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Start Actor from input
Starts other actor, used to test the aborting of secondary run from PUBLIC_ACTOR_DEFAULT_INPUT_TEST_RUNNER
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You can access the Start Actor from input 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.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")6
7# Prepare the Actor input8run_input = {9 "actorToCall": "knowing_didgeridoo/sleepy-actor",10 "actorInput": "{ \"sleepSecs\": 900 }",11}12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish14run = client.actor("knowing_didgeridoo/start-actor-from-input").call(run_input=run_input)15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)17print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])18for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():19 print(item)20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startStart Actor from input API in Python
The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Start Actor from input API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$pip install apify-clientOther API clients include:
