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.actor/Dockerfile

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+FROM sherlock/sherlock as sherlock
+
+# Install Node.js
+RUN apt-get update; apt-get install curl gpg -y
+RUN mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
+RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg
+RUN echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x nodistro main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl bash git jq jo xz-utils nodejs
+
+# Install Apify CLI (node.js) for the Actor Runtime
+RUN npm -g install apify-cli
+
+# Install Dependencies for the Actor Shell Script
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y bash jq jo xz-utils nodejs
+
+# Copy Actor dir with the actorization shell script
+COPY .actor/ .actor
+
+ENTRYPOINT [".actor/actor.sh"]

.actor/README.md

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+# Sherlock Actor on Apify
+
+[![Sherlock Actor](https://apify.com/actor-badge?actor=netmilk/sherlock)](https://apify.com/netmilk/sherlock?fpr=sherlock)
+
+This Actor wraps the [Sherlock Project](https://sherlockproject.xyz/) to provide serverless username reconnaissance across social networks in the cloud. It helps you find usernames across multiple social media platforms without installing and running the tool locally.
+
+## What are Actors?
+[Actors](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors?fpr=sherlock) are serverless microservices running on the [Apify Platform](https://apify.com/?fpr=sherlock). They are based on the [Actor SDK](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/js?fpr=sherlock) and can be found in the [Apify Store](https://apify.com/store?fpr=sherlock). Learn more about Actors in the [Apify Whitepaper](https://whitepaper.actor?fpr=sherlock).
+
+## Usage
+
+### Apify Console
+
+1. Go to the Apify Actor page
+2. Click "Run"
+3. In the input form, fill in **Username(s)** to search for
+4. The Actor will run and produce its outputs in the default datastore
+
+
+### Apify CLI
+
+```bash
+apify call YOUR_USERNAME/sherlock --input='{
+  "usernames": ["johndoe", "janedoe"]
+}'
+```
+
+### Using Apify API
+
+```bash
+curl --request POST \
+  --url "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_USERNAME~sherlock/run" \
+  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
+  --data '{
+  "usernames": ["johndoe", "janedoe"],
+  }
+}'
+```
+
+## Input Parameters
+
+The Actor accepts a JSON schema with the following structure:
+
+| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
+|-------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
+| `usernames` | array | Yes | - | List of usernames to search for |
+| `usernames[]` | string | Yes | "json" | Username to search for |
+
+
+### Example Input
+
+```json
+{
+  "usernames": ["techuser", "designuser"],
+}
+```
+
+## Output
+
+The Actor provides three types of outputs:
+
+### Dataset Record*
+
+| Field | Type | Required | Description |
+|-------|------|----------|-------------|
+| `username` | string | Yes | Username the search was conducted for |
+| `links` | arrray | Yes | Array with found links to the social media |
+| `links[]`| string | No | URL to the account
+
+### Example Dataset Item (JSON)
+
+```json
+{
+  "username": "johndoe",
+  "links": [
+    "https://github.com/johndoe" 
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+## Performance & Resources
+
+- **Memory Requirements**:
+  - Minimum: 512 MB RAM
+  - Recommended: 1 GB RAM for multiple usernames
+- **Processing Time**:
+  - Single username: ~1-2 minutes
+  - Multiple usernames: 2-5 minutes
+  - Varies based on number of sites checked and response times
+
+
+For more help, check the [Sherlock Project documentation](https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock) or raise an issue in the Actor's repository.

.actor/actor.json

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+{
+  "actorSpecification": 1,
+  "name": "sherlock",
+  "version": "0.0",
+  "buildTag": "latest",
+  "environmentVariables": {},
+  "dockerFile": "./Dockerfile", 
+  "dockerContext": "../",
+  "input": "./input_schema.json",
+  "storages": {
+    "dataset": "./dataset_schema.json"
+  }
+}

.actor/actor.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+INPUT=`apify actor:get-input | jq -r .usernames[] | xargs echo`
+echo "INPUT: $INPUT"
+
+sherlock $INPUT
+
+for username in $INPUT; do
+  # escape the special meaning leading characters 
+  # https://github.com/jpmens/jo/blob/master/jo.md#description
+  safe_username=$(echo $username | sed 's/^@/\\@/' | sed 's/^:/\\:/' | sed 's/%/\\%/')
+  echo "pushing results for username: $username, content:"
+  cat $username.txt
+  sed '$d' $username.txt | jo -a | jo username=$safe_username links:=- | apify actor:push-data
+done

.actor/dataset_schema.json

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+{
+    "actorSpecification": 1,
+    "fields":{
+      "title": "Sherlock actor input",
+      "description": "This is actor input schema",
+      "type": "object",
+      "schemaVersion": 1,
+      "properties": {
+        "links": {
+          "title": "Links to accounts",
+          "type": "array",
+          "description": "A list of social media accounts found for the uername"
+        },
+        "username": {
+          "title": "Lookup username",
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "Username the lookup was performed for"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "username", 
+        "links"
+      ]
+    },
+    "views": {
+        "overview": {
+            "title": "Overview",
+            "transformation": {
+              "fields": [
+                "username",
+                "links"
+              ],
+            },
+            "display": {
+               "component": "table",
+               "links": {
+                 "label": "Links"
+               },
+               "username":{
+                 "label": "Username"
+               }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

.actor/input_schema.json

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+{
+  "title": "Sherlock actor input",
+  "description": "This is actor input schema",
+  "type": "object",
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "properties": {
+    "usernames": {
+      "title": "Usernames to hunt down",
+      "type": "array",
+      "description": "A list of usernames to be checked for existence across social media",
+      "editor": "stringList",
+      "prefill": ["johndoe"]
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "usernames"
+  ]
+}

docs/README.md

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   --local, -l           Force the use of the local data.json file.
   --nsfw                Include checking of NSFW sites from default list.
 ```
+## Apify Actor Usage [![Sherlock Actor](https://apify.com/actor-badge?actor=netmilk/sherlock)](https://apify.com/netmilk/sherlock?fpr=sherlock)
+
+<a href="https://apify.com/netmilk/sherlock?fpr=sherlock"><img src="https://apify.com/ext/run-on-apify.png" alt="Run Sherlock Actor on Apify" width="176" height="39" /></a>
+
+You can run Sherlock in the cloud without installation using the [Sherlock Actor](https://apify.com/netmilk/sherlock?fpr=sherlock) on [Apify](https://apify.com?fpr=sherlock) free of charge.
+
+``` bash
+$ echo '{"usernames":["user123"]}' | apify call -so netmilk/sherlock
+[{
+  "username": "user123",
+  "links": [
+    "https://www.1337x.to/user/user123/",
+    ...
+  ]
+}]s
+```
+
+Read more about the [Sherlock Actor](../.actor/README.md), including how to use it programmaticaly via the Apify [API](https://apify.com/netmilk/sherlock/api?fpr=sherlock), [CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/?fpr=sherlock) and [JS/TS and Python SDKs](https://docs.apify.com/sdk?fpr=sherlock).
 
 ## Credits