Apify proxy setup
About this tool
Apify is a full-stack cloud platform for web scraping, browser automation, and AI data pipelines built around serverless microservices called Actors. Apify organizes web automation around reusable programs called Actors. Its marketplace provides ready-to-run tools, while developers can build and run their own Actors and connect results to other apps or AI workflows. Proxy configuration is part of the Actor and task execution environment.
Key capabilities
Serverless Actors & Crawlee SDK: Offers thousands of ready-to-run Actors in Apify Store while enabling developers to build custom Actors in JavaScript/TypeScript or Python using Crawlee, Playwright, Puppeteer, and built-in Datasets, Key-Value Stores, and Request Queues.
- Reusable Actors：Apify packages web scraping and automation programs as Actors. Each accepts structured input, performs a job and stores results on the platform. Users can run marketplace tools or deploy their own code within this common model.
- Ready-to-run tool marketplace：Scheduling, datasets, APIs, webhooks and application integrations connect execution to downstream work. One Actor’s output can feed another tool or external service, carrying collected data into reports, warehouses or AI workflows.
Where it fits
For recurring product monitoring, save an Actor’s input, schedule runs and connect the results to later processing. Proxy support depends on the specific Actor and its input design, so consult its documentation and logs instead of assuming all marketplace tools accept identical proxy parameters.
- AI/LLM data pipelines & workflow integrations: Powers scheduled web extraction and automation connected via webhooks, REST APIs, LangChain, n8n, Make, and Zapier.
- Custom external proxy URLs (`proxyUrls`) can be passed directly into Actor inputs or Crawlee’s `ProxyConfiguration`; pairing with MantaProxy Datacenter proxies provides predictable cost and high throughput for recurring Actor runs.