Refresh your research collection on a schedule
Let a saved collection task refresh its results on a steady cadence, with items ready when you return to analysis.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Run Task Sync & Get Dataset Items
Run an Actor task synchronously and return dataset items; the request times out after 300 seconds.
Why this helps
Research datasets become stale when refreshing them depends on remembering to launch the same collection again.
- Refresh a specified collection at a recurring interval.
- Retrieve dataset items with the task run.
- Reduce dependence on memory for repeat research.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Ahrefs and Apify once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Tell Notis which saved task to run and how to summarize its returned dataset items for Ahrefs research.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule, choose where run reports go, and test with one task that completes within 300 seconds.
Questions about this workflow
Can this refresh a large dataset?
The task run must finish within 300 seconds. For large or slow collections, use asynchronous execution and retrieve results in a separate step.
Does it replace old items?
The action retrieves items from the task run. Specify any retention or comparison logic separately and provide the required baseline.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Ahrefs to Apify. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Ahrefs triggers
Apify actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Actor
Creates a new Actor with the specified configuration.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get user builds list
View a paginated history of a user’s builds across all actors.
Create Dataset
Creates a new dataset.
Abort Actor Build
Abort an Actor build that is starting or running; terminal builds are unaffected.
Create Actor Task
Creates a task for an Actor.
Delete Actor Build
Permanently delete an Actor build; the Actor’s default build cannot be deleted.
Create Task Webhook
Creates a webhook to notify external systems about task runs.
Get Actor Build
View details for an Actor build, optionally waiting for it to finish.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Ahrefs and Apify, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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