a weekly "best free-entry calls" or "biggest commissions closing soon" digest is one scheduled run + one filter.
- **Public-art consultants & fabrication studios**: track every new RFQ/RFP with a budget the moment it appears.

### Why this beats refreshing the board manually

The board mixes $25-fee members-only exhibitions with **$300,000 free-to-apply public commissions** and gives you no way to sort by money. This actor derives what the board doesn't show:

| Field | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| `budgetUsd` | Published project budget. `null` = not published (never fake-zeroed). |
| `lowestFeeUsd` / `isFreeEntry` | Cheapest way in; `true` = $0 to apply. |
| `isPaidCommission` | COMMISSION-type call with a budget above $0 — the real money rows. |
| `budgetToFeeRatio` | Budget per fee dollar — instant "worth it?" signal. |
| `daysLeft` / `urgency` | Deadline math: `critical` (<3d), `soon` (<14d), `open`, `rolling`, `closed`. |
| `competition` | Bucketed from the board's own historical average-applications figure, when published. |
| `opportunityScore` | 0–100: budget (45, log scale to $200k) + fee (25, free best) + time window (15) + openness (15, invitation-only scores 0). Closed calls hard-score 0. |

Plus everything the board knows: type (COMMISSION / EXHIBITION / COMPETITION / FESTIVAL\_FAIR / GRANT / RESIDENCY), city & state, eligibility, disciplines, organizer name & website, direct apply URL, posted & updated timestamps.

### Input (all optional)

```json
{
  "statuses": ["OPEN"],
  "types": ["COMMISSION"],
  "freeEntryOnly": false,
  "paidCommissionsOnly": true,
  "minBudgetUsd": 25000,
  "sortBy": "budget",
  "maxItems": 1000
}
```

Empty input = every OPEN call on the board, best opportunity first.

### How to schedule this actor (do this — it's the whole point)

The board moves daily: new commissions appear, deadlines pass, budgets get claimed. A snapshot is stale in a week.

1. Open the actor page → **Schedules** → **Create new**.
2. Cron `0 7 * * 1` (every Monday morning) is plenty for most artists; use `0 7 * * *` daily if you chase `critical` deadlines.
3. Add input like the example above, e.g. `paidCommissionsOnly: true`.
4. Point the run at a named dataset, or wire the **Integrations** tab to email/Slack/Sheets so new high-score rows land in your inbox.

A weekly schedule with `maxItems: 1000` costs well under a dollar a month.

### Honesty notes

- Only data the board itself publishes publicly. Rate-limited polite crawl (~7 requests per run).
- Unknown ≠ zero: missing budgets and fees stay `null` and score neutral, never inflated.
- Non-USD fees (rare) are left `null` rather than guessed.
- The board's own index double-counts some records; this actor crawls both sort directions and dedupes by id, so you get real unique calls.

### Related actors (same maintainer)

- [Reedsy Writing Contests Scraper](https://apify.com/tactful_anvil/reedsy-writing-contests-scraper) — prize-money writing contests with free-entry flag.
- [Class Action Settlements Scraper](https://apify.com/tactful_anvil/classaction-settlements-scraper) — open US settlements, no-proof cash flags.
- [Whop Content Rewards Scraper](https://apify.com/tactful_anvil/whop-content-rewards-scraper) — creator clipping campaigns with payout proof.

### Was this Actor useful?

If it saved you a manual crawl, a ⭐ review on the Store page genuinely helps other artists find it. Hit a problem? Open an issue in the **Issues** tab — parser drift gets fixed fast.

# Actor input Schema

## `statuses` (type: `array`):

Which opportunity statuses to pull. OPEN = accepting applications now.

## `types` (type: `array`):

Filter by opportunity type. Empty = all types. COMMISSION = paid public-art commissions with budgets.

## `sources` (type: `array`):

Source board: CAFE (CallForEntry) and/or ZAPP. Empty = both.

## `states` (type: `array`):

Filter by US state, e.g. \["CALIFORNIA", "NEW\_YORK"]. Empty = all states.

## `searchText` (type: `string`):

Free-text search across opportunity names and descriptions, e.g. "sculpture" or "mural".

## `freeEntryOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only opportunities whose lowest fee is $0 — no application cost.

## `paidCommissionsOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only COMMISSION-type calls that publish a budget above $0 (public-art money).

## `excludeInvitationOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Drop calls you cannot apply to without an invitation.

## `maxEntryFeeUsd` (type: `integer`):

Keep only opportunities whose lowest known fee is at or below this amount in USD.

## `minBudgetUsd` (type: `integer`):

Keep only opportunities publishing a budget of at least this amount in USD.

## `minOpportunityScore` (type: `integer`):

Keep only rows with opportunityScore at or above this value (0-100).

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Result order: opportunity (score), budget (highest first), deadline (closing soonest first), newest (recently posted first).

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

Stop after this many opportunities (each result row is billed).

## `pageDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Polite delay between API pages in milliseconds.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "statuses": [
    "OPEN"
  ],
  "types": [],
  "sources": [],
  "states": [],
  "searchText": "",
  "freeEntryOnly": false,
  "paidCommissionsOnly": false,
  "excludeInvitationOnly": false,
  "sortBy": "opportunity",
  "maxItems": 1000,
  "pageDelayMs": 600
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `opportunities` (type: `string`):

One row per art call: budget in USD, entry/jury fees, deadline math, free-entry flag, invitation flag, competition signal and 0-100 opportunity score.

# 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 = {
    "statuses": [
        "OPEN"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tactful_anvil/cafe-zapp-art-opportunities-commissions-scraper").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 = { "statuses": ["OPEN"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tactful_anvil/cafe-zapp-art-opportunities-commissions-scraper").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 '{
  "statuses": [
    "OPEN"
  ]
}' |
apify call tactful_anvil/cafe-zapp-art-opportunities-commissions-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tactful_anvil/cafe-zapp-art-opportunities-commissions-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

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/8jMgmyVQjPfXyjd8R/builds/4ZWiUTr80jdvuCbUT/openapi.json