Crawlee & Apify•13mo ago

Javascript API SDK: How to call multiple actors simultaneously?

I have this code which works fine to call my custom actor a single time: const run = await client.actor("xyz").call(input); But I want to run multiple Actors simultaneously, like this:

for (let input of inputs) {
        const run = await client.actor("xyz").call(input);
    }

for (let input of inputs) {
        const run = await client.actor("xyz").call(input);
    }

But obviously this doesn't work because each actor has to finish before the code initiates another actor. How do i do a synchronous call like this so I can trigger multiple actors? My data is all collected via webhook when the actor finishes, so I don't need wait for the run to finish in this codebase.

2 Replies

fair-rose•13mo ago

there is waitSecs option: https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/reference/interface/ActorCallOptions#waitSecs You can set it to 0, if the number of calls is not that high (you can reach api call limits per sec). Otherwise set 2-3 secs. Should be good.

like-goldOP•13mo ago

Thanks! Would this work?

for (let input of inputs) {
        const run = await client.actor("xyz").call(input, {waitSecs:3});
    }

for (let input of inputs) {
        const run = await client.actor("xyz").call(input, {waitSecs:3});
    }

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