What is an API?
Heard the term API, but don't know exactly what it means? We explain the basics and list 7 characteristics of a good API.
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API
Discover how the web can work for you by turning any website into an API with Apify.
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How to set up a content change watchdog for any website in 5 minutes
Use our actor to regularly check specific content on any website and receive an email notification whenever it changes.
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Top 10 free web scraping tools for data analysts, powered by Apify
Discover the top 10 free web scraping tools for data analysts. Learn about the difference between web scraping tools, techniques and companies
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Who are your organization’s GitHub Champions?
What we learned from collecting individual contribution metrics in our GitHub repositories.
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Updates to key-value store API
We removed 9MB file size limit for uploads, updated how files are compressed, and deprecated Direct Upload endpoint.
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How to scrape Twitter
Our scraper lets you extract unlimited data from Twitter. No Twitter account needed. No rate limiting. No registered app or API key.
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How Apify created custom APIs to track COVID-19 worldwide
Apify aggregates data from official coronavirus stats in 50 countries. Find out how we created an automated, open-source scraping solution.
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May 2020 update
What’s new at Apify? Read on to find out. And for the latest news, follow us on Twitter.
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April 2020 update
Read on to find out what’s new at Apify. Want to keep updated with the latest news? Just follow us on Twitter.
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Realitní pes upozorní na nové příležitosti ke koupi či pronájmu nemovitostí
Nový projekt nad daty, které sbírá Apify, Vám pomůže včas odhalit vysněnou nemovitost a poradí, jestli je to dobrá investice.
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March 2020 update
All is well at Apify! We hope that you’re staying safe and well too. We’re in full work-from-home…
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Apify joins the fight against COVID-19
Apify turns websites into APIs, so we decided to do our part in the fight against COVID-19 by turning official COVID-19 stats into APIs that can be used by other apps.
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