strands-apify 0.1.0

Apify web scraping, social media, search and automation tools for Strands Agents SDK

strands-apify

Apify tools for the Strands Agents SDK - web scraping, social media, search, and automation.

This package gives Strands agents access to Apify Actors: serverless cloud programs that scrape websites, social platforms, search engines, and e-commerce sites, returning structured JSON or Markdown.

Installation

pip install strands-apify

Set your Apify token:

export APIFY_TOKEN=your_apify_token_here

Get a token at Apify Console > Settings > API & Integrations.

Quick start

from strands import Agent
from strands_apify import APIFY_CORE_TOOLS

agent = Agent(tools=APIFY_CORE_TOOLS)
result = agent("Scrape https://example.com and summarize it.")

Or register specific tools:

from strands import Agent
from strands_apify import apify_scrape_url, apify_google_search_scraper

agent = Agent(tools=[apify_scrape_url, apify_google_search_scraper])

Convenience presets:

• APIFY_CORE_TOOLS - generic Actor/task/dataset/scrape tools
• APIFY_SOCIAL_TOOLS - Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, TikTok, Facebook
• APIFY_SEARCH_TOOLS - Google Search, Google Maps, YouTube, multi-page crawler, e-commerce
• APIFY_ALL_TOOLS - everything (use sparingly; many tools may overwhelm an LLM's tool choice)

Tools

Core tools

Generic Apify platform access - run any Actor, run saved tasks, fetch dataset items, and scrape a single URL.

Tool	What it does
apify_run_actor	Run any Apify Actor by id with custom input; returns run metadata
apify_get_dataset_items	Fetch items from an Apify dataset with pagination
apify_run_actor_and_get_dataset	Run an Actor and fetch its default dataset in one step
apify_run_task	Run a saved Actor task
apify_run_task_and_get_dataset	Run a task and fetch its dataset in one step
apify_scrape_url	Scrape a single URL via the Website Content Crawler, return Markdown

from strands_apify import apify_scrape_url, apify_run_actor_and_get_dataset

# Single URL
apify_scrape_url(url="https://example.com")

# Any Actor with custom input
apify_run_actor_and_get_dataset(
    actor_id="apify/website-content-crawler",
    run_input={"startUrls": [{"url": "https://docs.example.com"}], "maxCrawlPages": 5},
)

Social media tools

Scrape structured data from popular social platforms.

Tool	Platform	Actor
apify_instagram_scraper	Instagram (profiles, posts, hashtags, places)	apify/instagram-scraper
apify_linkedin_profile_posts	LinkedIn profile posts	apimaestro/linkedin-profile-posts
apify_linkedin_profile_search	LinkedIn profile search	harvestapi/linkedin-profile-search
apify_linkedin_profile_detail	LinkedIn profile details	apimaestro/linkedin-profile-detail
apify_twitter_scraper	Twitter/X (search, handles, URLs)	apidojo/twitter-scraper-lite
apify_tiktok_scraper	TikTok (search, hashtags, profiles, URLs)	clockworks/tiktok-scraper
apify_facebook_posts_scraper	Facebook page posts	apify/facebook-posts-scraper

from strands_apify import apify_twitter_scraper, apify_linkedin_profile_search

apify_twitter_scraper(search_query="from:NASA min_faves:100", results_limit=30)

apify_linkedin_profile_search(
    search_query="software engineer",
    locations=["San Francisco"],
    profile_scraper_mode="Full",
)

Search & crawling tools

Search engines, maps, video, multi-page crawls, and e-commerce.

Tool	What it does	Actor
apify_google_search_scraper	Google search (organic, ads, People Also Ask)	apify/google-search-scraper
apify_google_places_scraper	Google Maps places and reviews	compass/crawler-google-places
apify_youtube_scraper	YouTube search and video/channel URLs	streamers/youtube-scraper
apify_website_content_crawler	Multi-page website crawl with Markdown extraction	apify/website-content-crawler
apify_ecommerce_scraper	Product data from Amazon, eBay, Walmart, etc.	apify/e-commerce-scraping-tool

from strands_apify import apify_google_search_scraper, apify_website_content_crawler

apify_google_search_scraper(search_query="best AI frameworks 2025", country_code="us")

apify_website_content_crawler(
    start_url="https://docs.example.com",
    max_pages=20,
    max_depth=3,
)

Configuration

Variable	Description	Required
APIFY_TOKEN	Your Apify token from console.apify.com	Yes
STRANDS_APIFY_QUIET	Set to 1 to suppress the rich panels printed on each tool call. Panels are auto-suppressed in non-interactive environments (CI, Docker, web services); use this flag to silence them in interactive shells too.	No

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup and guidelines.

License

Apache-2.0

References

• Apify Platform
• Apify Store (find Actors)
• Strands Agents SDK
• Strands Community Catalog