Run an Apify Actor when the Button widget is pressed
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2 ready-made Apify and Button widget Applets
Turn one on, or build your own. Button widget can start an automation with "Button press", and IFTTT can then run "Run actor" on Apify.
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Create your own Apify and Button widget workflow
Create custom workflows effortlessly by selecting triggers, queries, and actions. With IFTTT, it's simple: “If this” trigger happens, “then that” action follows. Streamline tasks and save time with automated workflows that work for you.
8 triggers, queries, and actions
Actor run finished
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires when an Apify Actor run reaches a terminal state (succeeded, failed, timed out, or aborted).
Button press
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires every time you press the button.
Task run finished
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires when an Apify Actor task run reaches a terminal state (succeeded, failed, timed out, or aborted).
Get dataset items
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns items from an Apify dataset.
Get key-value store record
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a record from an Apify key-value store.
Scrape single URL
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns extracted text content after deep crawling web pages. It is useful for downloading data from websites such as documentation, knowledge bases, help sites, or blogs.
Run actor
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will run an Apify Actor with a specified configuration.
Run task
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will run an Apify task with specified configuration.
Actor run finished
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires when an Apify Actor run reaches a terminal state (succeeded, failed, timed out, or aborted).
Button press
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires every time you press the button.
Get dataset items
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns items from an Apify dataset.
Get key-value store record
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a record from an Apify key-value store.
Run actor
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will run an Apify Actor with a specified configuration.
Run task
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will run an Apify task with specified configuration.
Scrape single URL
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns extracted text content after deep crawling web pages. It is useful for downloading data from websites such as documentation, knowledge bases, help sites, or blogs.
Task run finished
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires when an Apify Actor task run reaches a terminal state (succeeded, failed, timed out, or aborted).
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If
Select a trigger the automation will use
Actor run finished
Button press
Task run finished
Then
Select an action the automation will perform
Run actor
Run task
You can add delays, queries, and more actions in the chat.
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About Apify
Apify and IFTTT let you trigger automations when web scraping tasks finish, and run Actors to extract data from popular sites.
About Button widget
Button widget and IFTTT let you tap a button on your phone's home screen to trigger automations in other services.