How to use Apify's Actor-to-Actor integration • Integrate scrapers with other scrapers
Learn how to use Apify's brand new feature: Actor-to-Actor integration that lets you integrate or you could also say chain different scrapers and automation tools (we call them all Actors) on the Apify platform 🚀
Now, you can set the output of any Actor to be fed directly into the input of another Actor, letting you natively connect processes that would otherwise require advanced coding knowledge 🧑💻
This feature also allows developers working on Actors to build their own integrations (or, as we call them, Integration-ready Actors) which can be utilized to integrate Apify with other platforms 🤩
📖 Learn about Integration-ready Actors: https://docs.apify.com/platform/integ...
🧩 View all Apify integrations: https://apify.com/integrations
Recommended scrapers you can try for free:
🍩 Cheerio Scraper: https://apify.com/apify/cheerio-scraper
🏞️ Download Images From Dataset:
https://apify.com/zuzka/download-imag...
📍 Google Maps Scraper: https://apify.com/compass/crawler-goo...
In this video, you can find ⌛️
00:00 Intro
00:40 Actor-specific integrations
01:08 Before you start
01:45 Set up your scraper
02:18 Add an integration
03:16 Run your task
03:35 Schedule your tasks for further automation
03:45 Conclusion
An example use case:
Imagine a real estate analytics company that wants to aggregate property listings from various online marketplaces. The first Actor could be tasked with scraping listing data from multiple sources, each source possibly requiring a different scraping Actor due to site-specific navigation and data extraction methods. Once this Actor gathers URLs and basic data, it could metamorph into specialized Actors for each marketplace to extract detailed information like pricing, features, and historical data. The final step could involve another Actor that takes all this detailed data, analyzes it, and compiles a comprehensive report, which can then be provided to the analytics team or directly to customers seeking real estate insights.
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