# Healthcare.gov Content Scraper (`muhammadafzal/healthcare-gov-scraper`) Actor

Extract structured public content from the documented Healthcare.gov Content API, including glossary terms, articles, blog posts, state pages, topics, the site index, and selected content URLs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/muhammadafzal/healthcare-gov-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Muhammad Afzal](https://apify.com/muhammadafzal) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Other, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 content record returneds

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Healthcare.gov Content Scraper

Extract structured public content from Healthcare.gov through its documented Content API. The actor supports glossary terms, articles, blog posts, state pages, topics, the site-wide index, and selected public content URLs.

It is designed for research, content discovery, public-benefits knowledge bases, FAQ datasets, and AI-agent retrieval. It does not calculate personalized Marketplace prices, determine eligibility, enroll users, or access account data.

### Default input

```json
{
  "mode": "collection",
  "collection": "glossary",
  "query": "Medicaid",
  "maxItems": 25,
  "includeContent": true
}
```

Use `mode: "index"` to return the site-wide metadata index. Use `mode: "urls"` with values such as `"/glossary/medicaid/"` or `"https://www.healthcare.gov/choose-a-plan/"` to fetch specific content objects. The actor accepts only Healthcare.gov hosts.

### Output

Each dataset item contains a stable path-derived `contentId`, title, canonical URL, API source URL, content type, language, dates, excerpt, optional HTML `content`, tags, topics, state associations, and scrape timestamp. Set `includeRawFields` to true when auditing source fields.

The `OUTPUT` key-value record contains counts, warnings, failed requests, filters, and confirmed result-event charges.

### Pricing

| Event | Price |
| --- | ---: |
| Validated content/index record | $0.001 |

The maximum result-event cost is capped by `maxItems`. The actor writes and validates a record before charging its matching result event.

### Source and limitations

The source is the public Healthcare.gov Content API documented at `https://www.healthcare.gov/developers/`. API fields, content availability, and page taxonomy can change. HTML bodies are public source content; comply with Healthcare.gov terms, applicable law, and any redistribution requirements when storing or publishing them.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Choose collection to fetch one documented Healthcare.gov API collection, index to fetch site-wide metadata, or urls to fetch selected public Healthcare.gov content pages as JSON.

## `collection` (type: `string`):

Collection used when mode is collection. Available current collections are articles, blog, glossary, states, and topics. This field is ignored in index and urls modes.

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Optional public Healthcare.gov page paths or full Healthcare.gov URLs to fetch as JSON when mode is urls, for example \['/glossary/medicaid/'] or 'https://www.healthcare.gov/accessibility/'. External hosts are rejected.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Optional case-insensitive text filter applied to returned titles, excerpts, content, URLs, tags, categories, topics, and states. Leave blank to keep all records.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Optional language filter for full content records. Use en or es; leave blank for all available languages. Index records contain bilingual summary fields but no single language value, so this filter is not applied in index mode.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum validated records written to the dataset. This is also the result-event billing cap. Set 1 to 500; the default is 25.

## `includeContent` (type: `boolean`):

When true, include the public HTML body returned by the Content API. When false, return metadata and excerpts only to keep records smaller.

## `includeRawFields` (type: `boolean`):

When true, include the original API object under rawFields for auditing. This can make records substantially larger; the default is false.

## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Delay between direct URL requests in urls mode. Set 0 to 10000 milliseconds. Collection and index modes use one request and ignore this value; the default is 250 milliseconds.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "collection",
  "collection": "glossary",
  "urls": [
    "/glossary/medicaid/",
    "/choose-a-plan/"
  ],
  "query": "Medicaid",
  "language": "en",
  "maxItems": 25,
  "includeContent": true,
  "includeRawFields": false,
  "requestDelayMs": 250
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `status` (type: `string`):

SUCCEEDED, PARTIAL, or INVALID\_INPUT.

## `recordsReturned` (type: `string`):

Number of records written to the default dataset.

## `sourceRequests` (type: `string`):

Number of Healthcare.gov API requests attempted.

## `failedRequests` (type: `string`):

Number of source requests that failed or were rejected.

## `chargedResultEvents` (type: `string`):

Result events confirmed by Apify in this run.

## `estimatedResultEventCostUsd` (type: `string`):

Confirmed result-event cost, excluding the actor-start event and platform usage.

## `warnings` (type: `string`):

Non-fatal diagnostics collected during the run.

## `nextAction` (type: `string`):

Suggested follow-up based on the selected extraction mode.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("muhammadafzal/healthcare-gov-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("muhammadafzal/healthcare-gov-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call muhammadafzal/healthcare-gov-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,muhammadafzal/healthcare-gov-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/wJBjr4YfGzHE9w22Q/builds/54NAUA7eNjXOdr3Jg/openapi.json