# CPSC Product Recall Matcher (`noetic_quahog/cpsc-product-recall-matcher`) Actor

Find US consumer product recalls from CPSC by title keyword, product description, company, and date window.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/noetic\_quahog/cpsc-product-recall-matcher.md
- **Developed by:** [Noetic Data](https://apify.com/noetic_quahog) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 product recalls

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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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".

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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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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

## CPSC Product Recall Matcher

Find US consumer product recalls from CPSC by title keyword, product description, company, and date window.

This Actor uses public structured data from CPSC. It normalizes source-specific records into a consistent Apify dataset for monitoring, lead generation, research, and scheduled automation.

### Who It Helps

Marketplaces, importers, ecommerce sellers, product compliance teams, and safety researchers.

### Input

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "stroller",
    "charger"
  ],
  "maxItems": 25,
  "includeRaw": false
}
```

#### Fields

- `searchTerms` - Required. One or more keywords or phrases to match.
- `regions` - Optional. Source-specific region filters.
- `dateFrom` - Optional. ISO date in `YYYY-MM-DD`. Defaults to 30 days before the run.
- `dateTo` - Optional. ISO date in `YYYY-MM-DD`.
- `maxItems` - Optional. Defaults to `100`; capped at `1000`.
- `includeRaw` - Optional. Include the raw source payload in `extra.raw`.

### Output

Each dataset item includes stable top-level fields:

```json
{
  "id": "source-id",
  "title": "Record title",
  "description": "Short source summary",
  "sourceName": "CPSC",
  "sourceUrl": "https://example.gov/detail",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-06T00:00:00.000Z",
  "location": "Best available location",
  "category": "Best available category",
  "value": null,
  "contactUrl": "https://example.gov/detail",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-06T05:00:00.000Z",
  "extra": {
    "matchedSearchTerms": ["software"]
  }
}
```

Source-specific fields are kept under `extra` so downstream automations can rely on the stable top-level schema.

### Notes

This Actor does not bypass logins, CAPTCHAs, paywalls, or access controls. It is built for public-data monitoring and exports only records returned by the source service.

### Monetization

Launch pricing is pay per result using `apify-default-dataset-item`: USD 3.00 per 1,000 normalized records, plus a tiny Actor-start event. The implementation uses public APIs and no browser automation to keep platform cost low.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Keywords or exact phrases to match in the source data.

## `regions` (type: `array`):

Optional source-specific region filters. Use state codes, country names, local authority names, or source-native region text depending on the source.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

Optional ISO date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Defaults to 30 days before the run date.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

Optional ISO date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Defaults to the run date where the source requires an end date.

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

Maximum number of normalized records to save.

## `includeRaw` (type: `boolean`):

Include the source record under extra.raw. Useful for debugging, but larger and noisier.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Accepted for Apify UI compatibility. This Actor uses public APIs and does not need a proxy.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "stroller",
    "charger"
  ],
  "regions": [],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "includeRaw": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `records` (type: `string`):

No description

## `runSummary` (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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "stroller",
        "charger"
    ],
    "regions": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("noetic_quahog/cpsc-product-recall-matcher").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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "stroller",
        "charger",
    ],
    "regions": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("noetic_quahog/cpsc-product-recall-matcher").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "stroller",
    "charger"
  ],
  "regions": []
}' |
apify call noetic_quahog/cpsc-product-recall-matcher --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=noetic_quahog/cpsc-product-recall-matcher",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/gTKEkLJ4mQz2otL1G/builds/wUVNbgNEto0C3CkhL/openapi.json