Apify News | Sep 03, 2024
Apify updated its CLI to allow running web automation tasks directly from the terminal, including passing inputs like JSON files without using the Apify Console...
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Company name: Apify
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Company website: apify.com
Company overview: 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.
Latest Updates
- Apify updated its CLI to allow running web automation tasks directly from the terminal, including passing inputs like JSON files without using the Apify Console.
- Apify announced the release of Crawlee for Python, a modern, open-source web scraping library for Python developers.
- Apify now offers all users, including those on the free plan, unlimited storage for their last ten runs.
- VectorShift now allows integration with Apify services for web scraping or data extraction using an Apify API key.
- Apify introduced an integration with Hugging Face to streamline the process from web scraping to machine learning by eliminating manual data transfers.
- Apify has introduced Product Advocates to provide proactive advice and support using their product knowledge and technical expertise.
- Apify now offers platform demos which can be requested from their Sales team.
- Apify announced a new milestone with the integration of Haystack to enhance their Actors for AI applications.
- Internally, we use Apify and Firecrawl for Magic Loops that run in the cloud with built-in options for simplifying pages.
- Apify analyzed 1,000 top-visited Czech websites and found that only 3% block AI bots, compared to a third in the USA.
- Apify resolved a bug where the Fetch Dataset Items error occurred due to the response payload size exceeding the maximum allowed size of 6,291,556 bytes.
- Lukas Klimek joined Apify as Head of Data in Prague, Czechia, after serving as Principal Analyst, Metrics Strategy & Solutions at FINRA.
- Apify launched a Restaurant Reviews Aggregator that scrapes reviews from Tripadvisor, Yelp, Google Maps, Facebook, DoorDash, and UberEats.
- Adam Kliment, VP of Developer Experience at Apify, shared his tech journey from Linux admin to startup founder and his current role focusing on building a strong developer community and innovating in web scraping and automation.
- Apify will be a GOLD sponsor at the Big Data Conference Europe on November 19-22 in Lithuania.
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