# Call actor

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This example demonstrates how to start an Apify actor using [`Actor.call()`](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/js/reference/class/Actor.md#call) and how to call the Apify API using [`Actor.newClient()`](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/js/reference/class/Actor.md#newClient). The script gets a random weird word and its explanation from [randomword.com](https://randomword.com/) and sends it to your email using the [`apify/send-mail`](https://apify.com/apify/send-mail) actor.

To make the example work, you'll need an [Apify account](https://console.apify.com/). Go to the [Settings - Integrations](https://console.apify.com/account?tab=integrations) page to obtain your API token and set it to the [`APIFY_TOKEN`](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/js/docs/concepts/environment-variables.md#apify_token) environment variable, or run the script using the Apify CLI. If you deploy this actor to the Apify platform, you can do things like set up a scheduler to run your actor early in the morning.

To see what other actors are available, visit the [Apify Store](https://apify.com/store).

> To run this example on Apify Platform, use the `apify/actor-node-puppeteer-chrome` image for your Dockerfile.

```
import { Actor } from 'apify';

import { launchPuppeteer } from 'crawlee';



await Actor.init();



// Launch the web browser.

const browser = await launchPuppeteer();



console.log('Obtaining own email address...');

const apifyClient = Actor.newClient();

const { email } = await apifyClient.user().get();



// Load randomword.com and get a random word

console.log('Fetching a random word.');

const page = await browser.newPage();

await page.goto('https://randomword.com/');

const randomWord = await page.$eval('#shared_section', (el) => el.outerHTML);



// Send random word to your email. For that, you can use an actor we already

// have available on the platform under the name: apify/send-mail.

// The second parameter to the Actor.call() invocation is the actor's

// desired input. You can find the required input parameters by checking

// the actor's documentation page: https://apify.com/apify/send-mail

console.log(`Sending email to ${user.email}...`);

await Actor.call('apify/send-mail', {

    to: email,

    subject: 'Random Word',

    html: `<h1>Random Word</h1>${randomWord}`,

});

console.log('Email sent. Good luck!');



// Close Browser

await browser.close();



await Actor.exit();
```