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Apify

🌎 apify.com

Apify is a full-stack web scraping and browser automation platform that allows users to extract data from websites and automate workflows on the web. They offer ready-made scrapers, automation tools, custom solutions, and a marketplace for developers.

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Apify - Latest News and Updates

• Apify introduced new actors including CHEERIO SCRAPER, WEB SCRAPER, PUPPETEER SCRAPER, LEGACY PHANTOMJS CRAWLER, RAG WEB BROWSER, and PLAYWRIGHT SCRAPER, while removing several others like BESTBUY PRODUCTS and GITHUB CHAMPION.
• On April 30, 2025, Apify announced a major upgrade to Crawlee, emphasizing Python as a first-class language alongside JavaScript, and introduced a new language-agnostic landing page for improved navigation and seamless language switching.
• Apify has integrated with Weaviate to transfer data from Apify Actors, compute text embeddings using LangChain, and store them in a Weaviate database for applications like question-answering and search.
• Apify has launched the PGVector Integration, allowing users to transfer data from Apify Actors to PostgreSQL databases with text embeddings and incremental updates, priced at $0.05 per request with a free tier available.
• Apify has been recognized as one of 50Pros’ Best in Industry, Spring 2025 Top Firms edition.

• On April 30, Apify showcased its capabilities with MCP at the SF Awesome AI Dev Tools meetup at GitHub HQ.
• Apify is sponsoring the MCP Agents Hackathon - AWS Edition in San Francisco on May 2, 2025, offering top-tier APIs for participants to use.
• Apify's COO Ondra Urban will demo new MCP features at the Awesome AI Dev Tools event in GitHub HQ on April 28 and participate in the MCP and A2A Hackathon - AWS Edition in San Francisco on May 2.
• MAHESHWARI ELECTRICAL AGENCY is using Apify.com and Playwright for web scraping in their work-from-home internship program.
• Apify offers a tool called 'Transcribe YouTube, Instagram, VK, Tik-Tok' that extracts video transcripts for $0.005 per request, with a free trial available.

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