You can access the openFDA NDC Directory 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 API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {};
11
12// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
13const run = await client.actor("neuton/openfda-ndc-directory-scraper").call(input);
14
15// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
16console.log('Results from dataset');
17console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
18const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
19items.forEach((item) => {
20    console.dir(item);
21});
22
23// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

openFDA NDC Directory Scraper API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use openFDA NDC Directory Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

openFDA NDC Directory Scraper API in Python

openFDA NDC Directory Scraper API through CLI

openFDA NDC Directory Scraper OpenAPI definition

openFDA NDC Directory Scraper API

FDA Drug NDC & Labeler Directory Scraper

crawlerbros/fda-drug-labeler-scraper

Search the FDA's public National Drug Code (NDC) Directory (openFDA) by labeler/company name, brand name, generic name, or product NDC. Returns real drug listings with labeler (manufacturer) company name, address info via openFDA, dosage form, route, marketing category, and active ingredients.

Crawler Bros

FDA NDC Drug Directory Scraper & API

pink_comic/fda-ndc-drug-directory

Search FDA's openFDA National Drug Code Directory by product/package NDC, drug names, labeler, ingredient, route, dosage form, marketing category, application number, status, and dates. Returns normalized source-linked labeler-submitted listing evidence.

Ava Torres

openFDA Drug NDC Directory Scraper

parseforge/openfda-drug-ndc-scraper

Scrapes the FDA National Drug Code Directory via openFDA. Returns drug listings with NDC, brand name, generic name, manufacturer, and product type as flat rows.

ParseForge

FDA NDC Directory: Drug Products & National Drug Code

scrapers_lat/fda-ndc-drug-directory-scraper

Search the FDA National Drug Code (NDC) directory for marketed US drug products: product NDC, labeler/manufacturer, active ingredients, dosage form, route, marketing category and status, DEA schedule, pharm class and packaging-level NDCs. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel.

Scrapers Lat

DailyMed Drug Label Scraper - FDA SPL, NDC & Labeler Data

ninhothedev/dailymed-scraper

$0.5/1K 🔥 DailyMed scraper! FDA drug labels — brand, generic, labeler, NDC & packaging. No key. JSON, CSV, Excel or API in seconds. Power pharmacy data & compliance ⚡

ninhothedev

Openfda Drug Scraper

fortuitous_pirate/openfda-drug-scraper

Extract FDA drug label data, adverse event reports, and NDC drug directory listings from the openFDA API. Search by drug name, manufacturer, or indication. Returns brand name, generic name, indications, warnings, dosage, and adverse event details. Free API — no authentication required.

Fortuitous Pirate

OpenFDA US Drug Products, Labels & Approvals

dromb/openfda-drug-us

Search official openFDA NDC drug products and enrich records with FDA labels and Drugs@FDA approval data.

Dmitriy Gyrbu

OpenFDA Drug Labels Fetcher

brunofin/openfda-drug-labels-fetcher

Fetch FDA drug labeling (prescribing information) from the keyless openFDA Drug Label API — indications, dosage, contraindications, adverse reactions, pharmacology. Search by drug name, NDC, or manufacturer.

Bruno Finger

OpenFDA Scraper

crawlerbros/openfda-scraper

Scrape the FDA's openFDA API with drug labels, adverse events (FAERS), drug recalls, NDC directory, drugs@FDA, device events, and food enforcement. Layers in RxNorm (RxNav) drug-equivalence lookups and DailyMed label URLs.

Crawler Bros

FDA Drug Database Extractor

cynix_dev/fda-drug-database

FDA Drug Database Extractor: Orange Book (patents/exclusivity), NDC Directory, openFDA (adverse events, recalls, labeling), Drugs@FDA (approvals) — unified into one actor with typed records.