# Comparison dataset: customer discovery

**Use case:** 

USAspending Federal Awards Scraper configured for comparison dataset around “customer discovery”. The saved input exposes keywords, awardCategory,...

## Input

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "customer discovery"
  ],
  "awardCategory": "contracts",
  "startDate": "2025-01-01",
  "endDate": "2026-12-31",
  "sortBy": "End Date",
  "sortOrder": "desc",
  "maxResults": 20
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "award_id": {
    "label": "Award ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "recipient_name": {
    "label": "Recipient",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "award_amount": {
    "label": "Award amount",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "award_category": {
    "label": "Award category",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "award_type": {
    "label": "Award type",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "awarding_agency": {
    "label": "Awarding agency",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "start_date": {
    "label": "Start date",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "end_date": {
    "label": "End date",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "usaspending_url": {
    "label": "USAspending URL",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [USAspending Federal Awards Scraper](https://apify.com/thirdwatch/usaspending-federal-awards-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/thirdwatch/usaspending-federal-awards-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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