# ASIMOV Apify Module
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[ASIMOV] module for data import powered by the [Apify] web automation platform.
## ✨ Features
- Imports structured data from Apify actors (web automation scripts).
- Collects the raw JSON data via the Apify API (requires an API token).
- Constructs a semantic knowledge graph based on the [KNOW] ontology.
- Supports plain JSON output as well as [RDF] output in the form of [JSON-LD].
- Distributed as a standalone static binary with zero runtime dependencies.
## 🛠️ Prerequisites
- [Rust] 1.85+ (2024 edition) if building from source code
## ⬇️ Installation
### Installation from PyPI
```bash
pip install -U asimov-apify-module
```
### Installation from RubyGems
```bash
gem install asimov-apify-module
```
### Installation from NPM
```bash
npm install -g asimov-apify-module
```
### Installation from Source Code
```bash
cargo install asimov-apify-module
```
## 👉 Examples
```bash
export APIFY_TOKEN="..."
```
### Fetching Google Results
```bash
asimov-apify-fetcher https://www.google.com/search?q=Isaac+Asimov # JSON
asimov-apify-importer https://www.google.com/search?q=Isaac+Asimov # JSON-LD
```
### Fetching X (Twitter) Followers
```bash
asimov-apify-fetcher https://x.com/apify/followers # JSON
asimov-apify-importer https://x.com/apify/followers # JSON-LD
```
### Fetching X (Twitter) Followees
```bash
asimov-apify-fetcher https://x.com/apify/following # JSON
asimov-apify-importer https://x.com/apify/following # JSON-LD
```
### Fetching LinkedIn Profile
```bash
asimov-apify-fetcher https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarptecimer # JSON
asimov-apify-importer https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarptecimer # JSON-LD
```
### Fetching Instagram Profile
```bash
asimov-apify-fetcher https://www.instagram.com/humansofny # JSON
asimov-apify-importer https://www.instagram.com/humansofny # JSON-LD
```
## ⚙ Configuration
### Environment Variables
- `APIFY_TOKEN`: (required) the [Apify API token] to use
## 📚 Reference
### Installed Binaries
- `asimov-apify-fetcher`: collects JSON data from the Apify API
- `asimov-apify-importer`: collects and transforms JSON into JSON-LD
### Supported Actors
| Google Search | `https://www.google.com/search?q=:query` | ✅ | ✅ |
| X (Twitter) Followers | `https://x.com/:account/followers` | ✅ | ✅ |
| X (Twitter) Followees | `https://x.com/:account/following` | ✅ | ✅ |
| LinkedIn Profile | `https://www.linkedin.com/in/:username` | ✅ | 🚧 |
| Instagram Profile | `https://www.instagram.com/:username` | ✅ | 🚧 |
| <img width="100" height="1"/> | <img width="550" height="1"/> | <img width="50" height="1"/> | <img width="50" height="1"/> |
## 👨💻 Development
```bash
git clone https://github.com/asimov-modules/asimov-apify-module.git
```
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[ASIMOV]: https://github.com/asimov-platform
[Apify]: https://apify.com
[Apify API token]: https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/api
[JSON-LD]: https://json-ld.org
[KNOW]: https://github.com/know-ontology
[NPM]: https://npmjs.org
[Python]: https://python.org
[RDF]: https://github.com/rust-rdf
[Ruby]: https://ruby-lang.org
[Rust]: https://rust-lang.org