# DailyMed Drug Label Scraper (`crawlerbros/dailymed-scraper`) Actor Scrape DailyMed (NIH) with the official FDA drug label database. Search by drug name or NDC code, browse by drug class, or fetch full structured labels with active ingredients, dosage forms, packaging, and NDC codes. - **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlerbros/dailymed-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Crawler Bros](https://apify.com/crawlerbros) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 4 bookmarks - **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## DailyMed Drug Label Scraper Extract structured FDA drug label data from [DailyMed](https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/) — the official NIH/FDA repository containing more than 130,000 drug labels submitted to the FDA. ### What is DailyMed? DailyMed is maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) and provides **free, public access to FDA drug labels** for prescription drugs, over-the-counter products, and biologic products. Data is updated daily from official FDA submissions. ### What does this scraper extract? Each record includes: | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `setId` | Unique DailyMed Set ID (UUID) | | `name` | Product name | | `title` | Full label title | | `version` | SPL version number | | `publishedDate` | Label publication date | | `labelerName` | Manufacturer / labeler company | | `ndcCodes` | List of National Drug Codes (NDC) | | `dosageForms` | Dosage form(s), e.g., "tablet", "capsule" | | `activeIngredients` | List of active ingredient names | | `routeOfAdministration` | Administration route, e.g., "oral", "topical" | | `url` | Direct DailyMed label URL | | `scrapedAt` | Timestamp of extraction (ISO 8601) | ### Modes #### 1. Search by drug name (`searchByName`) — Default Search DailyMed for all labels containing the given drug name. **Input:** ```json { "mode": "searchByName", "drugName": "aspirin", "maxItems": 50 } ```` #### 2. Lookup by Set ID (`lookupBySetId`) Fetch the full structured label for a specific DailyMed Set ID (UUID). **Input:** ```json { "mode": "lookupBySetId", "setId": "a0040708-04ef-4a9b-9fcd-3b5e098fa5aa" } ``` #### 3. Search by NDC code (`searchByNDC`) Find all labels associated with a specific National Drug Code. **Input:** ```json { "mode": "searchByNDC", "ndcCode": "0069-0057-20" } ``` #### 4. Browse by drug class (`browseByDrugClass`) List all drug labels belonging to a specific NDF-RT drug class. **Input:** ```json { "mode": "browseByDrugClass", "drugClassCode": "N0000175502" } ``` Find drug class codes at: `https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/services/v2/drugclasses.json` ### Sample Output ```json { "setId": "a0040708-04ef-4a9b-9fcd-3b5e098fa5aa", "name": "ASPIRIN", "title": "ASPIRIN- aspirin tablet", "version": "4", "publishedDate": "Jan 15, 2024", "labelerName": "Bayer AG", "ndcCodes": ["0069-0057-20", "0069-0057-30"], "dosageForms": ["tablet"], "activeIngredients": ["Aspirin"], "routeOfAdministration": "oral", "url": "https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=a0040708-04ef-4a9b-9fcd-3b5e098fa5aa", "scrapedAt": "2026-05-23T10:00:00+00:00" } ``` ### Use Cases - **Drug research and pharmacovigilance** — Track all labels for a specific active ingredient - **Healthcare data pipelines** — Build drug databases with NDC codes and dosage information - **Regulatory compliance** — Monitor label updates and version changes - **Medical AI / NLP** — Collect training data from official FDA drug labels - **Pharmacy systems** — Look up drug information by NDC code ### Data Source DailyMed is a free public API provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. No API key, authentication, or proxy is required. Data is updated daily. **API documentation:** https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/app-support-web-services.cfm ### FAQs **Q: Is this data free to use?** A: Yes. DailyMed is a public U.S. government resource. The data is in the public domain. **Q: How current is the data?** A: DailyMed is updated daily from official FDA label submissions. **Q: How many drug labels are available?** A: Over 130,000 drug labels from thousands of manufacturers. **Q: What is a Set ID?** A: The Set ID is a UUID that uniquely identifies a drug label. Multiple versions of the same label share the same Set ID. **Q: What is an NDC code?** A: A National Drug Code (NDC) is a unique 10-digit or 11-digit numeric identifier assigned to each drug product in the United States. **Q: Can I search for generic drug names?** A: Yes. DailyMed search works with both brand names (e.g., "Tylenol") and generic names (e.g., "acetaminophen"). **Q: Why might some fields be missing?** A: Only fields present in the FDA submission are returned. Older or incomplete labels may lack some structured fields. # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): What to fetch from DailyMed. ## `drugName` (type: `string`): Drug name to search for (mode=searchByName). Examples: aspirin, ibuprofen, metformin. ## `setId` (type: `string`): DailyMed Set ID (UUID) for a specific drug label, e.g. `a0040708-04ef-4a9b-9fcd-3b5e098fa5aa`. ## `ndcCode` (type: `string`): National Drug Code to look up, e.g. `0069-0057-20`. ## `drugClassCode` (type: `string`): NDF-RT or MeSH drug class code, e.g. `N0000175502` (Analgesics). Find codes at dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/services/v2/drugclasses.json. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of drug label records to return. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "searchByName", "drugName": "aspirin", "maxItems": 50 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `drugLabels` (type: `string`): Dataset containing all scraped DailyMed drug labels. # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "mode": "searchByName", "drugName": "aspirin", "maxItems": 50 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/dailymed-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "mode": "searchByName", "drugName": "aspirin", "maxItems": 50, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("crawlerbros/dailymed-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "mode": "searchByName", "drugName": "aspirin", "maxItems": 50 }' | apify call crawlerbros/dailymed-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=crawlerbros/dailymed-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "DailyMed Drug Label Scraper", "description": "Scrape DailyMed (NIH) with the official FDA drug label database. Search by drug name or NDC code, browse by drug class, or fetch full structured labels with active ingredients, dosage forms, packaging, and NDC codes.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "LViKVU7ePxj9YotNK" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/crawlerbros~dailymed-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-crawlerbros-dailymed-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~dailymed-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-crawlerbros-dailymed-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~dailymed-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-crawlerbros-dailymed-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "mode" ], "properties": { "mode": { "title": "Mode", "enum": [ "searchByName", "lookupBySetId", "searchByNDC", "browseByDrugClass" ], "type": "string", "description": "What to fetch from DailyMed.", "default": "searchByName" }, "drugName": { "title": "Drug name", "type": "string", "description": "Drug name to search for (mode=searchByName). Examples: aspirin, ibuprofen, metformin." }, "setId": { "title": "Set ID (mode=lookupBySetId)", "type": "string", "description": "DailyMed Set ID (UUID) for a specific drug label, e.g. `a0040708-04ef-4a9b-9fcd-3b5e098fa5aa`." }, "ndcCode": { "title": "NDC code (mode=searchByNDC)", "type": "string", "description": "National Drug Code to look up, e.g. `0069-0057-20`." }, "drugClassCode": { "title": "Drug class code (mode=browseByDrugClass)", "type": "string", "description": "NDF-RT or MeSH drug class code, e.g. `N0000175502` (Analgesics). Find codes at dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/services/v2/drugclasses.json." }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of drug label records to return.", "default": 50 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```