You can access the Standby Keep-Alive Actor 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

$echo '{
<  "standbyActorId": "username/standby-actor"
<}' |
<apify call tobice/standby-keep-alive-actor --silent --output-dataset

Standby Keep-Alive Actor API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Standby Keep-Alive Actor locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the Apify CLI

$npm i -g apify-cli
$apify login

Other API clients include:

Standby Keep-Alive Actor API in Python

Standby Keep-Alive Actor API in JavaScript

Standby Keep-Alive Actor OpenAPI definition

Standby Keep-Alive Actor API

Contact Details Scraper Standby

compass/contact-details-scraper-standby

Simple version Contact Details Scraper that allows using Standby mode to get contact data in a few seconds

Compass

Browser Pool

marco.gullo/browser-pool

A Standby Actor for providing a pool of on-demand browsers, accessible through CDP.

Marco Gullo

Forward dataset as POST data

anchor/forward-dataset-webhook

This actor forwards the results of an Actor to an endpoint, instead of having to fetch the results manually. It will download the dataset and attach it to the body of a POST request you will specify. It acts as a new webhook. Simplify your Actor process !!!

Anchor

5.0

Natural Language Dataset Query

apify/natural-language-dataset-query

Use natural language queries to retrieve results from an Apify dataset. This Actor provides a query engine that loads a dataset, executes SQL queries, and synthesizes results. It works as an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server or REST API in Actor standby mode.

Apify

Your Actor 1

jupri/your-actor-1

cat

5.0

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