apify · vdusek · Mar 27, 2026 · Mar 27, 2026
diff --git a/docs/01_introduction/index.mdx b/docs/01_introduction/index.mdx
@@ -6,20 +6,15 @@ slug: /overview
 description: 'The official library for creating Apify Actors in Python, providing tools for web scraping, automation, and data storage integration.'
 ---
 
+import CodeBlock from '@theme/CodeBlock';
+
+import IntroductionExample from '!!raw-loader!./code/01_introduction.py';
+
 The Apify SDK for Python is the official library for creating [Apify Actors](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors) in Python. It provides useful features like Actor lifecycle management, local storage emulation, and Actor event handling.
 
-```python
-from apify import Actor
-from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-import requests
-
-async def main():
-    async with Actor:
-        input = await Actor.get_input()
-        response = requests.get(input['url'])
-        soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, 'html.parser')
-        await Actor.push_data({ 'url': input['url'], 'title': soup.title.string })
-```
+<CodeBlock className="language-python">
+    {IntroductionExample}
+</CodeBlock>
 
 ## What are Actors
 

diff --git a/docs/01_introduction/quick-start.mdx b/docs/01_introduction/quick-start.mdx
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs';
 import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
 import CodeBlock from '@theme/CodeBlock';
 
+import MainExample from '!!raw-loader!./code/actor_structure/main.py';
+import UnderscoreMainExample from '!!raw-loader!./code/actor_structure/__main__.py';
+
 ## Step 1: Create Actors
 
 To create and run Actors in Apify Console, refer to the [Console documentation](/platform/actors/development/quick-start/web-ide).
@@ -61,33 +64,14 @@ The Actor's source code is in the `src` folder. This folder contains two importa
 
 <Tabs>
     <TabItem value="main.py" label="main.py" default>
-        <CodeBlock language="python">{
-`from apify import Actor
-${''}
-async def main():
-    async with Actor:
-        Actor.log.info('Actor input:', await Actor.get_input())
-        await Actor.set_value('OUTPUT', 'Hello, world!')`
-        }</CodeBlock>
+        <CodeBlock className="language-python">
+            {MainExample}
+        </CodeBlock>
     </TabItem>
     <TabItem value="__main__.py" label="__main.py__">
-        <CodeBlock language="python">{
-`import asyncio
-import logging
-${''}
-from apify.log import ActorLogFormatter
-${''}
-from .main import main
-${''}
-handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-handler.setFormatter(ActorLogFormatter())
-${''}
-apify_logger = logging.getLogger('apify')
-apify_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-apify_logger.addHandler(handler)
-${''}
-asyncio.run(main())`
-        }</CodeBlock>
+        <CodeBlock className="language-python">
+            {UnderscoreMainExample}
+        </CodeBlock>
     </TabItem>
 </Tabs>
 
@@ -96,21 +80,30 @@ We recommend keeping the entrypoint for the Actor in the `src/__main__.py` file.
 
 ## Next steps
 
+### Concepts
+
+To learn more about the features of the Apify SDK and how to use them, check out the Concepts section in the sidebar:
+
+- [Actor lifecycle](../concepts/actor-lifecycle)
+- [Actor input](../concepts/actor-input)
+- [Working with storages](../concepts/storages)
+- [Actor events & state persistence](../concepts/actor-events)
+- [Proxy management](../concepts/proxy-management)
+- [Interacting with other Actors](../concepts/interacting-with-other-actors)
+- [Creating webhooks](../concepts/webhooks)
+- [Accessing Apify API](../concepts/access-apify-api)
+- [Logging](../concepts/logging)
+- [Actor configuration](../concepts/actor-configuration)
+- [Pay-per-event monetization](../concepts/pay-per-event)
+
 ### Guides
 
-To see how you can integrate the Apify SDK with some of the most popular web scraping libraries, check out our guides for working with:
+To see how you can integrate the Apify SDK with popular web scraping libraries, check out our guides:
 
-- [Requests or HTTPX](../guides/requests-and-httpx)
-- [Beautiful Soup](../guides/beautiful-soup)
+- [BeautifulSoup with HTTPX](../guides/beautifulsoup-httpx)
+- [Parsel with Impit](../guides/parsel-impit)
 - [Playwright](../guides/playwright)
 - [Selenium](../guides/selenium)
+- [Crawlee](../guides/crawlee)
 - [Scrapy](../guides/scrapy)
-
-### Usage concepts
-
-To learn more about the features of the Apify SDK and how to use them, check out the Usage Concepts section in the sidebar, especially the guides for:
-
-- [Actor lifecycle](../concepts/actor-lifecycle)
-- [Working with storages](../concepts/storages)
-- [Handling Actor events](../concepts/actor-events)
-- [How to use proxies](../concepts/proxy-management)
+- [Running webserver](../guides/running-webserver)
diff --git a/docs/03_guides/01_beautifulsoup_httpx.mdx b/docs/03_guides/01_beautifulsoup_httpx.mdx
@@ -28,3 +28,9 @@ Below is a simple Actor that recursively scrapes titles from all linked websites
 ## Conclusion
 
 In this guide, you learned how to use the [BeautifulSoup](https://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/) with the [HTTPX](https://www.python-httpx.org/) in your Apify Actors. By combining these libraries, you can efficiently extract data from HTML or XML files, making it easy to build web scraping tasks in Python. See the [Actor templates](https://apify.com/templates/categories/python) to get started with your own scraping tasks. If you have questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out on our [GitHub](https://github.com/apify/apify-sdk-python) or join our [Discord community](https://discord.com/invite/jyEM2PRvMU). Happy scraping!
+
+## Additional resources
+
+- [Apify templates: BeautifulSoup](https://apify.com/templates/python-beautifulsoup)
+- [BeautifulSoup: Official documentation](https://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/)
+- [HTTPX: Official documentation](https://www.python-httpx.org/)
diff --git a/docs/03_guides/02_parsel_impit.mdx b/docs/03_guides/02_parsel_impit.mdx
@@ -26,3 +26,9 @@ The following example shows a simple Actor that recursively scrapes titles from
 ## Conclusion
 
 In this guide, you learned how to use [Parsel](https://github.com/scrapy/parsel) with [Impit](https://github.com/apify/impit) in your Apify Actors. By combining these libraries, you get a powerful and efficient solution for web scraping: [Parsel](https://github.com/scrapy/parsel) provides excellent CSS selector and XPath support for data extraction, while [Impit](https://github.com/apify/impit) offers a fast and simple HTTP client built by Apify. This combination makes it easy to build scalable web scraping tasks in Python. See the [Actor templates](https://apify.com/templates/categories/python) to get started with your own scraping tasks. If you have questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out on our [GitHub](https://github.com/apify/apify-sdk-python) or join our [Discord community](https://discord.com/invite/jyEM2PRvMU). Happy scraping!
+
+## Additional resources
+
+- [Apify templates: Crawlee + Parsel](https://apify.com/templates/python-crawlee-parsel)
+- [Parsel: GitHub repository](https://github.com/scrapy/parsel)
+- [Impit: GitHub repository](https://github.com/apify/impit)
diff --git a/docs/03_guides/03_playwright.mdx b/docs/03_guides/03_playwright.mdx
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ import RunnableCodeBlock from '@site/src/components/RunnableCodeBlock';
 
 import PlaywrightExample from '!!raw-loader!roa-loader!./code/03_playwright.py';
 
+In this guide, you'll learn how to use [Playwright](https://playwright.dev) for web scraping in your Apify Actors.
+
+## Introduction
+
 [Playwright](https://playwright.dev) is a tool for web automation and testing that can also be used for web scraping. It allows you to control a web browser programmatically and interact with web pages just as a human would.
 
 Some of the key features of Playwright for web scraping include:
@@ -19,8 +23,6 @@ Some of the key features of Playwright for web scraping include:
 - **Powerful selectors** - Playwright provides a variety of powerful selectors that allow you to target specific elements on a web page, including CSS selectors, XPath, and text matching.
 - **Emulation of user interactions** - Playwright allows you to emulate user interactions like clicking, scrolling, filling out forms, and even typing in text, which can be useful for scraping websites that have dynamic content or require user input.
 
-## Using Playwright in Actors
-
 To create Actors which use Playwright, start from the [Playwright & Python](https://apify.com/templates/categories/python) Actor template.
 
 On the Apify platform, the Actor will already have Playwright and the necessary browsers preinstalled in its Docker image, including the tools and setup necessary to run browsers in headful mode.
@@ -55,3 +57,9 @@ It uses Playwright to open the pages in an automated Chrome browser, and to extr
 ## Conclusion
 
 In this guide you learned how to create Actors that use Playwright to scrape websites. Playwright is a powerful tool that can be used to manage browser instances and scrape websites that require JavaScript execution. See the [Actor templates](https://apify.com/templates/categories/python) to get started with your own scraping tasks. If you have questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out on our [GitHub](https://github.com/apify/apify-sdk-python) or join our [Discord community](https://discord.com/invite/jyEM2PRvMU). Happy scraping!
+
+## Additional resources
+
+- [Apify templates: Playwright + Chrome](https://apify.com/templates/python-playwright)
+- [Apify templates: Crawlee + Playwright + Chrome](https://apify.com/templates/python-crawlee-playwright)
+- [Playwright: Official documentation](https://playwright.dev/python/)
diff --git a/docs/03_guides/04_selenium.mdx b/docs/03_guides/04_selenium.mdx
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ import RunnableCodeBlock from '@site/src/components/RunnableCodeBlock';
 
 import SeleniumExample from '!!raw-loader!roa-loader!./code/04_selenium.py';
 
+In this guide, you'll learn how to use [Selenium](https://www.selenium.dev/) for web scraping in your Apify Actors.
+
+## Introduction
+
 [Selenium](https://www.selenium.dev/) is a tool for web automation and testing that can also be used for web scraping. It allows you to control a web browser programmatically and interact with web pages just as a human would.
 
 Some of the key features of Selenium for web scraping include:
@@ -21,8 +25,6 @@ including CSS selectors, XPath, and text matching.
 - **Emulation of user interactions** - Selenium allows you to emulate user interactions like clicking, scrolling, filling out forms,
 and even typing in text, which can be useful for scraping websites that have dynamic content or require user input.
 
-## Using Selenium in Actors
-
 To create Actors which use Selenium, start from the [Selenium & Python](https://apify.com/templates/categories/python) Actor template.
 
 On the Apify platform, the Actor will already have Selenium and the necessary browsers preinstalled in its Docker image,
@@ -44,3 +46,8 @@ It uses Selenium ChromeDriver to open the pages in an automated Chrome browser,
 ## Conclusion
 
 In this guide you learned how to use Selenium for web scraping in Apify Actors. You can now create your own Actors that use Selenium to scrape dynamic websites and interact with web pages just like a human would. See the [Actor templates](https://apify.com/templates/categories/python) to get started with your own scraping tasks. If you have questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out on our [GitHub](https://github.com/apify/apify-sdk-python) or join our [Discord community](https://discord.com/invite/jyEM2PRvMU). Happy scraping!
+
+## Additional resources
+
+- [Apify templates: Selenium + Chrome](https://apify.com/templates/python-selenium)
+- [Selenium: Official documentation](https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/)
diff --git a/docs/03_guides/05_crawlee.mdx b/docs/03_guides/05_crawlee.mdx
@@ -44,3 +44,12 @@ The [`PlaywrightCrawler`](https://crawlee.dev/python/api/class/PlaywrightCrawler
 ## Conclusion
 
 In this guide, you learned how to use the [Crawlee](https://crawlee.dev/python) library in your Apify Actors. By using the [`BeautifulSoupCrawler`](https://crawlee.dev/python/api/class/BeautifulSoupCrawler), [`ParselCrawler`](https://crawlee.dev/python/api/class/ParselCrawler), and [`PlaywrightCrawler`](https://crawlee.dev/python/api/class/PlaywrightCrawler) crawlers, you can efficiently scrape static or dynamic web pages, making it easy to build web scraping tasks in Python. See the [Actor templates](https://apify.com/templates/categories/python) to get started with your own scraping tasks. If you have questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out on our [GitHub](https://github.com/apify/apify-sdk-python) or join our [Discord community](https://discord.com/invite/jyEM2PRvMU). Happy scraping!
+
+## Additional resources
+
+- [Apify templates: Crawlee + BeautifulSoup](https://apify.com/templates/python-crawlee-beautifulsoup)
+- [Apify templates: Crawlee + Parsel](https://apify.com/templates/python-crawlee-parsel)
+- [Apify templates: Crawlee + Playwright + Chrome](https://apify.com/templates/python-crawlee-playwright)
+- [Crawlee: Official website](https://crawlee.dev/python)
+- [Crawlee: Documentation](https://crawlee.dev/python/docs)
+- [Crawlee: GitHub repository](https://github.com/apify/crawlee-python)
diff --git a/docs/03_guides/06_scrapy.mdx b/docs/03_guides/06_scrapy.mdx
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ import ItemsExample from '!!raw-loader!./code/scrapy_project/src/items.py';
 import SpidersExample from '!!raw-loader!./code/scrapy_project/src/spiders/title.py';
 import SettingsExample from '!!raw-loader!./code/scrapy_project/src/settings.py';
 
+In this guide, you'll learn how to use the [Scrapy](https://scrapy.org/) framework in your Apify Actors.
+
+## Introduction
+
 [Scrapy](https://scrapy.org/) is an open-source web scraping framework for Python. It provides tools for defining scrapers, extracting data from web pages, following links, and handling pagination. With the Apify SDK, Scrapy projects can be converted into Apify [Actors](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors), integrated with Apify [storages](https://docs.apify.com/platform/storage), and executed on the Apify [platform](https://docs.apify.com/platform).
 
 ## Integrating Scrapy with the Apify platform

diff --git a/docs/03_guides/07_running_webserver.mdx b/docs/03_guides/07_running_webserver.mdx
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 ---
 id: running-webserver
-title: Running webserver in your Actor
+title: Running webserver
 ---
 
 import RunnableCodeBlock from '@site/src/components/RunnableCodeBlock';
 
 import WebserverExample from '!!raw-loader!roa-loader!./code/07_webserver.py';
 
+In this guide, you'll learn how to run a web server inside your Apify Actor. This is useful for monitoring Actor progress, creating custom APIs, or serving content during the Actor run.
+
+## Introduction
+
 Each Actor run on the Apify platform is assigned a unique hard-to-guess URL (for example `https://8segt5i81sokzm.runs.apify.net`), which enables HTTP access to an optional web server running inside the Actor run's container.
 
 The URL is available in the following places:
@@ -17,10 +21,18 @@ The URL is available in the following places:
 
 The web server running inside the container must listen at the port defined by the `Actor.configuration.container_port` property. When running Actors locally, the port defaults to `4321`, so the web server will be accessible at `http://localhost:4321`.
 
-## Example
+## Example Actor
 
-The following example demonstrates how to start a simple web server in your Actor,which will respond to every GET request with the number of items that the Actor has processed so far:
+The following example demonstrates how to start a simple web server in your Actor, which will respond to every GET request with the number of items that the Actor has processed so far:
 
 <RunnableCodeBlock className="language-python" language="python">
     {WebserverExample}
 </RunnableCodeBlock>
+
+## Conclusion
+
+In this guide, you learned how to run a web server inside your Apify Actor. By leveraging the container URL and port provided by the platform, you can expose HTTP endpoints for monitoring, reporting, or serving content during Actor execution. If you have questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out on our [GitHub](https://github.com/apify/apify-sdk-python) or join our [Discord community](https://discord.com/invite/jyEM2PRvMU).
+
+## Additional resources
+
+- [Apify templates: Standby Python project](https://apify.com/templates/python-standby)
diff --git a/docs/03_guides/code/07_webserver.py b/docs/03_guides/code/07_webserver.py
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 http_server = None
 
 
-# Just a simple handler that will print the number of processed items so far
-# on every GET request.
 class RequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    """A handler that prints the number of processed items on every GET request."""
+
     def do_get(self) -> None:
         self.log_request()
         self.send_response(200)
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ def do_get(self) -> None:
 
 
 def run_server() -> None:
-    # Start the HTTP server on the provided port,
-    # and save a reference to the server.
+    """Start the HTTP server on the provided port, and save a reference to the server."""
     global http_server
     with ThreadingHTTPServer(
         ('', Actor.configuration.web_server_port), RequestHandler

diff --git a/website/versioned_docs/version-1.7/01-introduction/code/01_introduction.py b/website/versioned_docs/version-1.7/01-introduction/code/01_introduction.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import requests
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+
+from apify import Actor
+
+
+async def main() -> None:
+    async with Actor:
+        actor_input = await Actor.get_input()
+        response = requests.get(actor_input['url'])
+        soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, 'html.parser')
+        await Actor.push_data({'url': actor_input['url'], 'title': soup.title.string})
diff --git a/website/versioned_docs/version-1.7/01-introduction/code/actor_structure/__main__.py b/website/versioned_docs/version-1.7/01-introduction/code/actor_structure/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import asyncio
+import logging
+
+from apify.log import ActorLogFormatter
+
+from .main import main
+
+handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+handler.setFormatter(ActorLogFormatter())
+
+apify_logger = logging.getLogger('apify')
+apify_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+apify_logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+asyncio.run(main())
diff --git a/website/versioned_docs/version-1.7/01-introduction/code/actor_structure/main.py b/website/versioned_docs/version-1.7/01-introduction/code/actor_structure/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from apify import Actor
+
+
+async def main() -> None:
+    async with Actor:
+        Actor.log.info('Actor input:', await Actor.get_input())
+        await Actor.set_value('OUTPUT', 'Hello, world!')
diff --git a/website/versioned_docs/version-1.7/01-introduction/index.mdx b/website/versioned_docs/version-1.7/01-introduction/index.mdx
@@ -6,20 +6,15 @@ slug: /overview
 description: 'The official library for creating Apify Actors in Python, providing tools for web scraping, automation, and data storage integration.'
 ---
 
+import CodeBlock from '@theme/CodeBlock';
+
+import IntroductionExample from '!!raw-loader!./code/01_introduction.py';
+
 The Apify SDK for Python is the official library for creating [Apify Actors](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors) in Python.
 
-```python
-from apify import Actor
-from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-import requests
-
-async def main():
-    async with Actor:
-        actor_input = await Actor.get_input()
-        response = requests.get(actor_input['url'])
-        soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, 'html.parser')
-        await Actor.push_data({ 'url': actor_input['url'], 'title': soup.title.string })
-```
+<CodeBlock className="language-python">
+    {IntroductionExample}
+</CodeBlock>
 
 ## What are Actors?