Passing memory allocation per run in Apify reel scraper

How do you go about changing the memory limits for an actor by way of the api? I am using the Python client. I had read some documentation that implied the memory limit was passed in the URL of the API call using the option of

&memory=32

&memory=32

to set the memory limit to 32MB. However, that is not working as my actor is still defaulting to 4MB. I have also tried a few different guesses at putting the memory limit in the run_input, but I have been unsuccessful. Does anyone have documentation on how to set the memory limit for the Apify Reel Scraper (apify/instagram-reel-scraper) API?

Oleg V.•3/5/24, 10:40 AM

You can set memory when You call actor in Your code ("memory_mbytes" param) :

https://docs.apify.com/sdk/python/reference/class/Actor#call

Or API call ("memory" param):
https://docs.apify.com/api/v2/#/reference/actors/run-actor-synchronously/with-input

It should work. otherwise You're doing something wrong and it's better to provide some code snippet with your logic.

living-lavenderOP•3/5/24, 12:57 PM

Thanks Oleg. If I understand the documentation for the call this is how I am building my API call. Note the at the end of the string. Does this look correct?

Oleg V.•3/5/24, 1:05 PM

no, it should be "memory=256"

Oleg V.•3/5/24, 1:07 PM

Also, note that The amount of memory can be set to a power of 2 with a minimum of 128 MB, i.e., 256 MB, 512 MB, 1024 MB, 2048 MB, ..., 32768 MB.
https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/usage-and-resources#memory

living-lavenderOP•3/6/24, 4:12 AM

Thank you. I clearly was not thinking straight. Unfortunately I have modified my code to create what I believe is the proper URL. However, the actor still is only getting access to 4GB of RAM. I have proved through the apify console that the actor will take advantage of 32GB of RAM if I configure it manually.

Code that generates the API call is below and here is the value of apiURL:

Oleg V.•3/6/24, 10:14 AM

But I see, that you start actor with client:

So in You just should pass "memory_mbytes" param. See docs:
https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/reference/class/ActorClient#call

living-lavenderOP•3/7/24, 1:18 AM

Thank you so much @Oleg V. ! I had missed how to appropriately add to the .call(). I sincerely appreciate your help!!

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living-lavenderOP•3/7/24, 1:18 AM

I just tested this and it works (not surprisingly) as expected.