Automation

Automate Data Collection with Apify on Kuration

Learn how to configure and run an Apify Actor to scrape data, set up authentication, and import the results straight into your Kuration table.

14 steps About 4 minutes Needs an Apify account

You will open the Run Apify Actor tool from Home, paste in the actor ID and the Actor input JSON from Apify, set how many rows to import, select your Apify API token, then create the list.

In KurationAccess to Home and the Run Apify Actor tool.
In ApifyAn actor you want to run, plus its input JSON.
Your API tokenAn Apify API token saved under Settings → API Keys.

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Go to Home and select the "Run Apify Actor" tool.

Kuration home with the Run Apify Actor tool card highlighted

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To run an Apify Actor in Kuration, you need the Apify actor ID you'd like to use and the Actor input JSON. You also need to enter the number of rows to import, add your Apify API key, and click Create list.

Run Apify Actor dialog showing all configuration fields

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Go to Apify and click the copy button to copy the actor ID to your clipboard.

Apify actor page with the actor ID copy button highlighted

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Then, enter the Apify actor ID in the provided field to configure the integration.

Run Apify Actor dialog with the Apify actor ID field focused

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Then, enter the Apify actor ID field with your desired actor name or identifier.

Apify actor ID field filled with apify/instagram-post-scraper

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Then, click the JSON button to switch to JSON format for input configuration.

Apify input tab with the JSON toggle highlighted

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After that, click the copy button to duplicate the input configuration to your clipboard.

Apify JSON input editor with the copy button highlighted

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Afterwards, enter your JSON configuration in the Actor Input field below.

Run Apify Actor dialog with the Actor input JSON field focused

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Next, enter your JSON Actor Input URLs in the Actor input field.

Actor input field with Instagram URLs pasted into the JSON

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After that, enter your Instagram usernames in the Actor Input field to configure the scraper settings.

Actor input JSON showing the username array

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Afterwards, enter the maximum number of rows to import for your data collection.

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From here, select your Apify API token from the dropdown menu.

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Afterwards, select the apify API token from the dropdown menu to authenticate, make sure you have saved it from settings - your API.

Apify API token dropdown with the apify key selected

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Then, click the Create list button to generate your list with the configured settings.

Run Apify Actor dialog with the Create list button highlighted

Your Apify data is on its way

Shortly, your extracted data will come in as rows in your Kuration table.

Open Kuration

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Kuration table filling with rows imported from the Apify actor run