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MedlinePlus Scraper

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Scrape MedlinePlus, NIH's free consumer health information service. Search health topics by keyword, look up by ICD-10 code, RxCUI drug code, or LOINC lab code. Trusted source from the National Library of Medicine.

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from $3.00 / 1,000 results

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5.0

(11)

Developer

Crawler Gang

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Monthly active users

3 days ago

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Automation

You can access the MedlinePlus Scraper 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.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "mode": "search",
10    "query": "diabetes",
11    "language": "en",
12    "maxItems": 5,
13}
14
15# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
16run = client.actor("crawlergang/medlineplus-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
17
18# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
19print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
20for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
21    print(item)
22
23# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

MedlinePlus Scraper API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use MedlinePlus Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

MedlinePlus Scraper API in JavaScript

MedlinePlus Scraper API through CLI

MedlinePlus Scraper OpenAPI definition

MedlinePlus Scraper API

MedlinePlus Scraper

crawlerbros/medlineplus-scraper

Crawler Bros

🩺 MedlinePlus Health Conditions Scraper

parseforge/medlineplus-conditions-scraper

Scrape consumer health condition pages from MedlinePlus, the NIH/NLM trusted source. Export condition name, summary, symptoms, causes, treatments, related topics, and references as CSV, Excel, JSON, JSONL, XML, or HTML. Public-data export with no login required.

ParseForge

MedlinePlus Health Topics — NLM Consumer Health API

azureblue/medlineplus-health-scraper

Search NLM MedlinePlus health topics. Returns title, synonyms, MeSH terms, categories and plain-English patient summaries written by medical experts.

azureblue

Icd Code API

vivid_astronaut/icd-code

Fabio Suizu

RxNorm Drug Database Scraper

crawlerbros/rx-norm-scraper

Scrape the NIH RxNorm drug database with search drugs by name, look up by RxCUI or NDC code, get brand/generic names, drug types, and spelling suggestions. Free NIH public API, no auth required.

Crawler Bros

RxNorm Drug Database Scraper

crawlergang/rx-norm-scraper

Scrape the NIH RxNorm drug database with search drugs by name, look up by RxCUI or NDC code, get brand/generic names, drug types, and spelling suggestions. Free NIH public API, no auth required.

Crawler Gang

5.0

RxNorm Drugs Scraper

gio21/rxnorm-scraper

Scrape RxNorm (NIH's National Library of Medicine) drug database. Lookup drugs by name, get ingredients, dose forms, brand names, RxCUI codes, and optional drug-drug interactions. For pharmacy, EHR, healthcare apps. Free, no key.

Gio

GitHub Code Search API

automly/github-code-search-api

Search public GitHub code and export structured code-hit records for developer research, package discovery, code intelligence, and technical lead generation.

Automly

ICD-10-CM, LOINC & Clinical Terminology Scraper (NLM)

parseforge/icd10-loinc-clinical-scraper

Query the NLM Clinical Tables API to export billable medical codes — ICD-10-CM diagnoses, LOINC lab observations, disease names, procedures, condition URIs, and drug classes. Free, no API key, exact NLM source data.

ParseForge