Apify

API

Cloud platform and store of ready-made scrapers and automations (Actors)

Price: Free tier, then paid
Access: API token

About

Cloud platform for running Actors: ready-made scrapers and automations from Apify Store, or your own code. Runs can be scheduled and their results exported as JSON, CSV or Excel. Its open-source Crawlee library builds the same kind of scrapers locally.

What you can do with it

Run a ready-made scraper for Google Maps, Instagram or any website
Build and deploy your own scraping or automation code as an Actor
Schedule runs and export results as JSON, CSV or Excel

Get started

Create an API token in Apify Console
Pick an Actor in Apify Store and send it your input as JSON

Example

echo '{ "searchStringsArray": ["Apify"] }' |
curl -X POST -d @- \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -L 'https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/compass~crawler-google-places/run-sync-get-dataset-items'

Details

Hosting: Hosted service
Available in: Worldwide
Official SDKs: JavaScript/TypeScript, Python
MCP server: Remote