What is an Actor and what does it return?
An Actor is a program you can run on the platform. Check the input it expects and the output it produces. A dataset can hold rows such as the title and date from each page your team has authorized. Export supported formats such as JSON or CSV.
What should you verify before running someone else’s Actor?
Check who maintains it, which sources it reads, the input fields and where the results go. Use a small approved list. Plan how to spot missing fields and keep private inputs out of a job that does not need them.
How can two Actors cost different amounts?
Apify defines a compute unit as one gigabyte of memory running for an hour. Check the Actor’s own pricing model, because a marketplace Actor may use other units. Include applicable platform storage or transfer charges and plan when to export useful results.
Would the exported rows work for a public events calendar?
Sketch three fictional pages from your own organization. Give each a title and date, and leave the location missing on one.
- Define the columnsPut source URL beside title, date and location. Decide how a blank location should look.
- Inspect the sample exportCompare the three rows with the three pages. Flag duplicates, omitted pages and fields the source did not supply.