# CSA STAR Registry Cloud Services Apify Actor (`tehsnarf/csa-star-registry-cloud-services`) Actor

Scrapes the Cloud Security Alliance's public STAR Registry into structured cloud-provider assurance records for GRC and vendor-risk teams.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tehsnarf/csa-star-registry-cloud-services.md
- **Developed by:** [Chris Hoover](https://apify.com/tehsnarf) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## 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

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

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# README

## CSA STAR Registry Cloud Services Apify Actor

Scrapes the [Cloud Security Alliance STAR Registry](https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/star/registry) —
a public directory of cloud providers' security/privacy assurance submissions (CAIQ questionnaires,
SOC 2-style attestations, certifications, and AI-specific STAR-for-AI assessments) — into clean,
structured records for vendor-risk, procurement, and GRC teams.

### Use cases

1. **Vendor risk assessment** — pull the full registry (or a filtered slice) to check whether a
   prospective cloud vendor has a CAIQ, attestation, or certification on file before onboarding.
2. **Compliance monitoring** — run on a schedule to detect newly listed providers or changed
   assurance levels in your vendor stack.
3. **Market research** — analyze STAR adoption trends (e.g. growth in STAR-for-AI submissions,
   which providers are CSA Trusted Cloud Providers).

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| startUrls | array | `[{"url": "https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/star/registry"}]` | Registry listing page(s) to scrape |
| maxItems | integer | 100 | Max number of registry entries to return |
| fetchDetailPages | boolean | true | Also fetch each entry's own detail page to look for public assessment/supporting-asset document links |
| delaySeconds | number | 1.2 | Polite delay before each detail-page request |
| concurrency | integer | 5 | How many detail pages to fetch at once |

The registry has no server-side pagination — one request to the default URL discovers every
listed entry (2,650 as of 2026-08-01); `maxItems` controls how many of those get enriched and
returned, not how many listing requests are made.

### Output field table

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| providerName | string | Organization/cloud provider name |
| cloudServiceName | string | Name of the specific cloud service listed |
| descriptionSnippet | string | Provider/service description excerpt |
| listedSince | string | Date the entry was listed (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| starFilterTags | array | Registry filter tokens (e.g. `star_level_1`, `caiq`, `star_for_ai_level_1`) |
| assuranceLabels | array | Human-readable assurance scheme labels (CAIQ, Attestation, Certification, etc.) |
| isTrustedCloudProvider | boolean | CSA "Trusted Cloud Provider" flag |
| isStarEnabled | boolean | "STAR Enabled Solution" flag |
| isStarForAi | boolean | "STAR for AI" flag |
| listingUrl | string | Absolute URL to the entry's own registry detail page |
| publicAssessmentLinks | array | Public assessment/supporting-asset document links found on the detail page, when present (often empty) |
| scrapeTimestamp | string | ISO-8601 UTC scrape time |

### Example output

```json
{
  "providerName": "2C2P",
  "cloudServiceName": "Payment Gateway Service",
  "descriptionSnippet": "2C2P is a payment service provider that helps companies in emerging markets accept and make payments seamlessly. Over the years, 2C2P has aggregated inter...",
  "listedSince": "2022-12-23",
  "starFilterTags": ["star_level_1", "star_level_2", "caiq", "attestation"],
  "assuranceLabels": ["CAIQ", "Attestation"],
  "isTrustedCloudProvider": false,
  "isStarEnabled": false,
  "isStarForAi": false,
  "listingUrl": "https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/star/registry/2c2p",
  "publicAssessmentLinks": [],
  "scrapeTimestamp": "2026-08-01T08:17:14Z"
}
```

### Pricing

$5 per 1,000 results (Pay-Per-Event, per record).

| Results | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| 100 | $0.50 |
| 500 | $2.50 |
| 1,000 | $5.00 |
| 5,000 | $25.00 |

### Notes

- Public data only — no login, no member-only STAR API, no scraping of `/special/` or `/download/`
  (both disallowed in `robots.txt`).
- Detail-page enrichment is best-effort: most registry entries don't expose a separate public
  assessment/supporting-asset document, so `publicAssessmentLinks` is frequently an empty array.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Registry listing URLs to scrape. Defaults to the single CSA STAR Registry page, which returns all entries in one page load.

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

Maximum number of registry entries to enrich and push

## `fetchDetailPages` (type: `boolean`):

Enrich each entry with public assessment/supporting-asset links from its own detail page (adds one request per item)

## `delaySeconds` (type: `number`):

Polite delay each detail-page fetch waits before requesting

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many detail pages to fetch at once (each still waits delaySeconds before requesting)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/star/registry"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "fetchDetailPages": true,
  "delaySeconds": 1.2,
  "concurrency": 5
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tehsnarf/csa-star-registry-cloud-services").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tehsnarf/csa-star-registry-cloud-services").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 '{}' |
apify call tehsnarf/csa-star-registry-cloud-services --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tehsnarf/csa-star-registry-cloud-services"
        }
    }
}

```

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/H52UJJWy1HUyVH62C/builds/HtKmfEOaAoZJ2TCOG/openapi.json