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[Bug] JS Apify Client not updating tasks correctly
I am using the Apify JS client to update a task's inputs and options and am finding that it is not correctly honoring the API documentation
https://docs.apify.com/api/v2#/reference/actor-tasks/task-collection/update-task
In this doc, it says "If the object does not define a specific property, its value is not updated." However, in my testing, I have found that this is not the case. Rather, it will fail if any required variables are missing from the update patch. Even worse, options that aren't specified are removed entirely.
Take this example with the website content crawler actor. I can get the task information by its ID, but when I try to update just the
https://gist.github.com/omikader/efe8c75eff27c36a4edeb782ddf59006
https://docs.apify.com/api/v2#/reference/actor-tasks/task-collection/update-task
In this doc, it says "If the object does not define a specific property, its value is not updated." However, in my testing, I have found that this is not the case. Rather, it will fail if any required variables are missing from the update patch. Even worse, options that aren't specified are removed entirely.
Take this example with the website content crawler actor. I can get the task information by its ID, but when I try to update just the
"crawlerType""crawlerType", I get an error that "startUrls""startUrls" is missing even though it clearly already exists on the task. Even more interestingly, the operation succeeds when I use the updateInputupdateInput endpoint. Why is the behavior correctly following the documentation for updateInputupdateInput but not updateupdate ?https://gist.github.com/omikader/efe8c75eff27c36a4edeb782ddf59006
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