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---
- title: "Apify SDK for Web Scraping and Actor Automation"
+ name: "Apify SDK for Web Scraping and Actor Automation"
+ slug: "apify-sdk-web-scraping-actor-automation"
description: "Apify SDK is the official JavaScript SDK for building Actors, crawlers, and data extraction workflows on Apify. It gives agents a structured way to run scraping jobs, store outputs, manage inputs, and combine crawler logic with browser automation when needed."
+ github_stars: 173
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/apify/apify-sdk-js"
author: "apify"
- category:
- - "Research & Scraping"
- framework:
- - "Multi-Framework"
+ category: "Research & Scraping"
+ framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
github_repo: "apify/apify-sdk-js"
github_stars: 173
npm_package: "apify"
npm_weekly_downloads: 35594
---
# Apify SDK for Web Scraping and Actor Automation
Apify SDK is the official JavaScript SDK for building Actors, crawlers, and data extraction workflows on Apify. It gives agents a structured way to run scraping jobs, store outputs, manage inputs, and combine crawler logic with browser automation when needed.
## Installation
- Choose whichever fits your setup:
+ Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
+ - npm install apify
- 1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
- 2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
- 3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
- 4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
- 5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.
+ 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
## Documentation
- https://docs.apify.com/sdk/js/
## Source
- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/apify-sdk-web-scraping-actor-automation/)