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feat: add Actor.start_task to start task without waiting for it to finish - #1164
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Actor.start_task()Actor.start_task() to start an Actor task without waiting for it to finish
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Actor.start_task(), which starts an Actor task and returns the run without waiting for it to finish. Until now that meant callingActor.apify_client.task(task_id).start()directly and losing what the wrapper adds: thetokenshortcut,timeout='inherit'and webhook conversion.It takes the same parameters as
call_task()exceptwait. The concepts guide gets a matching "Actor start task" section.Closes: #1161
JS parity issue: apify/apify-sdk-js#764
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