HealthWarehouse Catalog Scraper

Pricing and stock data on HealthWarehouse changes constantly, and clicking through category pages to track it by hand does not scale. This scraper pulls a whole HealthWarehouse category into clean rows: pick a category, optionally add a few search keywords, and you get back each product's name, SKU, lowest price, stock status, and image links. Run it once for a snapshot or schedule it to watch prices over time.

What you get

Every product in the category becomes one row with a predictable shape, so the data drops straight into a sheet or database. Each row carries:

• Identity — itemId, itemName, itemSku, categorySlug
• Pricing and availability — lowestPrice, defaultQuantity, stockStatus
• Classification — activeFlag, visibilityLevel, pharmacyItem, specialOtcItem, taxClassRef
• Links — itemUrl, imageLink, thumbnailLink
• Run metadata — collectedAt, plus errorMessage if a fetch fails

Quick start

1. Click Try for free and open the input form.
2. Choose a Catalog category to scrape.
3. Optionally type a few keywords into Search terms to narrow the results.
4. Set a Results limit and pick a proxy type, then press Start.
5. When the run ends, export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML.

Use cases

• Price monitoring — track the lowest price on diabetic supplies, OTC meds, or personal care items over time
• Stock tracking — watch stockStatus across a category to catch restocks and shortages early
• Competitive pricing — benchmark HealthWarehouse prices against your own catalog or other pharmacies
• Catalog sync — pull SKUs, names, and images to seed or refresh a product database
• Market research — size up category breadth and pricing spread in the online pharmacy space

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
categorySlug	string	Yes	The HealthWarehouse category to pull products from. Choose from the dropdown. Default over-the-counter.
searchTerms	array of strings	No	Keywords, one per line, searched inside the chosen category. Leave empty to return the full category.
stateCode	string	No	Two-letter US state code passed to the API. Blank skips state filtering.
resultsLimit	integer	No	Most products to collect in one run. Default 50.
batchSize	integer	No	Products requested per API call. Default 24.
runTimeoutSeconds	integer	No	Hard cut-off for the whole run, to control spend. Default 360.
requestTimeoutSeconds	integer	No	Wait per API call before giving up. Default 45.
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Proxies used for requests. Defaults to datacenter; switch to Residential if you get blocked.

Example input

{
    "categorySlug": "over-the-counter",
    "searchTerms": [
        "ibuprofen",
        "glucose test strips"
    ],
    "stateCode": "",
    "resultsLimit": 50,
    "batchSize": 24,
    "runTimeoutSeconds": 360,
    "requestTimeoutSeconds": 45,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
}

Output

Each product returns one row. Fields with no value from the API are left out of that row, so the dataset stays tidy. A row that fails carries categorySlug, errorMessage, and collectedAt.

Example output

{
    "categorySlug": "over-the-counter",
    "itemId": 48213,
    "itemName": "Advil Ibuprofen 200 mg Tablets, 100 Count",
    "itemSku": "HW-ADV-200-100",
    "activeFlag": true,
    "visibilityLevel": 4,
    "pharmacyItem": false,
    "specialOtcItem": true,
    "taxClassRef": 2,
    "itemUrl": "https://www.healthwarehouse.com/advil-ibuprofen-200mg-tablets-100ct.html",
    "imageLink": "https://www.healthwarehouse.com/media/catalog/product/a/d/advil-200.jpg",
    "thumbnailLink": "https://www.healthwarehouse.com/media/catalog/product/a/d/advil-200-thumb.jpg",
    "lowestPrice": 12.49,
    "defaultQuantity": 1,
    "stockStatus": true,
    "collectedAt": "2026-06-29T12:00:00.000000+00:00",
    "errorMessage": null
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Description
categorySlug	string	Category slug requested in the input
itemId	integer	Unique product identifier
itemName	string	Display name of the product
itemSku	string	Stock-keeping unit for the product
activeFlag	boolean	True while the product is active
visibilityLevel	integer	Visibility level reported by the API
pharmacyItem	boolean	True when the product is a pharmacy item
specialOtcItem	boolean	True when tagged special over-the-counter
taxClassRef	integer	Reference to the product's tax class
itemUrl	string	Link to the product detail page
imageLink	string	URL of the main product image
thumbnailLink	string	URL of the product thumbnail
lowestPrice	number	Lowest listed price for the product
defaultQuantity	number	Default order quantity
stockStatus	boolean	True when the product is in stock
collectedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the row was captured
errorMessage	string	Reason a record failed; null on success

Tips for best results

• Start small. Set resultsLimit to 20–50 on your first run so you can confirm the fields fit your pipeline before pulling a full category.
• Use search terms to focus. Adding keywords trims a broad category down to the products you actually care about.
• Raise the timeouts on residential proxies. If slower proxy tiers cause dropped calls, bump requestTimeoutSeconds toward 60 and give runTimeoutSeconds more room.
• Tune batchSize for big categories. A larger batch means fewer API calls; keep it within the 1–100 range.
• Switch to Residential if datacenter IPs get blocked. Datacenter is fine for most runs, but residential helps when requests start failing.

How can I use HealthWarehouse product data?

How can I use the HealthWarehouse Catalog Scraper to monitor prices? Pick a category, set a resultsLimit, and run the scraper on a schedule. Each run records lowestPrice and stockStatus with a collectedAt timestamp, so you can chart how prices and availability move over days or weeks across the whole category.

How can I export HealthWarehouse product listings to a spreadsheet? Run the scraper, then export the dataset as CSV or Excel. Every product comes back as one row with itemName, itemSku, lowestPrice, and itemUrl, so the file is ready to filter, sort, or pivot the moment it lands.

How can I pull HealthWarehouse SKUs and images for a product database? Scrape a category and keep itemId, itemSku, itemName, imageLink, and thumbnailLink. That gives you the identifiers and media you need to seed a catalog or keep an existing one in sync, without copying anything by hand.

How can I research the online pharmacy market with this scraper? Run several categories and compare the spread of prices, stock levels, and pharmacy-versus-OTC tagging. The pharmacyItem and specialOtcItem flags plus lowestPrice give you a quick read on how a category is priced and stocked.

Is it legal to scrape data?

Our actors are ethical and do not extract any private user data, such as email addresses or private contact information. They only extract what the user has chosen to share publicly. We therefore believe that our actors, when used for ethical purposes by Apify users, are safe.

However, you should be aware that your results could contain personal data. Personal data is protected by the GDPR in the European Union and by other regulations around the world. You should not scrape personal data unless you have a legitimate reason to do so. If you're unsure whether your reason is legitimate, consult your lawyers.

You can also read Apify's blog post on the legality of web scraping.

Support

Questions, feature requests, or a field you'd like added? Reach out at data.apify@proton.me and we'll get back to you.