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Openfda Adverse Event Scraper

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Scrapes adverse drug event reports from the OpenFDA API with pagination and structured output.

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OpenFDA Adverse Drug Event Scraper

What it does

This actor scrapes adverse drug event reports from the OpenFDA Drug Adverse Events API. It searches for drug names or medical terms and retrieves detailed safety reports including patient demographics, reactions, drug information, and outcomes. The actor handles pagination automatically and respects the OpenFDA API limit of 25,000 records per query offset.

Why use this actor

This actor provides a simple, reliable, and scalable way to extract data from public APIs without needing to write any code or manage infrastructure. It handles pagination, rate limiting, error recovery, and data normalization automatically. Whether you are a researcher, analyst, or developer, this actor saves you hours of manual data collection work. The structured JSON output integrates seamlessly with spreadsheets, databases, dashboards, and downstream data pipelines. Run it on Apify platform for automatic scheduling, monitoring, and proxy management.

Input parameters

searchQuery (string, required): Drug name or search term to query adverse events. Default: "aspirin".
maxResults (integer, optional): Maximum number of results to return. Range: 1-1000. Default: 100.

Output data

The actor outputs a dataset with the following fields:

safetyReportId: Unique identifier for the safety report
receiveDate: Date the report was received by FDA
serious: Whether the event was classified as serious
patient: Patient sex (Male/Female)
reactions: Comma-separated list of reported reactions
drugs: Comma-separated list of drugs involved
outcomes: Comma-separated list of reaction outcomes

Each record is validated and null-checked before being pushed to the dataset. Missing or unavailable fields are set to null rather than being omitted, ensuring consistent schema across all records.

Example output

[
    {
        "safetyReportId": "10118220",
        "receiveDate": "20140101",
        "serious": "1",
        "patient": "Female",
        "reactions": "NAUSEA, VOMITING, HEADACHE",
        "drugs": "ASPIRIN",
        "outcomes": "1, 1, 6"
    }
]

Pricing

This actor is priced based on usage:

$0.01 per result returned in the dataset
$0.005 per actor start (flat fee per run)

These costs cover Apify platform compute and proxy resources. For large-scale scraping jobs, consider using the maxResults parameter to control costs and stay within your budget. Typical runs of 100 results cost approximately $1.01.

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