You can access the Actorstarter programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

$echo '{
<  "actorToCall": "knowing_didgeridoo/sleepy-actor",
<  "actorInput": {
<    "sleepSecs": 900
<  },
<  "runOptions": {
<    "memory": 256
<  },
<  "parallelRuns": 1
<}' |
<apify call knowing_didgeridoo/actor-starter --silent --output-dataset

Actorstarter API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Actorstarter locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

Other API clients include:

Actorstarter API in Python

Actorstarter API in JavaScript

Actorstarter OpenAPI definition

Actorstarter API

Start Actor

groovy_hyperbole/start-actor

Jan Novotny

Test Input Fields

gip/test-input-fields

Actor with different input fields from input schema

Jaroslav Hejlek

3.5

Actor With Schemas

rezaczu/actor-with-schemas

Zuzana Řezáčová

E-commerce Scraping Tool

jk1/e-commerce-scraping-tool

Extract product data from any online retail platform, including Amazon, Walmart, and eBay. Add URLs of the products, and extract product name, price, currency, image, product description, product ID. Export scraped data, run scraper via API, schedule and monitor runs or integrate with other tools.