You can access the Example Code Runner (Python) 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.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "code": """async def main() -> None:
9    print('Hello world!')
10""" }
11
12# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
13run = client.actor("apify/example-code-runner-python").call(run_input=run_input)
14
15# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
16print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
17for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
18    print(item)
19
20# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Example Code Runner (Python) API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Example Code Runner (Python) API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Example Code Runner (Python) API in JavaScript

Example Code Runner (Python) API through CLI

Example Code Runner (Python) OpenAPI definition

Example Code Runner (Python) API

Python Example

apify/python-example

Example Actor written in Python, showing how to read the Actor input and push to the Actor's default dataset.

Apify

115

Example Code Runner (Puppeteer)

apify/example-code-runner-puppeteer

Generic Actor to run code examples from the documentation via "Run on Apify" links.

Apify

585

4.3

BeautifulSoup Scraper

apify/beautifulsoup-scraper

Crawls websites using raw HTTP requests. It parses the HTML with the BeautifulSoup library and extracts data from the pages using Python code. Supports both recursive crawling and lists of URLs. This Actor is a Python alternative to Cheerio Scraper.

Apify

893

4.2

Example Code Runner (Playwright)

apify/example-code-runner-playwright

Generic Actor to run code examples from the documentation via "Run on Apify" links.

Apify

1.6K

4.7

Example Code Runner (Cheerio)

apify/example-code-runner-cheerio

Generic Actor to run code examples from the documentation via "Run on Apify" links.

Apify

1.1K

4.0

Legacy PhantomJS Crawler

apify/legacy-phantomjs-crawler

Replacement for the legacy Apify Crawler product with a backward-compatible interface. The actor uses PhantomJS headless browser to recursively crawl websites and extract data from them using a piece of front-end JavaScript code.

Apify

1.6K

5.0

JSDOM Scraper

apify/jsdom-scraper

Parses the HTML using the JSDOM library, providing the same DOM API as browsers do (e.g. `window`). It is able to process client-side JavaScript without using a real browser. Performance-wise, it stands somewhere between the Cheerio Scraper and the browser scrapers.

Apify

107

4.3

Example Secret Input

apify/example-secret-input

This Apify actor showcases how to use secret fields in the actor input.

Apify

4.7

Quick Start for Actor Creation

apify/quick-start

Contains a basic boilerplate of an Apify actor with Node.js source code and a custom Dockerfile. The purpose of this actor is to help you get started quickly to create your own actors.

Apify

4.0