Apify Actors API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Apify Actor Runs Actors API
  description: 'The Apify REST API (v2) provides programmatic access to the Apify platform, allowing you to manage actors, run scraping tasks, access datasets, key-value stores, and request queues. Rate limits: 250,000 requests/minute globally, 60-400 requests/second per resource.'
  version: v2
  contact:
    name: Apify
    url: https://apify.com
  x-generated-from: documentation
servers:
- url: https://api.apify.com/v2
  description: Apify Production API
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Actors
  description: Manage and run Apify Actors.
paths:
  /acts:
    get:
      operationId: listActors
      summary: Apify List Actors
      description: Returns a list of Actors owned by the authenticated user.
      tags:
      - Actors
      parameters:
      - name: my
        in: query
        description: If true, return only Actors owned by the user.
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: limit
        in: query
        description: Maximum number of results to return.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 10
      - name: offset
        in: query
        description: Number of results to skip.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of Actors.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ActorList'
              examples:
                ListActors200Example:
                  summary: Default listActors 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    data:
                      items:
                      - id: mTD6bTz2HCjSQHeBn
                        name: web-scraper
                        username: apify
                        title: Web Scraper
                      - id: k99HkWZyhsTeHR4Ly
                        name: cheerio-scraper
                        username: apify
                        title: Cheerio Scraper
                      total: 2
                      offset: 0
                      limit: 10
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /acts/{actorId}:
    get:
      operationId: getActor
      summary: Apify Get Actor
      description: Returns details of a specific Actor.
      tags:
      - Actors
      parameters:
      - name: actorId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Actor ID or username~actorName.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Actor details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ActorDetail'
              examples:
                GetActor200Example:
                  summary: Default getActor 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    data:
                      id: mTD6bTz2HCjSQHeBn
                      name: web-scraper
                      username: apify
                      title: Web Scraper
                      description: Crawls websites and extracts data using JavaScript.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /acts/{actorId}/runs:
    post:
      operationId: runActor
      summary: Apify Run Actor
      description: Runs a specific Actor and returns its run details. The Actor is started asynchronously by default. Use waitForFinish parameter for synchronous execution.
      tags:
      - Actors
      parameters:
      - name: actorId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Actor ID or username~actorName.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: waitForFinish
        in: query
        description: Wait for run to finish (max 300 seconds). Returns run details when complete.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: memory
        in: query
        description: Memory limit in MB (128-32768).
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: build
        in: query
        description: Tag or number of the Actor build to run.
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              description: Actor input as JSON object.
            examples:
              RunActorRequestExample:
                summary: Default runActor request
                x-microcks-default: true
                value:
                  startUrls:
                  - url: https://example.com
                  maxRequestsPerCrawl: 100
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Actor run started.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Run'
              examples:
                RunActor201Example:
                  summary: Default runActor 201 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    data:
                      id: HG7ML7M8z78YcAPEB
                      actId: mTD6bTz2HCjSQHeBn
                      status: RUNNING
                      startedAt: '2026-04-19T10:00:00Z'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    Run:
      type: object
      description: An Apify Actor run.
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              example: HG7ML7M8z78YcAPEB
            actId:
              type: string
              example: mTD6bTz2HCjSQHeBn
            status:
              type: string
              enum:
              - READY
              - RUNNING
              - SUCCEEDED
              - FAILED
              - ABORTING
              - ABORTED
              - TIMING-OUT
              - TIMED-OUT
              example: RUNNING
            startedAt:
              type: string
              format: date-time
            finishedAt:
              type: string
              format: date-time
            defaultDatasetId:
              type: string
    ActorList:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            items:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Actor'
            total:
              type: integer
            offset:
              type: integer
            limit:
              type: integer
    Actor:
      type: object
      description: An Apify Actor.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Actor ID.
          example: mTD6bTz2HCjSQHeBn
        name:
          type: string
          description: Actor name.
          example: web-scraper
        username:
          type: string
          description: Owner username.
          example: apify
        title:
          type: string
          description: Display title.
          example: Web Scraper
        description:
          type: string
          description: Actor description.
    ActorDetail:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Actor'
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication failed.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Bearer token from Apify console Settings > Integrations.