unwilling-turquoise•2y ago

Apify Proxies Help

hello, i created an actor using the cli, logged in using an api token, then i wrote

await Actor.init();

const proxyConfiguration = await Actor.createProxyConfiguration({
    groups: ['RESIDENTIAL'],
});

await Actor.init();

const proxyConfiguration = await Actor.createProxyConfiguration({
    groups: ['RESIDENTIAL'],
});

then i passed the proxyConfiguration into

new PuppeteerCrawler({proxyConfig, requestHandler and etc})

new PuppeteerCrawler({proxyConfig, requestHandler and etc})

and then I did await Actor.exit(). when i try to

apify run

apify run

it says that i can't use proxies outside of Actors. could you help me guys, please.

5 Replies

gtry•2y ago

For free plan, apify doesn't allows to use apify proxy outside of apify environment. It wouldn't work if you try to run the above code locally unless you a paid subscriber.

unwilling-turquoiseOP•2y ago

@gtry but isn't wrapping my code in Actor.init() and Actor.exit() activating the apify environment? or how do i "activate it"? do i need to deploy the actor? i am already logged in using the apify cli btw. and what subscription in particular do i need to use proxies outside of apify environment? there is like 4 different plans

gtry•2y ago

do i need to deploy the actor? - yes i am already logged in using the apify cli btw. - yes, all you will need to do is apify push to push it to apify and your code will start working as expected and you won't need to subscribe to a paid plan to be able to do that as apify provides free $5 credit/month. It just that in free tier you won't be able to use proxy outside of apify but you can still use proxy if you do apify push.

unwilling-turquoiseOP•2y ago

@gtry thank you so much i will try it out

MEE6•2y ago

@IAN just advanced to level 1! Thanks for your contributions! 🎉

Apify Proxies Help

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