Apify SDK Integration

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name: apify-sdk-integration
description: Integrate Apify into an existing JavaScript/TypeScript or Python application using the apify-client package. Use when adding web scraping, automation, or data extraction capabilities to an existing app via the Apify API.
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# Apify SDK Integration

Add Apify Actor execution to an existing application. This skill covers the `apify-client` package for JS/TS and Python, plus the REST API for other languages.

## When to Use This Skill

- Adding web scraping or automation to an existing app
- Calling Apify Actors programmatically from application code
- Building a product that uses Apify as a backend service
- Integrating Actor results into a data pipeline

## Critical: Package Naming

> **`apify-client`** is the API client for **calling** Actors from your app.
> **`apify`** is the SDK for **building** Actors (wrong package for this use case).
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> Always install `apify-client`. Never install `apify` for integration work.

## Prerequisites
… install to load the full skill