{"repo":"apify/actor-whitepaper","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/apify/actor-whitepaper","clone":"git clone https://github.com/apify/actor-whitepaper.git","description":"This whitepaper describes a new concept for building serverless microapps called Actors, which are easy to develop, share, integrate, and build upon. Actors are a reincarnation of the UNIX philosophy for programs running in the cloud.","language":"Python","stars":91,"topics":["agents","automation","node-js","python","scraping","serverless"],"license":"Apache-2.0","category":"scrapers-browser-automation","readme_excerpt":"The Web Actor Programming Model Whitepaper This whitepaper describes a new concept for building serverless microapps called Actors , which are easy to develop, share, integrate, and build upon. Actors are a reincarnation of the UNIX philosophy for programs running in the cloud. By Jan Čurn, Marek Trunkát, Ondra Urban, and the entire Apify team. Version 0.999 (February 2025) Contents - Introduction Background Overview Apify platform - Basic concepts Input Run environment Output Storage Integrations What Actors are not - Philosophy UNIX programs vs. Actors Design principles Relation to the Actor model Why the name \"Actor\" - Installation and setup Running on the Apify platform Node.js Python Command-line interface (CLI) - Actor programming interface Initialization Get input Key-value store access Push results to dataset Exit Actor Environment variables Actor status System events Get memory information Start another Actor Metamorph Attach webhook to an Actor run Abort another Actor Reboot an Actor Actor web server Standby mode Multi-tenant Standby mode MCP Proxy Migration to another server Charging money - Actor definition files Actor file Dockerfile README Input schema file Output schema file Storage schema files Backward compatibility - Development Local development Deployment to Apify platform Continuous integration and delivery Actorizing existing code - Sharing and publishing Monetization - Future work - Links Introduction This whitepaper introduces Actors , a new language-a","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/apify","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/apify/actor-whitepaper/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}