Simple URL Loader / Virtual Cronjob
Pricing
$1.00/month + usage
Simple URL Loader / Virtual Cronjob
This lightweight actor loads (NOT JUST PINGS) the provided URLs inside the actor. Perfect to read and process a URLs content and/or status, create your own cronjob, or check on the health of a url. GET, POST and other methods are possible. There's also an option to save the returned content.
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Pricing
$1.00/month + usage
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Monthly users
2
Runs succeeded
>99%
Last modified
4 months ago
You can access the Simple URL Loader / Virtual Cronjob 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.
1# Start Server-Sent Events (SSE) session and keep it running
2curl "https://actors-mcp-server.apify.actor/sse?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>&actors=chris_gentleman/simple-url-loader"
3
4# Session id example output:
5# event: endpoint
6# data: /message?sessionId=9d820491-38d4-4c7d-bb6a-3b7dc542f1faUsing Simple URL Loader / Virtual Cronjob via Model Context Protocol (MCP) server
MCP server lets you use Simple URL Loader / Virtual Cronjob within your AI workflows. Send API requests to trigger actions and receive real-time results. Take the received sessionId and use it to communicate with the MCP server. The message starts the Simple URL Loader / Virtual Cronjob Actor with the provided input.
1curl -X POST "https://actors-mcp-server.apify.actor/message?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>&session_id=<SESSION_ID>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
2 "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3 "id": 1,
4 "method": "tools/call",
5 "params": {
6 "arguments": {
7 "theUrls": [
8 {
9 "url": "https://example.com"
10 },
11 {
12 "url": "https://example.com/some-path"
13 }
14 ]
15},
16 "name": "chris_gentleman/simple-url-loader"
17 }
18}'The response should be: Accepted. You should received response via SSE (JSON) as:
1event: message
2data: {
3 "result": {
4 "content": [
5 {
6 "type": "text",
7 "text": "ACTOR_RESPONSE"
8 }
9 ]
10 }
11}Configure local MCP Server via standard input/output for Simple URL Loader / Virtual Cronjob
You can connect to the MCP Server using clients like ClaudeDesktop and LibreChat or build your own. The server can run both locally and remotely, giving you full flexibility. Set up the server in the client configuration as follows:
1{
2 "mcpServers": {
3 "actors-mcp-server": {
4 "command": "npx",
5 "args": [
6 "-y",
7 "@apify/actors-mcp-server",
8 "--actors",
9 "chris_gentleman/simple-url-loader"
10 ],
11 "env": {
12 "APIFY_TOKEN": "<YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
13 }
14 }
15 }
16}You can further access the MCP client through the Tester MCP Client, a chat user interface to interact with the server.
To get started, check out the documentation and example clients. If you are interested in learning more about our MCP server, check out our blog post.
Pricing
Pricing model
RentalTo use this Actor, you have to pay a monthly rental fee to the developer. The rent is subtracted from your prepaid usage every month after the free trial period. You also pay for the Apify platform usage.
Free trial
7 days
Price
$1.00
