Apify

Learn how to connect Apify to JetAdmin to run Actors, retrieve web data, and use Apify tools in AI Agents and workflows.

Apify is a web automation and data extraction platform that lets you run pre-built or custom Actors to collect data from websites, automate browser tasks, and process large amounts of online information.

What is an Actor?

An Actor is an executable application on Apify that performs a specific task, such as scraping a website, crawling pages, extracting structured information, or automating browser actions. Thousands of ready-made Actors are available in the Apify Store, or you can create your own.

Connecting Apify

To connect your Apify account:

1. Navigate to the Data tab from the left sidebar.

2. Click Add Resource.

3. Select Apify from the list of available resources.

4. Authenticate your Apify account.

Apify connection form in Jet Admin

The connection form shows where to name the resource and start authentication.

ℹ️ Once connected, all available Apify tools can be used inside AI Agents, Workflows, and other JetAdmin features that support resources.

What can it do?

The Apify integration gives JetAdmin access to your Apify account and its Actors.

From JetAdmin, you can:

• Run Apify Actors

• Monitor and manage Actor runs

• Retrieve datasets and stored records

• Search Actors and Apify documentation

• Use Apify tools inside AI Agents and workflows

Where to use it?

Apify is most useful whenever your application needs live data from the web or web automation.

You can use it in:

JetAdmin feature	Common use cases
AI Agents	Research websites, answer questions using live web data, scrape information on demand
Workflows	Automate data collection, monitor websites, enrich records, or trigger recurring scraping jobs
Internal tools	Display scraped datasets, product information, business listings, or other web data inside your applications

Typical business use cases include:

• Lead generation

• Competitor and market research

• Price monitoring

• Google Maps data collection

• Website content extraction

• AI knowledge enrichment

Available tools (Actions)

Action	Description
Abort Actor run	Stops a running Actor execution.
Apify/rag-web-browser	Retrieves website content optimized for AI Agents and RAG workflows.
Call Actor	Starts an Actor with optional input parameters.
Fetch Actor details	Returns information about a specific Actor.
Fetch Apify docs	Retrieves content from the Apify documentation.
Get Actor run	Returns the status and details of an Actor run.
Get dataset items	Retrieves data produced by an Actor.
Get key-value store record	Reads records stored in an Apify Key-Value Store.
Search Actors	Searches the Apify Actor Store.
Search Apify docs	Searches the Apify documentation.

Example prompts for AI Agents

Scrape a website

Run an Apify website crawler for https://example.com and summarize the key information.

Collect Google Maps businesses

Find coffee shops in Berlin using an Apify Google Maps Actor and return the business name, address, phone number, and rating.

Monitor competitor prices

Run my competitor price monitoring Actor and compare today's prices with the latest dataset.

Research a company

Find an Apify Actor that can collect company information for OpenAI, run it, and summarize the results.

Read Actor results

Retrieve the latest dataset from my Product Scraper Actor and create a table with product name, price, and availability.

Search Apify documentation

Search the Apify documentation for how to pass input parameters to an Actor and explain the process.

Example

This example demonstrates how to use an AI Agent to scrape a website with Apify and summarize the results.