Pay per event example
Pricing
Pay per event
Pay per event example
This is an example pay-per-event Actor. When running it, you don't pay for the underlying platform usage, just for the Actor start event, and trivia facts it generates.
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Pricing
Pay per event
3
Monthly users
1
Runs succeeded
>99%
Last modified
6 months ago
You can access the Pay per event example programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1# Start Server-Sent Events (SSE) session and keep it running
2curl "https://actors-mcp-server.apify.actor/sse?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>&actors=mhamas/pay-per-event-example"
3
4# Session id example output:
5# event: endpoint
6# data: /message?sessionId=9d820491-38d4-4c7d-bb6a-3b7dc542f1faUsing Pay per event example via Model Context Protocol (MCP) server
MCP server lets you use Pay per event example within your AI workflows. Send API requests to trigger actions and receive real-time results. Take the received sessionId and use it to communicate with the MCP server. The message starts the Pay per event example Actor with the provided input.
1curl -X POST "https://actors-mcp-server.apify.actor/message?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>&session_id=<SESSION_ID>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
2 "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3 "id": 1,
4 "method": "tools/call",
5 "params": {
6 "arguments": {
7 "trivia": [
8 {
9 "name": "lord-of-the-rings",
10 "count": 1
11 },
12 {
13 "name": "harry-potter",
14 "count": 5
15 },
16 {
17 "name": "star-wars",
18 "count": 10
19 }
20 ]
21},
22 "name": "mhamas/pay-per-event-example"
23 }
24}'The response should be: Accepted. You should received response via SSE (JSON) as:
1event: message
2data: {
3 "result": {
4 "content": [
5 {
6 "type": "text",
7 "text": "ACTOR_RESPONSE"
8 }
9 ]
10 }
11}Configure local MCP Server via standard input/output for Pay per event example
You can connect to the MCP Server using clients like ClaudeDesktop and LibreChat or build your own. The server can run both locally and remotely, giving you full flexibility. Set up the server in the client configuration as follows:
1{
2 "mcpServers": {
3 "actors-mcp-server": {
4 "command": "npx",
5 "args": [
6 "-y",
7 "@apify/actors-mcp-server",
8 "--actors",
9 "mhamas/pay-per-event-example"
10 ],
11 "env": {
12 "APIFY_TOKEN": "<YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
13 }
14 }
15 }
16}You can further access the MCP client through the Tester MCP Client, a chat user interface to interact with the server.
To get started, check out the documentation and example clients. If you are interested in learning more about our MCP server, check out our blog post.
Pricing
Pricing model
Pay per eventThis Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Actor start
$0.10
Flat charge for starting an Actor run.
Star wars trivia
$0.20
Generating Star Wars trivia.
Harry Potter trivia
$0.30
Generating Harry Potter trivia.
Lord of the Rings trivia
$0.50
Generating Lord of the Rings trivia.
