# SourceForge Software Category Pages Actor (`tehsnarf/sourceforge-software-category-pages`) Actor Scrapes SourceForge category and integration pages into ranked software datasets. - **URL**: https://apify.com/tehsnarf/sourceforge-software-category-pages.md - **Developed by:** [Chris Hoover](https://apify.com/tehsnarf) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Lead generation, Integrations - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 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? 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 ## SourceForge Software Category Pages Actor Scrapes SourceForge category pages and integration-filter pages into structured product rows. ### What it extracts - Category URL and category name - Product name and SourceForge product URL - Vendor website URL when visible - Summary text - Rating and review count when visible - Sponsored flag - Page rank/order - Visible filter facet sections and counts ### Use cases 1. Track the ranked CRM software landscape on SourceForge over time. 2. Monitor category and integration filters for competitor research. 3. Export public software listing metadata into CSV-ready JSON for analysis pipelines. ### Input - `startUrls`: one or more SourceForge category pages - `maxItems`: cap on total rows - `maxPages`: cap on pages followed per run - `pageLoadTimeoutSecs`: navigation timeout - `delaySeconds`: pause between requests - `headless`: run the browser headless ### Output fields | Field | Description | |---|---| | `categoryUrl` | Source page URL | | `categoryName` | Visible category heading | | `productName` | Listing title | | `productUrl` | SourceForge product page | | `websiteUrl` | External vendor site if exposed | | `vendorName` | Vendor/publisher name if visible | | `summary` | Listing description | | `rating` | Visible star rating | | `reviewCount` | Ratings count | | `sponsored` | Sponsored label indicator | | `pageRank` | Listing order on the page | | `facets` | Sectioned filter counts seen on the page | | `sourceUrl` | Exact URL scraped | ### Pricing $5.00 per 1,000 results ($0.005 per result) Set a max cost limit when starting a run to control your spending. The Actor stops automatically when your limit is reached. ### Example costs 100 results = $0.50 500 results = $2.50 1,000 results = $5.00 5,000 results = $25.00 ### Example output ```json { "categoryUrl": "http://127.0.0.1:8899/crm.html", "categoryName": "Best CRM Software for Drupal", "productName": "Zendesk", "productUrl": "http://127.0.0.1:8899/software/product/Zendesk/", "websiteUrl": "https://www.zendesk.com/", "vendorName": null, "summary": "Zendesk is an AI-powered service solution that’s easy to set up, use, and scale.", "rating": 4.8, "reviewCount": 7920, "sponsored": true, "pageRank": 1, "facets": { "Deployment": [ { "label": "Cloud", "count": 28 }, { "label": "Android", "count": 11 } ] }, "sourceUrl": "http://127.0.0.1:8899/crm.html" } ```` # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): SourceForge category or integration page URLs to scrape. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of product rows to collect. ## `maxPages` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of category pages to follow per run. ## `pageLoadTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`): Navigation timeout for each rendered page. ## `delaySeconds` (type: `number`): Polite pause between page requests. ## `headless` (type: `boolean`): Run the browser headless. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://sourceforge.net/software/crm/" } ], "maxItems": 100, "maxPages": 25, "pageLoadTimeoutSecs": 45, "delaySeconds": 1.5, "headless": true } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://sourceforge.net/software/crm/" } ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("tehsnarf/sourceforge-software-category-pages").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`πŸ’Ύ 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); }); // πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ 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 = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://sourceforge.net/software/crm/" }] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("tehsnarf/sourceforge-software-category-pages").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("πŸ’Ύ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://sourceforge.net/software/crm/" } ] }' | apify call tehsnarf/sourceforge-software-category-pages --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=tehsnarf/sourceforge-software-category-pages", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "SourceForge Software Category Pages Actor", "description": "Scrapes SourceForge category and integration pages into ranked software datasets.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "5wbKAKltSXfPThtiP" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/tehsnarf~sourceforge-software-category-pages/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-tehsnarf-sourceforge-software-category-pages", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/tehsnarf~sourceforge-software-category-pages/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-tehsnarf-sourceforge-software-category-pages", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/tehsnarf~sourceforge-software-category-pages/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-tehsnarf-sourceforge-software-category-pages", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": [ "startUrls" ], "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs", "type": "array", "description": "SourceForge category or integration page URLs to scrape.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of product rows to collect.", "default": 100 }, "maxPages": { "title": "Max pages", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of category pages to follow per run.", "default": 25 }, "pageLoadTimeoutSecs": { "title": "Page load timeout (seconds)", "minimum": 10, "maximum": 180, "type": "integer", "description": "Navigation timeout for each rendered page.", "default": 45 }, "delaySeconds": { "title": "Delay between pages (seconds)", "minimum": 0.5, "maximum": 10, "type": "number", "description": "Polite pause between page requests.", "default": 1.5 }, "headless": { "title": "Headless browser", "type": "boolean", "description": "Run the browser headless.", "default": true } } }, "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", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, 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