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HTTP API - Flexible Client for Prototyping and Automation

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Easily test, integrate, and automate APIs—configure method, headers, query params, body, timeout, and retries, no code or setup required. Ideal for rapid prototyping, endpoint monitoring, workflows, and sales & marketing automation.

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$3.99/month + usage

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You can access the HTTP API - Flexible Client for Prototyping and Automation 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

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    "method": "GET",
10    "endpoint": "https://catfact.ninja/fact",
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("xyzzy/http-api").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
18for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

HTTP API - Flexible Client for Prototyping and Automation API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use HTTP API - Flexible Client for Prototyping and Automation API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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MongoDB Import

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Actor for starting several Runs from single Input. It also has capability to merge the Dataset items from the created batch.

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API / JSON scraper

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BeautifulSoup Scraper

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