Olostep × Apify
Run Olostep scraping as an Apify Actor
About
What is Olostep?
Olostep is the most reliable and cost-effective web data API that lets companies, developers and AI agents scrape, crawl, and search the web at scale — returning clean markdown, screenshot, structured JSON, or AI-powered answers from any URL.
What is Apify?
Apify is a cloud platform for web scraping and automation. It provides a marketplace of ready-made scraping Actors, scheduling, dataset storage, and integrations with third-party tools.
Capabilities
What you can do
Scheduled scraping runs
Set recurring schedules for scraping jobs directly in the Apify platform — no cron servers or infrastructure to manage.
Dataset export
Results are automatically saved to Apify datasets and can be exported as JSON, CSV, or connected to downstream Actors.
Apify ecosystem integration
Chain the Olostep Actor with other Apify Actors, use Apify webhooks, or connect via the Apify API to build end-to-end data pipelines.
Getting started
Connect in minutes
Add Olostep to Apify with a single config.
# Run via Apify CLI
apify call olostep/olostep-web-scraper --input '{
"url": "https://example.com",
"format": "markdown"
}'Get your API key from the Olostep dashboard. Free tier includes 500 requests — no credit card required.
Use Cases
What teams build with it
Scheduled data collection
Automatically scrape competitor pages, news sources, or product listings on a daily or weekly schedule and store results in Apify datasets.
No-code data pipelines
Connect the Olostep Actor to Apify integrations for Google Sheets, Slack, or webhooks — extracting and delivering web data without writing code.
Large-scale batch jobs
Submit thousands of URLs for parallel processing and collect structured output from across the web for AI training or analytics.
Frequently asked questions
Product & Capabilities
- What is the Olostep Apify Actor?
The Olostep Apify Actor is a hosted integration available on the Apify Store that lets you run Olostep's web scraping, search, and URL extraction capabilities from within the Apify platform — with scheduling, dataset storage, and all Apify integrations included.
- Do I need an Olostep API key to use the Apify Actor?
Yes. You need to provide your Olostep API key as an Actor input or environment variable. You can get a free API key from the Olostep dashboard at olostep.com/dashboard/api-keys.
Usage & Automation
- Can I schedule the Olostep Apify Actor to run automatically?
Yes. Apify supports scheduled Actor runs with cron expressions. You can configure the Olostep Actor to run daily, weekly, or on any custom schedule from the Apify Console.
Pricing & Plans
- How does Olostep handle JavaScript-heavy pages through Apify?
Olostep uses a full browser rendering pipeline for all scraping requests, regardless of how they are triggered. Pages requiring JavaScript execution, React, or other client-side frameworks are rendered correctly before content is extracted.
Start using Olostep with Apify
500 free credits to get started
No credit card required. Full documentation available in the Olostep docs.