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## REST API

The Apify API is built around HTTP REST, uses predictable resource-oriented URLs, returns JSON-encoded responses, and uses standard HTTP response codes, authentication, and verbs.

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```
# Prepare Actor input and run it synchronously
echo '{ "searchStringsArray": ["Apify"] }' |
curl -X POST -d @- \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>' \
  -L 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/compass~crawler-google-places/run-sync-get-dataset-items'
```


## API clients

The client libraries are a more convenient way to interact with the Apify platform than the HTTP REST API.

##### ![](/img/javascript-40x40.svg)![](/img/javascript-40x40.svg)JavaScript

##### ![](/img/python-40x40.svg)![](/img/python-40x40.svg)Python

### JavaScript API client

For web browser, JavaScript/TypeScript applications, Node.js, Deno, or Bun.[Star](https://github.com/apify/apify-client-js)

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```
npm install apify-client
```



```
// Easily run Actors, await them to finish using the convenient .call() method, and retrieve results from the resulting dataset.
const { ApifyClient } = require('apify-client');

const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: 'MY-APIFY-TOKEN',
});

// Starts an actor and waits for it to finish.
const { defaultDatasetId } = await client.actor('john-doe/my-cool-actor').call();

// Fetches results from the actor's dataset.
const { items } = await client.dataset(defaultDatasetId).listItems();
```


## Related articles

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