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Automate with Apify Client Python

Name: Automate with Apify Client Python
Author: apify

Run Actors and manage data programmatically.

97 stars18 forksPythonGuide quality 8/10Updated 9/3/2026100% free · open source

What it does

The apify-client-python tool allows you to programmatically interact with the Apify platform, running Actors, managing data, and scheduling runs from within your Python applications.

When to use it

•When you need to automate tasks on the Apify platform
•To integrate Apify's data extraction and processing capabilities into your Python applications
•For scheduling and monitoring Apify Actor runs from your Python code

Ready-to-paste prompt

client = ApifyClient('YOUR_API_TOKEN'); client.actor('my-actor').call({'input': {'keyword': 'example'}})

Heads up: You need a valid Apify API token to authenticate with the client, which can be obtained from the Apify platform

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

✅ Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/apify-client-python && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/apify-client-python/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/apify-client-python/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How Automate with Apify Client Python works

Codeflow

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Automate with Apify Client Python is a large Python project (~26k lines across 267 code files, plus 45 test files). Setup is light: installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional. Last commit this month, Apache-2.0 license, has a test suite.

Size

Large codebase

~26k lines · 267 code files · ~4 h to skim

Setup

One-command install

Installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional.

Runs on

Python

No API keys detected

Python 91%MDX 8%JavaScript 1%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
AGENTS.md
The instructions the AI actually follows
3
pyproject.toml
Dependencies and the commands it exposes
4
src/apify_client/__init__.py
Inside src/ — the main logic begins here

What's in each folder

src/Core code — the actual logic61 files

docs/Documentation81 files

website/Project website220 files

scripts/Helper scripts6 files

tests/Tests — proof it works47 files

.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)10 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksApache-2.0 licenseUpdated this month