Empty JavaScript template

Start a new web scraping project quickly and easily in JavaScript (Node.js) with our empty project template. It provides a basic structure for building an Actor with Apify SDK and allows you to easily add your own functionality.

Included features

• Apify SDK - toolkit for building Actors
• Crawlee - web scraping and browser automation library

How it works

This template is useful when you're already familiar with the Apify SDK and Crawlee and want to start with a clean slate. It does not include puppeteer or playwright so install them manually and update the Dockerfile if you need them.

Resources

• Node.js tutorials in Academy
• Video guide on getting data using Apify API
• Integration with Make, GitHub, Zapier, Google Drive, and other apps

A short guide on how to create Actors using code templates: web scraper template

Getting started

For complete information see this article. In short, you will:

1. Build the Actor
2. Run the Actor

Pull the Actor for local development

If you would like to develop locally, you can pull the existing Actor from Apify console using Apify CLI:

1. Install apify-cli

   Using Homebrew

   brew install apify-cli
   

   Using NPM

   npm -g install apify-cli
   

2. Pull the Actor by its unique <ActorId>, which is one of the following:

   • unique name of the Actor to pull (e.g. "apify/hello-world")
   • or ID of the Actor to pull (e.g. "E2jjCZBezvAZnX8Rb")

   You can find both by clicking on the Actor title at the top of the page, which will open a modal containing both Actor unique name and Actor ID.

   This command will copy the Actor into the current directory on your local machine.

   apify pull <ActorId>
   

Documentation reference

To learn more about Apify and Actors, take a look at the following resources:

• Apify SDK for JavaScript documentation
• Apify SDK for Python documentation
• Apify Platform documentation
• Join our developer community on Discord