Apify CLI

apify-cli

Apify CLI is the command-line tool for creating, developing, and deploying Apify Actors, and for managing the Apify cloud platform from your terminal.

Runs as apify, apify-cli|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

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Run an Actor on the Apify cloud or locally. Building, pushing, storages and tasks are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui apify-cli

`apify call`

Run an Actor remotely

Run an Actor remotelyExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Actor*

string

Print the dataset

--output-dataset

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Call an Actor and print results

actor_idoutput_dataset

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Actor

Name or ID, e.g. apify/hello-world. Leave empty to use .actor/actor.json.
string · positional 0

Build tag or number

string

--build-blatest

Inline JSON input

string

--input-i

Input JSON file

path

--input-file-f

Memory (MB)

integer

--memory-m

Timeout (seconds)

Zero means no timeout.
integer

--timeout-t

Print the dataset

boolean

--output-dataset-o

Silent

boolean

--silent-s

JSON output

boolean

--json

`apify run`

Run the Actor locally

Run the Actor locallyExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Allow missing secrets

--allow-missing-secrets

Entrypoint

string

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Run locally

allow_missing_secretsentrypoint

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Allow missing secrets

boolean

--allow-missing-secrets

Entrypoint

Python module name or file; Node.js npm script name or JS file.
string

--entrypoint

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

ref

apify actors call / apify call $ apify actors call [actorId] [-b <value>] [-i <value> | -f <value>] [--json] [-m <value>] [-o] [-s] [-t <value>] actorId Name or ID of the Actor to run (e.g. "my-actor", "apify/hello-world" or "E2jjCZBezvAZnX8Rb"). -b, --build=<value> Tag or number of the buil…

manual2026-10

docs.apify.com

ref

apify run Executes Actor locally with simulated Apify environment variables. $ apify run [--allow-missing-secrets] [--entrypoint <value>] [-i <value> | --input-file <value>] [-p | --resurrect] --allow-missing-secrets Allow the command to continue even when secret values are not found in the…

manual2026-10

docs.apify.com

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