Scrapely Python SDK

Build Python Actors for the Scrapely platform with lifecycle helpers, Crawlee-compatible storage, platform events, remote browser CDP, run control, webhooks, and pay-per-event accounting.

Install

Scrapely requires Python 3.9 or newer.

python -m pip install scrapely

Install the appropriate Crawlee/Playwright browser dependencies separately when your Actor uses a browser.

Quick start

import asyncio

from scrapely import Actor


async def main() -> None:
    actor_input = await Actor.get_input_or_throw()
    await Actor.push_data({
        "url": actor_input["url"],
        "status": "processed",
    })


if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(Actor.main(main))

Actor.main() initializes the Actor, awaits your callback, closes events and storage, and exits the process. For embedded applications and tests, use async with Actor: instead.

Highlights

• Local file-system storage and Scrapely API-backed datasets, key-value stores, and request queues
• Crawlee request loaders and storage objects
• Platform event WebSocket integration and state persistence
• Automatic remote Chromium CDP wiring through CDP_URL
• Actor start, call, abort, reboot, and metamorph operations
• Ad-hoc webhooks, proxy configuration, and charging/pricing types
• Apify-compatible environment aliases and asynchronous client access

See the complete Python SDK guide for lifecycle details, option objects, storage selection, events, CDP behavior, run control, environment variables, errors, and the full public export list.