WhatClinic.com Clinic Scraper

Extract clinic listings from WhatClinic.com — the world's largest healthcare clinic directory with 120K+ listed clinics across 160+ countries. Covers hair transplant, cosmetic surgery, dental, eye surgery, fertility, physiotherapy and more.

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What It Does

Scrapes WhatClinic.com listing pages and optionally fetches individual clinic profiles. Returns structured JSON for each clinic including name, service score, reviews, prices, treatments, address and staff.

Default run (prefill input): Scrapes hair loss clinics in Turkey, completes in under 2 minutes, and produces a non-empty dataset.

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How It Works

WhatClinic uses server-side rendering — all listing data is in the HTML. This actor:

1. Fetches category × country listing pages via got-scraping
2. Parses clinic cards from the DOM using Cheerio
3. Extracts name, score, reviews, price, awards and profile URL
4. Paginates via ?page=2, ?page=3 etc.
5. Optionally fetches each clinic's profile page for rich data (address, treatments, hours, staff)

No browser or Playwright needed — pure HTTP + HTML parsing.

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Input

Quick Start (Default)

The actor runs out of the box with no configuration:

{
  "categories": ["hair-loss"],
  "countries": ["turkey"],
  "maxListings": 50,
  "maxPages": 5
}

Full Example

{
  "categories": ["hair-loss", "dental", "cosmetic-surgery"],
  "countries": ["turkey", "thailand", "hungary"],
  "cities": [],
  "minServiceScore": 7.0,
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "maxListings": 500,
  "maxPages": 20,
  "requestDelay": 1500,
  "maxConcurrency": 1
}

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
categories	array	["hair-loss"]	Category slugs (see list below)
countries	array	["turkey"]	Country slugs
cities	array	[]	City paths (optional, narrows search)
startUrls	array	[]	Direct listing or profile URLs
minServiceScore	number	0	Minimum WhatClinic ServiceScore (0-10)
scrapeDetails	boolean	false	Fetch profile pages for rich data. Set true for production.
maxListings	integer	50	Total clinics cap (0 = unlimited)
maxPages	integer	5	Pages per search task
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify auto	Proxy settings
requestDelay	integer (ms)	1000	Delay between requests
maxConcurrency	integer	1	Parallel requests

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Categories

Slug	Category
hair-loss	Hair Loss / Hair Transplant
cosmetic-surgery	Cosmetic / Plastic Surgery
dental	Dental Treatments
eye-surgery	Eye Surgery / LASIK
fertility	Fertility / IVF
physiotherapy	Physiotherapy
skin-care	Skin Care / Dermatology
weight-loss	Weight Loss / Bariatric Surgery

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Countries (Popular)

Medical Tourism Hubs

Slug	Country	Top Categories
turkey	Turkey	Hair transplant, dental, cosmetic surgery
thailand	Thailand	Cosmetic surgery, dental
hungary	Hungary	Dental
india	India	Fertility, dental, eye surgery
spain	Spain	Fertility, dental
mexico	Mexico	Dental, cosmetic surgery, weight loss
poland	Poland	Dental
czech-republic	Czech Republic	Dental
south-korea	South Korea	Cosmetic surgery
brazil	Brazil	Cosmetic surgery

Other Countries

Slug	Country
uk	United Kingdom
usa	United States
ireland	Ireland
uae	United Arab Emirates
germany	Germany
colombia	Colombia
costa-rica	Costa Rica
croatia	Croatia
egypt	Egypt
philippines	Philippines

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City Paths

City slugs follow WhatClinic's URL hierarchy. Examples:

Country	City Path	City
Turkey	istanbul-province/istanbul	Istanbul
Turkey	antalya-province/antalya	Antalya
Turkey	izmir-province/izmir	Izmir
Thailand	bangkok	Bangkok
Hungary	budapest	Budapest
India	mumbai	Mumbai
India	new-delhi	New Delhi
Spain	barcelona	Barcelona
Mexico	tijuana	Tijuana

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Output

Search Mode (scrapeDetails: false)

Fast extraction from listing cards:

{
  "clinicName": "Vera Clinic",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.whatclinic.com/hair-loss/turkey/.../vera-clinic",
  "category": "Hair Loss",
  "country": "Turkey",
  "city": "Istanbul",
  "serviceScore": 7.6,
  "serviceScoreLabel": "Very Good",
  "reviewCount": 236,
  "priceFrom": "TL157772",
  "priceCurrency": "TRY",
  "priceNumeric": 157772,
  "awards": ["Customer Service Award 2025"],
  "searchCategory": "hair-loss",
  "searchCountry": "turkey",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-30T09:00:00Z"
}

Detail Mode (scrapeDetails: true)

Rich data from clinic profile pages:

{
  "clinicName": "Vera Clinic",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.whatclinic.com/hair-loss/turkey/.../vera-clinic",
  "category": "Hair Loss",
  "country": "Turkey",
  "city": "Istanbul",
  "district": "Kartal",
  "address": "Kordonboyu, Turgut Özal Blv. No: 47, 34860 Kartal/İstanbul",
  "serviceScore": 7.6,
  "serviceScoreLabel": "Very Good",
  "reviewCount": 236,
  "averageRating": 4.8,
  "priceFrom": "TL157772",
  "treatments": ["FUE Hair Transplant", "DHI Hair Transplant", "Sapphire FUE"],
  "openingHours": {
    "monday": "08:00 - 21:00",
    "saturday": "08:00 - 21:00",
    "sunday": "Closed"
  },
  "staffNames": ["Dr. Ahmet Yildiz"],
  "awards": ["Customer Service Award 2025"],
  "description": "Vera Clinic is a leading hair transplant clinic...",
  "photos": ["https://..."],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-30T09:00:00Z"
}

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Key Fields

ServiceScore

WhatClinic's proprietary quality metric (0-10) based on patient feedback, response time and clinic engagement. Labels: Excellent (9+), Very Good (7-9), Good (5-7).

Price Data

Prices are parsed into structured format:

• priceFrom — original display text ("TL157772", "From €1,500")
• priceCurrency — detected currency (TRY, EUR, GBP, USD, THB, INR, HUF, PLN)
• priceNumeric — parsed numeric value for comparison

Awards

WhatClinic awards clinics for consistent quality: "Customer Service Award 2025", "Global Patients' Choice Award" etc.

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Modes

Search Mode (default, fast)

Set scrapeDetails: false. Extracts basic data from listing cards. ~50+ clinics per minute.

Detail Mode (rich data)

Set scrapeDetails: true. Fetches each clinic's profile page. ~3-5 clinics per minute. Returns full address, treatments, opening hours, staff and descriptions.

Direct URL Mode

Pass individual clinic profile URLs in startUrls:

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.whatclinic.com/hair-loss/turkey/istanbul-province/istanbul/kartal/vera-clinic" }
  ],
  "scrapeDetails": true
}

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Use Cases

• Medical tourism agencies — compare clinics by score, price and reviews across countries
• Healthcare market research — clinic density, pricing and category analysis by region
• Digital marketing agencies — lead lists for clinics, competitor analysis
• Insurance companies — accredited clinic directories for health tourism coverage
• Price comparison tools — treatment cost benchmarking across countries
• Clinic operators — competitive intelligence and market positioning

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Technical Notes

• Architecture: WhatClinic serves static HTML (server-side rendered). No browser needed.
• Phone numbers: Loaded via JavaScript — not available without browser rendering.
• Rate limiting: Moderate. Default delay of 1000ms is safe. Increase for high-volume runs.
• Pagination: ~15-20 clinics per page. Pages accessed via ?page=N.

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Cost & Performance

Mode	Speed	CU per 100 clinics
Search only (scrapeDetails: false)	~50+/min	~0.005
With details (scrapeDetails: true)	~3-5/min	~0.03

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Changelog

Version	Date	Notes
1.0.0	2026-04-30	Initial release — Cheerio extraction, 8 categories, multi-country, service score filter, detail page enrichment