# openFDA Dataset Status: Export Dates & Record Counts

**Use case:** 

One row per openFDA dataset (drug labels, enforcement reports, device events, 510(k), UDI, food events and the rest) with the date FDA last exported it, the number of records and the endpoint URL. For data engineers and analysts who need to know how fresh FDA data is before a pipeline run or a report. No filters needed; run it on a schedule to catch a dataset that stopped updating.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "datasets",
  "productArea": "drug",
  "query": "insulin",
  "searchField": "auto",
  "onlyNew": false,
  "sortOrder": "newest",
  "maxItems": 40,
  "includeText": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "mode": {
    "label": "Mode",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "recordId": {
    "label": "Record ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "organization": {
    "label": "Firm / manufacturer",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "category": {
    "label": "Class / type",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "date": {
    "label": "Main date",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "totalRecords": {
    "label": "Records in dataset",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "openFDA record",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "detailUrl": {
    "label": "FDA page",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "fetchedAt": {
    "label": "Fetched (UTC)",
    "format": "date"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [openFDA API: FDA Recalls, Drug Labels & Device Reports](https://apify.com/yadroo/openfda-records.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/yadroo/openfda-records.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/yadroo/openfda-records.md

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`).