# DocFinder.at Scraper (`rainminer/docfinder-at-scraper`) Actor

Extract public DocFinder.at physician profiles — specialty, contact details, ratings, and optional patient reviews.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rainminer/docfinder-at-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [rainminer](https://apify.com/rainminer) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Other
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.49 / 1,000 physicians

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

![DocFinder.at](https://www.docfinder.at/favicon.ico)

### What does DocFinder.at Scraper do?

**DocFinder.at Scraper** turns [DocFinder.at](https://www.docfinder.at/) — Austria's largest doctor directory — into structured data. Paste a search URL such as `https://www.docfinder.at/suche/zahnarzt/wien` and export every physician on the results pages: name, specialty, address, phone, profile photo, and reputation scores.

Patient reviews are an **optional add-on**. Leave reviews off for a fast, cheap directory export, or switch them on to pull the full review history into a separate dataset.

No login, no cookies, no manual copy-paste. Results come back as JSON, CSV, Excel, or through the Apify API.

### What can you use it for?

- Build a **lead list of Austrian physicians** by specialty and city for medtech or pharma sales
- Compile **practice directories** for insurance, clinic groups, or health portals
- Monitor **competitor practices** in your catchment area and track rating changes over time
- Enrich an existing CRM with **phone numbers and verified addresses**
- Research **patient sentiment** for a specialty before opening a new practice
- Feed **healthcare market analyses** with rating distributions per district
- Power **appointment or referral apps** that need a physician catalogue
- Track **reputation** for your own practice and spot new negative reviews early
- Generate **content datasets** for health comparison sites
- Benchmark **wait times and service scores** across Vienna districts

### How to scrape DocFinder.at

1. Open a DocFinder search, e.g. `https://www.docfinder.at/suche/zahnarzt/wien`
2. Paste the URL into **Start URLs**
3. Set **Maximum items** to the number of physician profiles you need
4. Optionally set **Maximum reviews per physician** above `0` to also export reviews
5. Run the Actor and download the dataset

The Actor follows search pagination automatically and stops as soon as `maxItems` profiles are collected for each start URL.

### Input

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `startUrls` | DocFinder search URLs or single physician profile URLs |
| `maxItems` | Maximum physician profiles per start URL |
| `maxReviewsPerBusiness` | `0` skips reviews (default); higher values export reviews per physician |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Optional — DocFinder works without a proxy |

```json
{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.docfinder.at/suche/zahnarzt/wien" }],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "maxReviewsPerBusiness": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}
```

### Output

Physicians land in the **default dataset**:

```json
{
  "physicianName": "Dr. Hildegard Keil",
  "specialty": "Allgemeinmedizinerin und Familienmedizinerin, Praktische Ärztin",
  "streetAddress": "Heinrichstraße 27/EG",
  "postalCode": "8010",
  "city": "Graz",
  "phone": "+43316413031",
  "imageUrl": "https://images.docfinder.at/40fkG9-KMF/dr-hildegard-keil-96560.jpg?d=1200x1200",
  "aggregateRating": 5,
  "aggregateReviewCount": 322,
  "profileUrl": "https://www.docfinder.at/allgemeinmedizin-und-familienmedizin/8010-graz/dr-hildegard-keil"
}
```

Reviews land in the separate **`reviews` dataset** and include the review title, body, star rating, date, author label, and DocFinder's detailed care scores (empathy, trust, treatment satisfaction, facilities, staff, waiting times).

### FAQ

**Do I need an account or password?** No. The Actor only reads publicly visible pages.

**Can I scrape a single doctor?** Yes — paste the profile URL instead of a search URL.

**Why are some reviewer names generic?** DocFinder publishes most reviews pseudonymously, so the author appears as a generic DocFinder user label.

**How do I keep runs cheap?** Leave `maxReviewsPerBusiness` at `0`. Review pages are the expensive part; profiles alone are one request each.

### Image Credit

Image credit: [docfinder.at](https://www.docfinder.at/)

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

DocFinder.at search URLs (https://www.docfinder.at/suche/zahnarzt/wien) or single physician profile URLs.

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

Maximum physician profiles per start URL.

## `maxReviewsPerBusiness` (type: `integer`):

Set to 0 to skip review export (default). When greater than 0, export up to this many reviews per physician to the reviews dataset.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy settings; no proxy is normally required.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.docfinder.at/suche/zahnarzt/wien"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "maxReviewsPerBusiness": 0,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `physicians` (type: `string`):

No description

## `reviews` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.docfinder.at/suche/zahnarzt/wien"
        }
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rainminer/docfinder-at-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 = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.docfinder.at/suche/zahnarzt/wien" }],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rainminer/docfinder-at-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 '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.docfinder.at/suche/zahnarzt/wien"
    }
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call rainminer/docfinder-at-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rainminer/docfinder-at-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/lntiwUcg2ItM4Qkvw/builds/XtaWC2Z4uhl3GJ8Eq/openapi.json