EasyAPI
How-to guides
Informational walkthroughs — not just “open the Actor”. Each one is a job you can finish in a coffee break: a sheet, a schedule, a digest.
- Beginner 15 min
How to scrape Google News into Google Sheets
Pull Google News headlines by keyword and country, then land them as rows in a spreadsheet you already use. Three methods below — CSV import for a one-off, Apify’s Google Sheets Actor for a repeating job, and Apps Script if you want the sheet to refresh itself.
- Beginner 20 min
How to export Meta Ad Library ads to Google Sheets
The Meta Ad Library is public, but copying creatives by hand does not scale. This walkthrough takes a Library search URL, turns it into rows (advertiser, copy, media, CTA, dates) and lands them in Google Sheets — once, or every Monday.
- Beginner 15 min
How to scrape Google Maps listings into Google Sheets
Turn a Maps search (“dentists in Austin”, “warehouses in Rotterdam”) into a sheet of names, ratings and profile URLs. Useful for local lead lists, competitor maps and store-location research — as long as you stay on publicly listed businesses and follow Google’s terms.
- Beginner 10 min
How to schedule an Apify scraper for a daily digest
A one-off run is a demo. A schedule is the product: the same input, every weekday, dataset waiting when you open Slack. This is the Apify-native way — no cron on your laptop.