Apify Actors
The Apify Actors component provides integration with Apify's web scraping and automation platform. It enables access to a wide range of pre-built web scraping tools (Actors) that can extract data from websites, automate workflows, and process web content at scale.
Apify Actors interface
Component Inputs
- Apify Token: Authentication token for Apify platform
Required for accessing Apify services
- Actor: Selected Apify Actor name or ID
The specific Apify Actor to run (default: web/website-content-crawler)
- Run input: Input parameters for the Actor
Configuration options specific to the selected Actor
- Output fields: Fields to include in the output
Specify which data fields to extract from results
Component Outputs
- Flatten output: Processed and flattened Actor results
- Output: Raw Actor execution results
- Tool: Processed tool results
Use Cases
- Web Scraping: Extract structured data from websites at scale
- Content Extraction: Gather content from websites with complex structures
- E-commerce Monitoring: Track product prices, availability, and details
- Social Media Analysis: Collect data from social media platforms
- Web Automation: Automate complex web workflows and interactions
- Data Integration: Connect web data to other systems and platforms
Best Practices
- Select the most appropriate Actor for your specific data extraction needs
- Configure Actor inputs carefully to target exactly the data you need
- Implement proper error handling for Actor execution failures
- Use output field specification to limit unnecessary data transfer
- Consider rate limiting and target website policies
- Set appropriate timeouts for long-running scraping tasks
- Secure your Apify token and avoid hardcoding it in your application
- Monitor Actor usage to manage costs and resource consumption