You can access the Actor Input Tester — Validate Actor Input JSON Before Running 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.

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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 = {
9    "targetActorId": "ryanclinton/fred-economic-data",
10    "testInput": {},
11    "testInputs": [],
12    "includeSchemaQualityAudit": True,
13    "includeAutoFixSuggestions": True,
14    "includePatchedInputPreview": True,
15    "outputProfile": "standard",
16    "policyPreset": "custom",
17    "baselineScope": "targetActor",
18    "includeDriftTimeline": False,
19    "includeReliabilityProfile": False,
20    "includeReplayPackage": True,
21    "proposedSchema": {},
22    "saveGoldenSuite": False,
23    "runGoldenSuite": False,
24    "inferSchemaWhenMissing": True,
25    "emitArtifacts": False,
26    "artifactFormats": [],
27    "webhookMode": "none",
28}
29
30# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
31run = client.actor("ryanclinton/actor-input-tester").call(run_input=run_input)
32
33# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
34print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
35for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
36    print(item)
37
38# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Actor Input Tester API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Actor Input Tester — Validate Actor Input JSON Before Running API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client