Apify API not working

TTroy

I'm developing a custom actor for my project and it fully works as I intended it but when I use the apify API to interact with it programmatically the actor doesn't seem to be receiving the inputs as it should be. I send it as JSON properly and everything but it gives me the error:

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2024-03-05T03:14:23.013Z undefined:1
2024-03-05T03:14:23.014Z [object Object]
2024-03-05T03:14:23.015Z  ^
2024-03-05T03:14:23.016Z
2024-03-05T03:14:23.017Z SyntaxError: Unexpected token o in JSON at position 1
2024-03-05T03:14:23.018Z     at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
2024-03-05T03:14:23.019Z     at file:///usr/src/app/src/main.js:65:26
2024-03-05T03:14:23.020Z     at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
2024-03-05T03:14:23.023Z
2024-03-05T03:14:23.026Z Node.js v18.19.1

Not really sure where to go from here, but i'd appreciate any help.

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TTroy

Just as a follow up it appears to be scraping properly just is having issues processing everything from there

OOleg V.

Could you please provide a code snippet or a reproduction of the issue? It's difficult to offer assistance having only the error trace above.

TTroy

Hey so im not at my computer rn but I can explain it

TTroy

When I run apify api from postman or dashboard it scrapes without issue

TTroy

When I run it from heroku i THINK target site is blocking me

TTroy

Im using proxies as well on the http reqs

TTroy

Im solving their antibot and everything

TTroy

I realize it may be a problem with the server getting blocked but the fact that its still catching me through my proxies idrk what to do

OOleg V.

Try to log response from your target site.

Also, here is some article for inspiration:
https://docs.apify.com/academy/node-js/analyzing-pages-and-fixing-errors
Otherwise, still, providing some code snippets / full reproduction, you use, is the best way to go.

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