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US Travel Advisory Monitor - Country & Level Changes
Track US travel-advisory levels and text changes by country. Keep dated source evidence, saved comparisons and structured JSON or CSV exports.
FROM SOURCE TO A USEFUL RESULT
A practical workflow
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Corporate travel teams and country-risk researchers maintaining destination watchlists. Country-keyed comparisons preserve advisory-level and content changes.
countryCodeadvisoryLeveladvisoryLabelpublishedAtadvisoryTextHashBuild a repeatable watchlist
Save the country codes on your travel watchlist. Establish a named baseline, then schedule change-only runs. Have a travel coordinator review changed levels and the complete official advisory before communicating guidance.
Check the fit and source limits
Official State Department travel-advisory RSS only. Use two-letter country codes or ALL. Feed text is not the full guidance for each region. Read the official advisory before travel; this tool does not determine that a destination is safe.
Download this workflow as Markdown · Configure a small first run
REAL RUN · DATED EVIDENCE
See an actual saved result
Captured 2026-10-18. Selected columns from one saved row. Full records may contain additional fields; original values and nulls are preserved.
{
"recordId": "FR",
"title": "France - Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution",
"countryCode": "FR",
"advisoryLevel": 2,
"advisoryLabel": "Exercise Increased Caution",
"publishedAt": "Wed, 28 May 2025",
"advisoryTextHash": "36d8327d5cdd701a222e8c43f41a4cee1c2954e3dce98d428802b040c5cf4071",
"url": "https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.fra.html",
"observedAt": "2026-10-18T15:34:33.187Z"
}Historical bounded output from the recorded run. Current source values may differ. Run reference: hif0Hnko1bip8PsqO. Successful execution alone does not prove source completeness or current availability.
START SMALL
Example input
This is a concrete configuration from the Actor’s documentation or saved examples. Adjust its targets and dates for your use case. Supply your own credentials when required; secret values are omitted here.
{
"countries": [
"FR"
],
"maxResults": 5,
"itemsPerQuery": 3
}Download input.jsonA CLEAR DATA CONTRACT
Inputs you can configure
| Field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
countries | array | Up to ten values. Blank uses FR. |
keywords | array | Optional case-insensitive OR filter on titles within the returned source window; this is not a source-wide search. |
maxResults | integer | Global saved-row cap across this run. Does not promise complete source coverage. |
itemsPerQuery | integer | Maximum emitted records per input, from one source page or document. No pagination or complete coverage promise. |
comparePrevious | boolean | First comparison run establishes a baseline. Reuse the same inputs and snapshot name. One writer per snapshot. |
onlyChanges | boolean | Enables comparison. An unchanged run can correctly return zero rows. |
snapshotName | string | 1–80 letters, numbers, underscores or hyphens. Use a distinct name for independent workflows. |
maxRunSeconds | integer | Requests share the remaining time budget. The platform timeout may stop work earlier. |
Output fields
titlecountryCodeadvisoryLeveladvisoryLabelpublishedAtadvisoryTextHashcomparisonStatuschangedFieldsurlThese are the columns in the default dataset view. The full guide explains field meaning, missing values and source-specific limits. JSON preserves nested data; CSV is useful for flat columns.
Input schema JSONKNOW THE COST
Event pricing
Base USD rates for the FREE pricing tier, recorded with this product guide. Plan discounts and future pricing changes may apply. Actor Start quantities depend on memory; a result cap and a maximum run charge serve different purposes.
| Event | USD per event | What is charged |
|---|---|---|
| Actor Start | $0.00005 | Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event). |
| Saved observation | $0.001 | One confirmed observation saved to the dataset. |
SOURCE COVERAGE & PRACTICAL LIMITS
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Documentation captured from build 1.0.5. Example outputs retain their original sample context; they are not live results.
US Travel Advisory Monitor - Country & Level Changes
Country-keyed comparisons preserve advisory-level and content changes.
Track US travel-advisory levels and text changes by country. Keep dated source evidence, saved comparisons and structured JSON or CSV exports.
Start in under a minute
- Paste country codes into the first input field, or use the included sample.
- Keep the five-result limit for your first run and choose Start.
- Open Observations, Scope and diagnostics, or the Readable run report in Output. Export CSV or JSON from the dataset.
{
"countries": [
"FR"
],
"maxResults": 5,
"itemsPerQuery": 3
}
No source account, API key, paid proxy or extra subscription is required for these public endpoints. Source availability and rate limits still apply.
Who this helps
Corporate travel teams and country-risk researchers maintaining destination watchlists.
A real output sample
Captured in a successful bounded Apify run; arrays and long text are shortened for readability. Values are snapshots, not live guarantees.
{
"recordId": "FR",
"title": "France - Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution",
"countryCode": "FR",
"advisoryLevel": 2,
"advisoryLabel": "Exercise Increased Caution",
"publishedAt": "Wed, 28 May 2025",
"advisoryTextHash": "36d8327d5cdd701a222e8c43f41a4cee1c2954e3dce98d428802b040c5cf4071",
"url": "https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.fra.html",
"observedAt": "2026-10-18T15:29:58.557Z",
"comparisonStatus": "not_requested"
}
What you receive
One row per unique confirmed observation. Every row includes a stable recordId, title, source URL and observation time.
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
countryCode |
Source-reported country code; missing optional values remain null. |
advisoryLevel |
Source-reported advisory level; missing optional values remain null. |
advisoryLabel |
Source-reported advisory label; missing optional values remain null. |
publishedAt |
Source-reported published at; missing optional values remain null. |
advisoryTextHash |
Source-reported content hash; missing optional values remain null. |
comparisonStatus |
not_requested, new, changed or unchanged |
changedFields |
Fields different from your last saved observation |
previous |
Previous saved source values when comparison is enabled |
Saved comparisons
Enable Compare with saved observations, choose a snapshot name, and reuse the same input scope. The first run establishes history; it cannot report changes before that point. Enable Save only new or changed observations for later runs if you want a change-only export. An unchanged run can correctly save zero rows.
Only confirmed saved rows advance history. A bounded or failed run never establishes that a missing record was deleted. History is stored in a named key-value store in the running user's account. Use one writer per snapshot: do not overlap runs against the same snapshot. Change the snapshot name when starting a new independent workflow.
Scope and limitations
Official State Department travel-advisory RSS only. Use two-letter country codes or ALL. Feed text is not the full guidance for each region. Read the official advisory before travel; this tool does not determine that a destination is safe.
At most ten input values and five hundred saved rows per run. Each input uses a bounded source response. Shared feeds are cached within the run; public documents may require a robots.txt request. Requests are paced. Responses are capped at 8 MiB and share the run deadline. No authentication bypass or code execution is performed. HTTP 429 stops further requests. Source failures appear in SUMMARY and the HTML report, never as paid data rows.
Pricing
The configured base price is $0.001 per saved observation, plus $0.00005 per start at the default memory. Five observations cost $0.00505 at that base rate. Applicable plan discounts and the Store pricing panel govern actual charges. Set a maximum charge in Run options. Diagnostics, reports and unchanged skipped rows are not dataset result events.
A practical workflow
Corporate travel teams and country-risk researchers maintaining destination watchlists. Country-keyed comparisons preserve advisory-level and content changes. Start with the included five-result sample, review source links, then save your own scope as an Actor task. Use a named snapshot for repeat runs and keep source metadata with downstream exports.
Make it recurring
Save an Actor task with your inputs, then attach an Apify Schedule. For change detection, keep the same snapshot and avoid overlapping runs. Add an integration to deliver results to your own spreadsheet or workflow. No external delivery is enabled automatically.
Frequently asked questions
Why did a repeat run return zero rows? With change-only mode enabled, unchanged records are skipped. Check SUMMARY to distinguish this from empty matches, limits, or an upstream error.
Does a missing record mean it was deleted? No. Searches cover a bounded source window; a record can move outside it. Missing records never become deletion claims.
Can I export or integrate the data? Yes. Use Apify dataset exports for CSV/JSON, or the Actor API and your own integrations. No external message or delivery is enabled by default.
Examples
- Country codes: FR — A bounded FR observation sample. Review source evidence and export rows or compare them in a later run.
- Country codes: FR — A bounded FR observation sample. Review source evidence and export rows or compare them in a later run.
- Country codes: MX — A bounded MX observation sample. Review source evidence and export rows or compare them in a later run.
Source and support
Official source documentation. This independent Mayd IT tool is not affiliated with the source platform. Open an Actor issue with the run ID and expected result, or contact bmay@mayd-it.com. Never include credentials.
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