# 🇨🇦 CanadaBuys Federal Tenders Scraper (`parseforge/canadabuys-tenders-scraper`) Actor

Hunt down public records from Canadabuys Tenders with identifiers, dates, parties, descriptions, status flags and direct links to source filings. Trusted by compliance, government affairs, due diligence and policy research. Run on demand or on a recurring schedule and feed every row into your fav.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/canadabuys-tenders-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Other, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $19.00 / 1,000 result items

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

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## 🇨🇦 CanadaBuys Federal Tenders Scraper

> 🚀 **Pull CanadaBuys Federal Tenders data in seconds.** Pull federal Government of Canada tender opportunities with reference, contracting entity, category, closing date and GSIN.

The CanadaBuys Federal Tenders Scraper turns the public CanadaBuys feed into clean, structured rows you can route to a warehouse, dashboard or downstream pipeline. No login, no manual copy-paste.

It is built for analysts, researchers and product teams who need the same data the source publishes, only normalised and ready to query.

| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| Researchers | Build longitudinal datasets for analysis |
| Compliance teams | Monitor regulated entities and filings |
| Journalists | Investigate public records at scale |
| Data analysts | Power BI dashboards and reports |
| Academic teams | Run quantitative studies on public data |
| Product teams | Embed live CanadaBuys records into apps |

### 📋 What the CanadaBuys Federal Tenders Scraper does

- Queries CanadaBuys for the latest records
- Supports targeted filtering via the input parameters
- Returns structured records with 9 fields, no scraping artifacts
- Handles pagination automatically up to your `maxItems` limit
- Cleans HTML entities and normalises dates and identifiers
- Delivers results to the Apify dataset, ready to query

> 💡 **Why it matters** Public data sources rarely offer bulk access. This Actor turns the live source into a queryable dataset.

### 📊 Data fields

Each record includes: `closingDate`, `entity`, `imageUrl`, `referenceNumber`, `results`, `scrapedAt`, `sourceUrl`, `title`, `url`. These field names come straight from the actor's dataset schema, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.

> ⚠️ **Good to Know:** free users are capped at 10 items per run. Upgrade to a paid plan for up to 1,000,000 items per run. The scraper only returns what the public source actually exposes.

### 🚀 How to use

1. **[Create a free Apify account](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp)**, includes $5 free credit
2. Open the **CanadaBuys Federal Tenders Scraper** actor page
3. Configure your input, set filters or leave defaults
4. Set `maxItems` (10 for a quick preview, higher for bulk pulls)
5. Click **Run** and wait for the dataset to populate
6. Review the dataset in the Apify console

### 🔗 Recommended Actors

| Actor | Description |
|---|---|
| [OurAirports Global Airport Database Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/ourairports-scraper) | Pull worldwide airport data with ICAO and IATA codes |
| [FINRA BrokerCheck Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/finra-brokercheck-scraper) | Pull broker and firm registration data from FINRA |
| [Hacker News Stories Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/hackernews-stories-scraper) | Pull live Hacker News top stories with score and comments |

> 💡 **Pro Tip** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge) for more public-data scrapers.

> **⚠️ Disclaimer** Independent tool, not affiliated with CanadaBuys. Only publicly available data is collected.

### 🆘 Need Help?

If you hit a bug, have questions about setup, or need a scraper we haven't built yet, open our [contact form](https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA) or write to parseforge@protonmail.com. We also take on paid custom data projects.

For faster answers, join our [Discord](https://parseforge.co/discord). It's the best place to get support and suggest new actors.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Keyword

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

How many tenders to collect per run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Scraped CanadaBuys Federal Tenders records

# 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 = {
    "query": "",
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/canadabuys-tenders-scraper").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 = {
    "query": "",
    "maxItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/canadabuys-tenders-scraper").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 '{
  "query": "",
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call parseforge/canadabuys-tenders-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=parseforge/canadabuys-tenders-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/V4ldFx7kHfBvhfYxl/builds/ns5XbecfMpoemvHHA/openapi.json