{"uid":"cap_dD7IIquDHZQsPeeNs1Qft","slug":"boring-api-supplier-price-list-comparison-5ea1fe58","name":"Boring API – Supplier Price List Comparison","description":"Deterministic analysis APIs and MCP tools: supplier\nprice list comparison, PDF table extraction, product feed validation, product data mapping.","url":"https://api.relaex-engineers.de/v1/supplier/compare?utm_source=zero.xyz","method":"POST","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","properties":{"options":{"type":"string","description":"Optional options as a JSON string; schema under /v1/schemas/"},"new_file_url":{"type":"string","description":"Public URL of the new version"},"old_file_url":{"type":"string","description":"Public URL of the old version (CSV, XLSX or PDF)"}}},"responseSchema":{"type":"json","example":{"result":{},"status":"success","confidence":{"level":"high"}}},"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.05","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.05/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.05","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.05","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_-M6RnQWCYoV6EUqO85ouf","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.05","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Compares two versions of a supplier price list (CSV, XLSX, or PDF) and returns a deterministic diff with confidence scoring","exampleAgentPrompt":"Compare my supplier's old price list at https://example.com/prices_v1.xlsx with the new one at https://example.com/prices_v2.xlsx and tell me what prices changed, what's new, and what was removed.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Detect supplier price increases before re-ordering","prompt":"My supplier just sent a new price list — here's the old one: https://storage.example.com/acme_prices_jan.csv and the new one: https://storage.example.com/acme_prices_feb.csv. Can you compare them and flag everything that got more expensive?"},{"title":"Validate PDF price list against last XLSX version","prompt":"I received an updated supplier catalog as a PDF at https://files.example.com/catalog_2024.pdf — compare it to the previous Excel version at https://files.example.com/catalog_2023.xlsx and show me any price or product differences with confidence scores."},{"title":"Automate weekly supplier price monitoring","prompt":"Every week I get a new supplier price list dropped at https://erp.example.com/latest_prices.csv — compare it to last week's version at https://erp.example.com/prev_prices.csv and summarize which items changed price, were added, or were discontinued."}],"resultDescription":"A JSON object containing a structured comparison result with all detected differences between the two price lists, a success status, and a confidence level (e.g. 'high') indicating how reliably the files were parsed and matched.","failureModes":["Inaccessible URL — if either file URL is not publicly reachable, the request will fail with an error","Unsupported file format — only CSV, XLSX, and PDF are supported; other formats will be rejected","Unparseable file — highly irregular or scanned/image-only PDFs may yield low-confidence or empty results","Mismatched schemas — if old and new files have very different column structures, matching confidence may be low","Malformed options JSON — if the options field contains invalid JSON, the request will return an error"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when you need a deterministic, structured comparison of two supplier price list files (CSV, XLSX, or PDF) and need reliable confidence scoring on the result. It is especially well-suited for procurement automation, ERP integration, and regular monitoring of supplier pricing changes without manual spreadsheet review. Prefer it over general-purpose document diffing tools when the context is specifically supplier or product pricing data.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-10T12:31:52.950Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"boring-api-supplier-price-list-comparison-5ea1fe58"}