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Passing input to Actor

The efficient way to run an Actor and retrieve results is by passing input data directly to the call method. This method allows you to configure the Actor's input, execute it, and either get a reference to the running Actor or wait for its completion.

The following example demonstrates how to pass input to the apify/instagram-hashtag-scraper Actor and wait for it to finish.

import asyncio

from apify_client import ApifyClientAsync

TOKEN = 'MY-APIFY-TOKEN'


async def main() -> None:
    # Client initialization with the API token
    apify_client = ApifyClientAsync(token=TOKEN)

    # Get the Actor client
    actor_client = apify_client.actor('apify/instagram-hashtag-scraper')

    input_data = {'hashtags': ['rainbow'], 'resultsLimit': 20}

    # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish up to 60 seconds.
    # Input is not persisted for next runs.
    run_result = await actor_client.call(run_input=input_data, timeout_secs=60)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    asyncio.run(main())