FDA Drug Shortages Monitor

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FDA Drug Shortages Monitor

Stay ahead of drug shortages — Automatically monitor the FDA Drug Shortages Database and receive instant alerts when new shortages appear or existing ones change status. Healthcare

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You can access the FDA Drug Shortages Monitor 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    "drugNames": "",
10    "email": "",
11    "webhookUrl": "",
12    "aiModel": "anthropic/claude-opus-4.5",
13}
14
15# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
16run = client.actor("ihitch/fda-drug-shortages-monitor").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

FDA Drug Shortages Monitor API in Python

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

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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