Apify SDK for Web Scraping and Actor Automation

Apify SDK is the official JavaScript SDK for building Actors, crawlers, and data extraction workflows on Apify. It gives agents a structured way to run scraping jobs, store outputs, manage inputs, and combine crawler logic with browser automation when needed.

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• npm install apify

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

• Apify SDK requires Node.js 16 or later. Add Apify SDK to any Node.js project by running:

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• This short tutorial will set you up to start using Apify SDK in a minute or two.

• If you want to learn more, proceed to the Apify Platform

• guide that will take you step by step through running your Actor on Apify's platform.

• Source: https://github.com/apify/apify-sdk-js

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apify/apify-sdk-js/HEAD/README.md

Documentation

• https://docs.apify.com/sdk/js/

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange