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my_actor/main.py

my_actor/__main__.py

1"""Module defines the main entry point for the Apify Actor.
2
3Feel free to modify this file to suit your specific needs.
4
5To build Apify Actors, utilize the Apify SDK toolkit, read more at the official documentation:
6https://docs.apify.com/sdk/python
7"""
8
9from __future__ import annotations
10
11from apify import Actor
12
13
14asyncdefmain()->None:
15"""Define a main entry point for the Apify Actor.
16
17 This coroutine is executed using `asyncio.run()`, so it must remain an asynchronous function for proper execution.
18 Asynchronous execution is required for communication with Apify platform, and it also enhances performance in
19 the field of web scraping significantly.
20 """
21asyncwith Actor:
22 Actor.log.info('Hello from the Actor!')
23# Write your code here

Python empty template

Start a new web scraping  project quickly and easily in Python with our empty project template. It provides a basic structure for the Actor  with Apify SDK  and allows you to easily add your own functionality.

Included features

  • Apify SDK  for Python - a toolkit for building Apify Actors  and scrapers in Python
  • Input schema  - define and easily validate a schema for your Actor's input
  • Request queue  - queues into which you can put the URLs you want to scrape
  • Dataset  - store structured data where each object stored has the same attributes

How it works

Insert your own code to async with Actor: block. You can use the Apify SDK  with any other Python library.

Resources

Crawlee + BeautifulSoup

Crawl and scrape websites using Crawlee and BeautifulSoup. Start from a URL and store results to your Apify dataset.

Starter

One‑Page HTML Scraper with BeautifulSoup

Scrape single page with provided URL with HTTPX and extract data from page's HTML with Beautiful Soup.

Starter

BeautifulSoup

Example of a web scraper that uses Python HTTPX to scrape HTML from URLs provided on input, parses it using BeautifulSoup and saves results to storage.

Playwright + Chrome

Crawler example that uses headless Chrome driven by Playwright to scrape a website. Headless browsers render JavaScript and can help when getting blocked.

Selenium + Chrome

Scraper example built with Selenium and headless Chrome browser to scrape a website and save the results to storage. A popular alternative to Playwright.

Standby Python project

Start with a working Actor in Standby mode that stays ready in the background, then build any features you need.

Starter

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