Manage tasks for reusable input

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When you need to run multiple inputs with the same Actor, the most convenient approach is to create multiple tasks, each with a different input configuration. Task inputs are stored on the Apify platform when the task is created, so you can reuse them easily.

The following example shows how to create tasks for the apify/instagram-hashtag-scraper Actor with different inputs and run them in parallel:

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'MY-APIFY-TOKEN' });

const hashtags = ['zebra', 'lion', 'hippo'];

// Create one task per input. Tasks are saved on the Apify platform and can be run many times.
const tasks = await Promise.all(
    hashtags.map(async (hashtag) =>
        client.tasks().create({
            actId: 'apify/instagram-hashtag-scraper',
            name: `hashtags-${hashtag}`,
            input: { hashtags: [hashtag], resultsLimit: 20 },
            options: { memoryMbytes: 1024 },
        }),
    ),
);

console.log('Tasks created:', tasks);

// Run all tasks in parallel and wait for them to finish.
const runs = await Promise.all(tasks.map(async (task) => client.task(task.id).call()));

console.log('Task runs:', runs);