Builds Apify Actors for scalable cloud scraping with automatic proxy management and storage. Uses the Apify SDK (Actor, Dataset, KeyValueStore, RequestQueue) and Crawlee library for robust crawling.
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name: "Apify Actor Development Kit"
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description: "Builds Apify Actors for scalable cloud scraping with automatic proxy management and storage. Uses the Apify SDK (Actor, Dataset, KeyValueStore, RequestQueue) and Crawlee library for robust crawling."
github_stars: 173
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source: "https://github.com/apify/apify-sdk-js"
category: "Research & Scraping"
framework: "Claude Code"
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github_stars: 173
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# Apify Actor Development Kit
Builds Apify Actors for scalable cloud scraping with automatic proxy management and storage. Uses the Apify SDK (Actor, Dataset, KeyValueStore, RequestQueue) and Crawlee library for robust crawling.
## Installation
Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- npm install apify
Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Apify SDK requires [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) 16 or later. Add Apify SDK to any Node.js project by running:
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- This short tutorial will set you up to start using Apify SDK in a minute or two.
- If you want to learn more, proceed to the [Apify Platform](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/js/docs/concepts/actor-lifecycle)
- guide that will take you step by step through running your Actor on Apify's platform.
- Source: https://github.com/apify/apify-sdk-js
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apify/apify-sdk-js/HEAD/README.md
## Source
- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/apify-actor-development-kit/)
