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Empty Python Actor

An Actor with the Apify SDK set up, so you can build any tool you need.

Language

python

Use cases

Starter

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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

14async def main() -> 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    """
21    async with 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.

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