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Pipedream integration

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Pipedream is a workflow automation platform for developers. With the Apify integration for Pipedream, you can run Actors, manage datasets and key-value stores, and trigger workflows when Actor or task runs finish.

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Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have:

Connect Apify with Pipedream

  1. Log into your Pipedream account and create a new workflow.
  2. Add an Apify step (trigger or action) to your workflow.
  3. When prompted, connect your Apify account by entering your Apify API token. Find it in Apify Console under Settings > Integrations.
  4. After connecting, you can use any Apify trigger or action in your workflows.

Use Apify as a trigger

Triggers start your Pipedream workflow automatically when an event occurs in Apify.

  1. Create a new workflow in Pipedream.
  2. Search for Apify in the trigger selection.
  3. Select the trigger you want to use, e.g. New Finished Actor Run.
  4. Configure the trigger by selecting the Actor or task to monitor.
  5. Add subsequent steps to process the output.

Use Apify as an action

Actions let you perform Apify operations as part of a workflow. For example, you can run an Actor and then retrieve its dataset items.

  1. Create a new workflow in Pipedream with any trigger.
  2. Click + to add a step and search for Apify.
  3. Select the action you want to use, e.g. Run Actor.
  4. Configure the action parameters:
    • Select the Actor from Apify Store or your recently used Actors
    • Provide the Actor input as JSON
    • Set optional parameters such as timeout, memory, and build tag
  5. Add another Apify step with Get Dataset Items to retrieve the Actor's output.
  6. Add any subsequent steps to process or store the data.

Triggers

  • New finished Actor run (instant) - Triggers when a selected Actor run finishes.
  • New finished task run (instant) - Triggers when a selected task run finishes.

Actions

  • Run Actor - Runs a selected Actor with customizable input and configuration.
  • Run task - Runs a selected Actor task and optionally waits for it to finish.
  • Run task synchronously - Runs a selected task and returns its dataset items when it finishes.
  • Scrape single URL - Runs a scraper on a specified URL and returns its content as HTML. Use this for extracting content from a single page, e.g. in LLM workflows.
  • Get dataset items - Retrieves items from a dataset.
  • Get key-value store record - Retrieves a record from a key-value store.
  • Set key-value store record - Creates or updates a record in a key-value store.

Resources

If you have any questions or need help, reach out on the Apify developer community on Discord.