ChEMBL Targets Scraper
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ChEMBL Targets Scraper
Query the ChEMBL target catalog by ID, keyword, organism, or target type. Records include target ChEMBL ID, preferred name, organism, target type, gene symbol, tax ID, components with accession and description, and cross references. Useful for drug discovery research and target review.
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🧬 ChEMBL Targets Scraper
🚀 Export ChEMBL drug-target records in seconds. Preferred name, organism, target type, components, gene symbol, and tax ID.
The ChEMBL Targets Scraper turns the public ebi.ac.uk/chembl/api/data/target endpoint into a structured dataset. It runs a list query, a free-text search, or an exact ChEMBL ID lookup, then flattens each target's components and gene-symbol synonyms into top-level fields.
| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| 💊 Drug discovery teams | Build target shortlists for screening |
| 🧪 Bioinformaticians | Mirror ChEMBL targets into a warehouse |
| 📊 Computational chemists | Map targets to assays |
| 🛡️ Pharma BD | Cross-reference targets with patents |
| 👩🔬 Academic researchers | Snapshot the human target space |
| 👩💻 Developers | Drive a target browser UI |
📋 What the ChEMBL Targets Scraper does
- Calls the public
/data/targetendpoint with the filters you provide. - Supports list, search, and exact-ID modes.
- Flattens the
target_componentsarray and pulls the GENE_SYMBOL synonym intogeneSymbol. - Filters by organism and target type.
- Surfaces upstream errors as a single diagnostic record.
- Exports to every Apify dataset format.
💡 Why it matters: ChEMBL's REST endpoint is rich but deeply nested. This actor lifts the most useful fields to the top so they drop straight into pandas or BigQuery.
📊 Data fields
Each record includes: components, geneSymbol, organism, prefName, results, scrapedAt, targetChemblId, targetType, taxId. These field names come straight from the actor's dataset schema, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.
⚠️ Good to Know: ChEMBL paginates 200 records per page. The actor handles it automatically.
🚀 How to use
- Click Try for free.
- Provide an ID, search, or list filters.
- Click Start and download the dataset.
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Disclaimer. This actor scrapes only publicly available data. ParseForge is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the European Bioinformatics Institute. Users are responsible for complying with the target site's terms of service and applicable law. Create a free account w/ $5 credit.
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