# MedEx Medicine Scraper (`riad_h/medex-medicine-scraper`) Actor

Scrape medicine data from MedEx Bangladesh.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/riad\_h/medex-medicine-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Riad Hossain](https://apify.com/riad_h) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## MedEx Medicine Scraper — Bangladesh Pharmacy Data

> Scrape allopathic medicine data from MedEx (medex.com.bd), Bangladesh's leading medicine database. Get brand names, strengths, dosage forms, and direct URLs for 2,900+ medicines — perfect for pharmacy POS systems and healthcare applications.

### What It Does

This Actor scrapes the MedEx Bangladesh medicine database using their AJAX search API. It searches for all single-letter (a-z) and two-letter (aa-zz) combinations to discover every medicine brand, then deduplicates by brand ID.

### Output Data

Each medicine record contains:

| Field | Description | Example |
|-------|-------------|---------|
| `brand_name` | Medicine brand name | "Napa" |
| `strength` | Dosage strength | "500 mg" |
| `dosage_form` | Form of medicine | "Tablet" |
| `brand_id` | MedEx internal ID | "10452" |
| `url` | Direct link to medicine page | "https://medex.com.bd/brands/10452/napa-500-mg-tablet" |

### Sample Output

```json
{
  "brand_name": "Napa",
  "strength": "500 mg",
  "dosage_form": "Tablet",
  "brand_id": "10452",
  "url": "https://medex.com.bd/brands/10452/napa-500-mg-tablet"
}
```

### Coverage

- **2,900+ unique medicine brands**
- **96+ dosage forms** including:
  - Tablet, Capsule, Syrup, Injection, Cream
  - Ophthalmic Solution, Suppository, Inhaler
  - Powder for Suspension, Oral Solution, IV Infusion
  - And many more

### Input

```json
{
  "searchDepth": 2,
  "maxResults": 0,
  "requestDelayMs": 200
}
```

| Parameter | Default | Description |
|-----------|---------|-------------|
| `searchDepth` | 2 | 1 = single-letter search (~280 brands). 2 = two-letter combos (~2900 brands). |
| `maxResults` | 0 | Max brands to scrape. 0 = no limit. |
| `requestDelayMs` | 200 | Delay between requests. |

### Use Cases

- **Pharmacy POS system setup** — Populate your medicine database with brand names and strengths
- **Inventory management** — Match medicine names to inventory SKUs
- **Healthcare apps** — Build a medicine lookup or drug interaction checker
- **Medical research** — Analyze the Bangladesh pharmaceutical market
- **Drug database population** — Seed your database with real medicine data

### Pricing

**Pay-per-event: $0.01 per 100 brands scraped** (`brands-scraped` event)

### License

MIT

# Actor input Schema

## `searchDepth` (type: `integer`):

1 = single-letter search only (~280 brands). 2 = two-letter combos (~2900 brands). Default: 2.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of brands to scrape. 0 = no limit (scrape all).

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

Delay between HTTP requests to avoid rate limiting.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchDepth": 2,
  "maxResults": 0,
  "requestDelayMs": 200
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

View all scraped medicine brands with names, strengths, and dosage forms.

# 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 = {
    "searchDepth": 2,
    "maxResults": 0,
    "requestDelayMs": 200
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("riad_h/medex-medicine-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 = {
    "searchDepth": 2,
    "maxResults": 0,
    "requestDelayMs": 200,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("riad_h/medex-medicine-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 '{
  "searchDepth": 2,
  "maxResults": 0,
  "requestDelayMs": 200
}' |
apify call riad_h/medex-medicine-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,riad_h/medex-medicine-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/Rtrlb4y9A8MvbHKoM/builds/ahd88wALU4xLK4UVm/openapi.json