HTTP Request Runner - Bulk API Calls, JSON Field Extraction

Send GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE or HEAD requests to your APIs from Apify, Clay, Make, n8n or any Apify integration: one request or thousands in a single run. Get the status code, timing, parsed JSON (or text) and the fields you care about in a flat extracted object.

$0.00299 per completed request (1,000 requests = $2.99), no start fee. Requests that are blocked, invalid or never get a response are free.

Why this one

• Thousands of API calls in one run, no code step. Give a list of requests and get back status, timing, parsed JSON and only the fields you ask for in a flat extracted object, ready for Clay columns, Make or n8n.
• Your API key stays secret. The authorization header is stored encrypted by Apify, sent on every request and never written to the dataset; api_key-style query parameters are masked in the output.
• Safe retries. GET/PUT/DELETE/HEAD are retried up to 2 times on 429/5xx and honour Retry-After; POST/PATCH are never retried, so no duplicate side effects.
• You pay only for completed requests. Blocked, invalid or unanswered requests are free; no start fee, and your maximum cost per run is respected.

Quick start: example input, output and cost

Bulk HTTP API calls with secret auth header, JSON path extraction and polite retries. Works with Clay, Make and n8n. Pay per completed request.

Example input

{
  "url": "https://httpbin.org/get?hello=world"
}

Cost example: 10,000 requests x $0.00299 = $29.90; 1,000 requests = $2.99.

Highlights

• Quick mode: url + method + query + body + headers. Batch mode: requests = a list of {url, method, headers, query, body, bodyType, name} (plain URL strings work too).
• Secret authorization header (authorizationHeader, e.g. Bearer <token>): stored encrypted by Apify, sent on every request, never written to the dataset. Query parameters named like api_key, token, secret, signature are masked in the output.
• extract: dotted paths such as data.items.0.id or results.-1.name, returned as extracted: {path: value}. Ideal for Clay columns.
• JSON, form (bodyType: "form") or text bodies; defaultHeaders for all requests.
• Polite retries: GET/PUT/DELETE/HEAD are retried up to 2 times on 429/5xx, honouring Retry-After. POST/PATCH are never retried (no duplicate side effects).
• Redirects are returned (status + location), not followed, so you see exactly what the API answered. Response size cap (maxResponseKb).

Output (one item per completed request)

name, method, url (secrets masked), statusCode, ok, durationMs, attempts, contentType, responseBytes, truncated, format, json, text, location, extracted, responseHeaders (optional, no Set-Cookie)

Requests that were not sent or got no response are listed in ERRORS with the reason; totals in SUMMARY.

Limits

• Public APIs and pages only, at about one request per second per host. Hosts that disallow it in robots.txt are skipped.
• Redirects are reported, not followed. Responses above maxResponseKb are cut.
• It is not a load-testing tool.

Use it in n8n, Make or Zapier (no code)

This actor works with Apify's official integrations, so you can send results to Google Sheets, Slack, Notion, a CRM or any of thousands of other apps.

n8n: n8n.io

1. In the Nodes panel, search Apify and install the verified node. Add your Apify API token.
2. Choose Actors > Run actor and get dataset, Actor source Apify Store, Actor URL https://apify.com/sophisticated_occasion/http-api-request-runner.
3. Paste the input below into Input JSON. Each result item becomes an n8n item.

Make: make.com

1. Add the Apify > Run an Actor module, select this actor, turn on Run synchronously.
2. Add Apify > Get Dataset Items and map the defaultDatasetId from step 1.
3. Connect any app (Google Sheets > Add a Row, Slack > Create a Message, ...).

Zapier: use the Apify app, action Run Actor (pick this actor, paste the input), then Fetch Dataset Items.

Example input

{
  "url": "https://httpbin.org/get?hello=world",
  "method": "GET",
  "maxResponseKb": 1024,
  "includeResponseHeaders": false
}

API (any language): POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/sophisticated_occasion~http-api-request-runner/run-sync-get-dataset-items with header Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN> and the input above as the JSON body.

Responsible use (public data only)

Use it only for public, non-personal data: public APIs that allow automated access, or your own APIs/accounts you are entitled to call with your own API key. Do not use it to collect personal data, to reach content behind someone else's login, or to get around access controls.

• At most about one request per second per host, with an honest, fixed User-Agent (ApiRunner/1.0) that cannot be overridden.
• robots.txt is checked for every host (API hosts without one are allowed); disallowed URLs are skipped and not charged.
• Private, local, link-local and cloud-metadata addresses are refused, both when the URL is checked and again at connect time (DNS-rebinding guard). Redirects are returned, never followed.
• No proxies, no browser cookies, no IP/User-Agent spoofing headers (Cookie, User-Agent, X-Forwarded-For, Forwarded, X-Real-IP and similar are rejected), and no retries beyond Retry-After: blocks, CAPTCHAs and rate limits are reported, never bypassed.

Pricing

Event	Price
Request completed (request-sent)	$0.00299

Set a maximum cost per run in Apify and the actor stops sending before it would exceed it.

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