EBI OLS Ontologies Scraper
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EBI OLS Ontologies Scraper
Discover structured records from Ebi Ols Ontologies with names, identifiers, dates, descriptions, status flags and source links. Ideal for research, intelligence and operational dashboards. Run on demand or on a recurring schedule and feed every row into your favourite analytics or workflow stack.
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🧬 EBI OLS Ontologies Scraper
🚀 Pull the EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service (OLS4) registry of biomedical ontologies. Open as tabular records, or tabular.
🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-27 · 📊 12+ fields per record · Live data
Pulls every ontology indexed by EMBL-EBI OLS4 with metadata: ontology ID, title, description, version, namespace, term counts, base URIs and source file.
Target Audience / Use Cases
| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| Analysts | Source data extraction |
| Researchers | Academic and policy studies |
| Journalists | Data-driven storytelling |
| Businesses | Market and competitive intelligence |
| Developers | Power data products |
📋 What this scraper does
- Connects to the official source
- Pulls every record matching your filters
- Returns structured rows ready for analysis
- Outputs tabular, tabular, spreadsheet, tabular
💡 Why it matters: skip manual collection and get clean structured data in seconds.
🎬 Full Demo
🚧 Coming soon
⚙️ Input
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
maxItems | integer | Free users: Limited to 10 items. Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000. |
⚠️ Good to Know: the actor returns whatever the live source returns at runtime.
📊 Output
Key fields: ontologyId, title, description, preferredPrefix, numberOfTerms, numberOfProperties, numberOfIndividuals, languages, homepage, fileLocation, loaded, updated, sourceUrl, scrapedAt.
✨ Why choose this Actor
- 🟢 Backed by official source data
- 🟢 No login or API key required
- 🟢 Up to 1,000,000 records per paid run
- 🟢 Multiple pull shape
📈 How it compares to alternatives
| Option | Free | Bulk | Live |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source website | Yes | No | Yes |
| ParseForge Scraper | Yes | Yes | Live |
🚀 How to use
- Create a free account w/ $5 credit
- Open this actor in the Apify Console
- Set your input filters (or use the prefill)
- Click Start and wait for the run to finish
- Open the dataset as tabular records
💼 Business use cases
- Market intelligence
- Competitive monitoring
- Lead research
- Trend analysis
🔌 Automating EBI OLS Ontologies Scraper
Trigger runs from Make, Zapier, n8n, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Sheets, Slack, Airtable or any HTTP client via the Apify API.
🌟 Beyond business use cases
- Research and academic studies
- Personal data projects
- Non-profit transparency
- Tech experimentation
🤖 Ask an AI assistant
Open the run URL with ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity or Copilot for instant insights.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Is this affiliated with the source? No. Is login required? No, only public data. Can I pull to spreadsheet? Yes. Is the data live? Yes, every run. What's the maximum number of records? Up to 1,000,000 on paid plans.
🔌 Integrate with any app
Apify API works with REST, webhooks, Make, Zapier, Airbyte, n8n, Slack, Google Drive, GitHub, Airtable.
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💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection.
🆘 Need Help? Open our contact form
⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with the source. Only publicly available data collected.
