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Return data to API call

Hello,

I'm trying to return the data from an Apify actor via the same REST API call that initiated the actor.

Is this possible?

This page says I need to put the value in
OUTPUT
OUTPUT
in the "default key-value store":

https://docs.apify.com/platform/tutorials/run-actor-and-retrieve-data-via-api#synchronous-runs-with-dataset-output

But the "put record" documentation seems to require a key value store ID. Is there a default here?

https://docs.apify.com/api/v2#/reference/key-value-stores/record/put-record

So I'm trying to figure out how to return data. From within the Actor, am I supposed to call the key-value store API, put a new record, with the recordKey of
OUTPUT
OUTPUT
, and JSON data of the value? If so, what should
storeId
storeId
be?

Is there an easier way to do this? I wish I could just type
return
return
and return the value ...
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