# Cruz Verde Colombia Pharmacy Price Scraper (`scrapers_lat/cruz-verde-scraper`) Actor
Extract drug prices, stock and laboratory data from Cruz Verde Colombia pharmacy.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapers\_lat/cruz-verde-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Lat](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 4.00 out of 5 stars
## Pricing
from $8.00 / 1,000 results
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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event
## What's an Apify Actor?
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```bash
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```bash
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# README
[](https://console.apify.com/actors/Thhpk9YSZ0DwXcj1l/input)
## Cruz Verde Scraper
> Extract drug prices, per-store stock, discounts and laboratory data from Cruz Verde Colombia, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the country with thousands of medicines and personal care products.
25 fields per record
Colombia coverage
JSON / CSV / Excel output formats
Updated 2026-06-22
### What you get
Each product returns a structured record ready to load into any database, spreadsheet, or pricing pipeline:
- **imageUrl**: main product image
- **name**: full product name as listed
- **url**: direct link to the product page
- **productId**: unique Cruz Verde product code
- **brand**: product brand
- **laboratory\***: manufacturing laboratory or distributor
- **activeIngredient\***: active pharmaceutical ingredient
- **sanitaryRegistration\***: INVIMA sanitary registration number
- **price**: current selling price (sale or club price when applicable)
- **originalPrice**: list price before discount, when applicable
- **discountPercent**: discount percentage off the list price, when applicable
- **currency**: ISO currency code (COP)
- **pricePerUnit**: price per measurement unit as shown on the listing
- **inStock**: whether the product has stock in the primary zone
- **stock**: number of units available in the primary zone
- **stockByZone**: units available per inventory zone when more than one zone is selected
- **images\***: full product image gallery from the detail page
- **prescriptionRequired\***: whether the medicine requires a prescription
- **isBioequivalent\***: whether the product is flagged as bioequivalent
- **category\***: Cruz Verde catalog category identifier
- **storePickup**: whether in store pickup is offered
- **homeDelivery**: whether home delivery is offered
- **description\***: short product description
- **technicalSheet\***: full technical sheet text from the product page
- **observedAt**: when this product was last seen by the scraper
*\*These fields only appear when Fetch Product Details is set to true.*
### Who is it for
| Use case | Who benefits |
|---|---|
| Drug price monitoring | Pharma and health teams tracking medicine prices in Colombia |
| Stock availability tracking | Distributors checking which medicines are in stock by zone |
| Market research | Analysts studying pharmacy pricing and discounts |
| Competitive intelligence | Pharmacies benchmarking prices against Cruz Verde |
| Data pipelines | Developers feeding pricing dashboards or BI tools |
### Frequently Asked Questions
**Which products can I search for?**
Any medicine, active ingredient, brand or personal care product sold on Cruz Verde Colombia. Search by terms such as acetaminofen, ibuprofeno, dolex or a brand name, and the actor returns every matching product with its current price and stock.
**Does the stock count reflect a real store?**
Yes. Prices and stock are calculated for an inventory zone. The default zone is Bogota, and the stock value is the number of units available in that zone at the time of the run. You can select several cities at once, such as Bogota, Medellin and Cali, and the actor adds a stockByZone breakdown with the units available in each city for every product.
**How do I get the laboratory, prescription flag and sanitary registration?**
Turn on the Fetch Product Details option. The actor then opens each product page and adds the laboratory, active ingredient, INVIMA sanitary registration, prescription flag and full technical sheet to every record. This is slower but returns much richer data.
**How are discounts reported?**
When a product has a sale or club price below its list price, the actor fills originalPrice with the list price and discountPercent with the percentage saved. Products without a discount leave both fields empty rather than duplicating the price.
**What happens if a product page fails during a run?**
The actor skips the failed item without stopping the run. Those records have the error field populated with a short reason, while all successful records keep error set to null.
### Example use cases
Ready-to-run example tasks, each preconfigured for a common scenario. Open one and press run, or use it as a template:
- [Cruz Verde Dermocosmetics and Personal Care Price Tracking](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/cruz-verde-scraper/examples/cruz-verde-dermocosmetics-personal-care-tracking): Scrape Cruz Verde Colombia dermocosmetics and personal care prices for CeraVe, Eucerin and La Roche Posay. Monitor skincare pricing and stock by city.
- [Cruz Verde OTC Medicine Price Monitoring (Colombia)](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/cruz-verde-scraper/examples/cruz-verde-otc-medicine-price-monitoring-colombia): Scrape Cruz Verde Colombia OTC medicine prices for acetaminofen, ibuprofeno and dolex. Track pharmacy pricing, stock and product details by city.
- [Cruz Verde Vitamins and Supplements Catalog Export](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/cruz-verde-scraper/examples/cruz-verde-vitamins-supplements-catalog-export): Export Cruz Verde Colombia vitamins and supplements catalog with prices, brands and stock. Pull vitamina C, vitamina D and Centrum product data by city.
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### More scrapers at scrapers.lat
This actor is built and maintained by [scrapers.lat](https://scrapers.lat), where we publish scrapers for Latin American and US public platforms: real estate, jobs, e-commerce, company registries and government data. Browse the full catalog, see live sample output for each one, or ask us for a custom scraper at [scrapers.lat](https://scrapers.lat).
---
> This actor is an independent tool and has no affiliation with Cruz Verde or its parent companies. It only accesses data that is publicly available on the platform. Use it in accordance with Cruz Verde's terms of service.
# Actor input Schema
## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):
Maximum number of products to collect across all search terms. Optional.
## `withDetails` (type: `boolean`):
When enabled, the scraper opens each product detail page to add laboratory, active ingredient, INVIMA sanitary registration, prescription flag, presentation and the full description. When disabled, only the faster search-listing fields are returned.
## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):
Product names, active ingredients or brands to search on Cruz Verde Colombia (for example acetaminofen, ibuprofeno, dolex). One record is produced per matching product. Add one or more.
## `inventoryZones` (type: `array`):
Cruz Verde inventory zones (cities) used for stock and prices. The first zone is the primary one used for prices, images and the base stock. Add more cities to capture per-zone stock for each product in the stockByZone field. Defaults to Bogota.
## `inventoryZone` (type: `string`):
Deprecated single-zone input, kept for backwards compatibility. Use Inventory Zones instead. When set and no zones are chosen above, this zone is used.
## `sort` (type: `string`):
Order in which products are returned by the Cruz Verde search.
## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):
Optional proxy. The Cruz Verde API responds to datacenter requests, so a proxy is normally not needed.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"maxItems": 10,
"withDetails": true,
"searchTerms": [
"acetaminofen"
],
"inventoryZones": [
"COCV_zona64"
],
"inventoryZone": "COCV_zona64",
"sort": ""
}
````
# Actor output Schema
## `results` (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 '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
"maxItems": 10,
"searchTerms": [
"acetaminofen"
]
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapers_lat/cruz-verde-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 '' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("")
# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
"maxItems": 10,
"searchTerms": ["acetaminofen"],
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapers_lat/cruz-verde-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item)
# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start
```
## CLI example
```bash
echo '{
"maxItems": 10,
"searchTerms": [
"acetaminofen"
]
}' |
apify call scrapers_lat/cruz-verde-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapers_lat/cruz-verde-scraper",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer "
]
}
}
}
```
## OpenAPI specification
```json
{
"openapi": "3.0.1",
"info": {
"title": "Cruz Verde Colombia Pharmacy Price Scraper",
"description": "Extract drug prices, stock and laboratory data from Cruz Verde Colombia pharmacy.",
"version": "0.1",
"x-build-id": "fWkdMwDG3OO3T535L"
},
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
}
],
"paths": {
"/acts/scrapers_lat~cruz-verde-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapers_lat-cruz-verde-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
},
"/acts/scrapers_lat~cruz-verde-scraper/runs": {
"post": {
"operationId": "runs-sync-scrapers_lat-cruz-verde-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"/acts/scrapers_lat~cruz-verde-scraper/run-sync": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-scrapers_lat-cruz-verde-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
}
},
"components": {
"schemas": {
"inputSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"maxItems": {
"title": "Max Items",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 1000000,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum number of products to collect across all search terms. Optional."
},
"withDetails": {
"title": "Fetch Product Details",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "When enabled, the scraper opens each product detail page to add laboratory, active ingredient, INVIMA sanitary registration, prescription flag, presentation and the full description. When disabled, only the faster search-listing fields are returned.",
"default": true
},
"searchTerms": {
"title": "Search Terms",
"type": "array",
"description": "Product names, active ingredients or brands to search on Cruz Verde Colombia (for example acetaminofen, ibuprofeno, dolex). One record is produced per matching product. Add one or more.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"inventoryZones": {
"title": "Inventory Zones",
"type": "array",
"description": "Cruz Verde inventory zones (cities) used for stock and prices. The first zone is the primary one used for prices, images and the base stock. Add more cities to capture per-zone stock for each product in the stockByZone field. Defaults to Bogota.",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"COCV_zona64",
"COCV_zona120",
"COCV_zona14",
"COCV_zona70",
"COCV_zona90",
"COCV_zona80",
"COCV_zona99"
],
"enumTitles": [
"Bogota",
"Medellin",
"Cali",
"Barranquilla",
"Cartagena",
"Bucaramanga",
"Pereira"
]
},
"default": [
"COCV_zona64"
]
},
"inventoryZone": {
"title": "Inventory Zone (legacy)",
"enum": [
"COCV_zona64",
"COCV_zona120",
"COCV_zona14",
"COCV_zona70",
"COCV_zona90",
"COCV_zona80",
"COCV_zona99"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Deprecated single-zone input, kept for backwards compatibility. Use Inventory Zones instead. When set and no zones are chosen above, this zone is used.",
"default": "COCV_zona64"
},
"sort": {
"title": "Sort Order",
"enum": [
"",
"price-low-to-high",
"price-high-to-low",
"product-name-ascending",
"product-name-descending"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Order in which products are returned by the Cruz Verde search.",
"default": ""
},
"proxyConfiguration": {
"title": "Proxy Configuration",
"type": "object",
"description": "Optional proxy. The Cruz Verde API responds to datacenter requests, so a proxy is normally not needed."
}
}
},
"runsResponseSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"data": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"actId": {
"type": "string"
},
"userId": {
"type": "string"
},
"startedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"finishedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"example": "READY"
},
"meta": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"origin": {
"type": "string",
"example": "API"
},
"userAgent": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"stats": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"inputBodyLen": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2000
},
"rebootCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"restartCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"resurrectCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"computeUnits": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"options": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"build": {
"type": "string",
"example": "latest"
},
"timeoutSecs": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 300
},
"memoryMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1024
},
"diskMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2048
}
}
},
"buildId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultDatasetId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultRequestQueueId": {
"type": "string"
},
"buildNumber": {
"type": "string",
"example": "1.0.0"
},
"containerUrl": {
"type": "string"
},
"usage": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_SERPS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"usageTotalUsd": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.00005
},
"usageUsd": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.00005
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_SERPS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
```