# Green Seal Certified Directory Actor (`tehsnarf/green-seal-certified-directory`) Actor

Scrapes Green Seal's public certified-company directory and every certified product/service listed under each company into structured records.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tehsnarf/green-seal-certified-directory.md
- **Developed by:** [Chris Hoover](https://apify.com/tehsnarf) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

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

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Green Seal Certified Directory Actor

Scrapes Green Seal's public certified-company directory (`certified.greenseal.org/companies`) —
every certified company, its profile/logo, and every certified product or service listed under
that company, with category labels — into a structured, filterable export.

### Use cases

1. **Sustainable procurement research** — building green-cleaning, janitorial, or facilities
   vendor shortlists sourced directly from Green Seal's own certified-company list, instead of
   manually clicking through hundreds of company profile pages.
2. **Competitive/market intelligence** — tracking which manufacturers hold Green Seal
   certification for a given product category (e.g. "Floor Care", "General Purpose Cleaners") and
   which SKUs they've certified.
3. **Lead generation** — sales teams targeting environmentally-certified businesses (green
   cleaning distributors, sustainable product manufacturers) with contact-ready company names and
   profile links.

### Output fields

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `companyName` | string | Certified company/vendor name |
| `companyProfileUrl` | string | Company's profile page on the Green Seal directory |
| `logoUrl` | string | Company logo image URL (Green Seal's own CDN, time-limited signed URL) |
| `productName` | string | Certified product/service name (`null` if the company has zero listed products) |
| `productUrl` | string | Certified product's detail page URL (`null` if no products) |
| `categoryLabel` | string | Product category/standard label, e.g. "Floor Care" (`null` if no products) |
| `breadcrumbTrail` | string | Directory breadcrumb path, e.g. "Certified Directory Home > 3M" |
| `sourceUrl` | string | The exact company profile page this row was scraped from |
| `crawlTimestamp` | date | ISO timestamp the record was scraped |

One row per certified product. A company with no listed products still gets one row with the
product fields set to `null`, so every company in the requested range is represented.

### Example output

```json
{
  "companyName": "3M",
  "companyProfileUrl": "https://certified.greenseal.org/company/3m",
  "logoUrl": "https://greenseal.s3.amazonaws.com/greenseal/mini_site/CompanyLogos/ba/96/ba967309-96d2-47bf-8550-d0e2e8c73bf7/l/ba967309-96d2-47bf-8550-d0e2e8c73bf7.jpg?...",
  "productName": "3M 3-in-1 Floor Cleaner Concentrate 24A, 3M Flow Control System",
  "productUrl": "https://certified.greenseal.org/product/3m-3-in-1-floor-cleaner-concentrate-24a-3m-flow-control-system-3m",
  "categoryLabel": "Floor Care",
  "breadcrumbTrail": "Certified Directory Home > 3M",
  "sourceUrl": "https://certified.greenseal.org/company/3m",
  "crawlTimestamp": "2026-08-02T08:22:22.012875+00:00"
}
```

### Input configuration

| Field | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `startUrls` | `[{"url": "https://certified.greenseal.org/companies"}]` | Directory index page to start crawling from |
| `maxCompanies` | 50 | Max number of companies to crawl (bounds cost — each company needs its own page fetch) |
| `maxItems` | 500 | Max product rows to push to the dataset |
| `delaySeconds` | 1.0 | Polite delay before each fetch (0.5-10s) |
| `concurrency` | 5 | How many company pages to fetch at once |

The directory has roughly 360 companies total; run with a higher `maxCompanies` for a fuller
export, or leave it at the default for a quick sample/test run.

### Pricing

$4 per 1,000 results (product rows).

| Results | Cost |
|---|---|
| 100 | $0.40 |
| 500 | $2.00 |
| 1,000 | $4.00 |
| 5,000 | $20.00 |

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Company directory index page(s) to start crawling from.

## `maxCompanies` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of companies to crawl (bounds cost since each company needs its own page fetch).

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

Maximum number of product rows to push to the dataset.

## `delaySeconds` (type: `number`):

Polite delay each fetch waits before requesting.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many company pages to fetch at once (each still waits delaySeconds before requesting).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://certified.greenseal.org/companies"
    }
  ],
  "maxCompanies": 50,
  "maxItems": 500,
  "delaySeconds": 1,
  "concurrency": 5
}
```

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tehsnarf/green-seal-certified-directory").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tehsnarf/green-seal-certified-directory").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 '{}' |
apify call tehsnarf/green-seal-certified-directory --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=tehsnarf/green-seal-certified-directory",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nUAX6XuUKcNFykfTr/builds/Pi4in6Pd9AUubT3FI/openapi.json