You can access the PubMed Articles Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "maxArticles": 50,
10    "searchQuery": "covid vaccine efficacy",
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("scrapers_lat/pubmed-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
18for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

PubMed Articles Scraper API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use PubMed Articles Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

PubMed Articles Scraper API in JavaScript

PubMed Articles Scraper API through CLI

PubMed Articles Scraper OpenAPI definition

PubMed Articles Scraper API

Pubmed Research Scraper

fortuitous_pirate/pubmed-research-scraper

Search and extract biomedical research papers from PubMed (NCBI). Filter by keyword, journal, author, or date range. Returns paper title, authors, journal, publication date, DOI, and citation count. Free NCBI API — no authentication required.

Fortuitous Pirate

PubMed Scraper — Bulk Biomedical Papers, Abstracts & Metadata

hipersoft/pubmed-scraper

Bulk-scrape PubMed's 35M+ biomedical articles: title, abstract, authors, journal, publication date, DOI, PMC ID, MeSH terms and keywords. Full PubMed query syntax, date filters, thousands of results per run. Powered by NCBI E-utilities. No login, no API key.

hiper soft

🧬 PubMed Scraper - Biomedical Literature & Citations

benthepythondev/pubmed-scraper

PubMed Scraper for the official NCBI PubMed API. Search 37M+ biomedical citations; extract title, authors, journal, publication date, DOI, PMID, article type and links. Supports PubMed field tags and sorting. For systematic reviews, medical research and bibliometrics. Keyless and fast.

Ben

PubMed Scraper — Bulk Abstracts API for Pharma R&D

azureblue/pubmed-abstract-scraper

Scrape PubMed abstracts by keyword with optional date filtering. Returns title, authors, DOI, abstract, journal, and publication date as structured JSON.

azureblue

PubMed Biomedical Article Search

fit_melon/pubmed-biomedical-article-search

Search PubMed's 35M+ biomedical citations by keyword: title, authors, journal, year, DOI, PMID and abstract for each match. Official NCBI E-utilities API. Free — you only pay Apify usage.

D N

PubMed Scraper — Papers, DOI & MeSH to JSON

devilscrapes/pubmed-papers-scraper

Search PubMed by query and export structured paper rows — title, authors, abstract, journal, DOI, PMID, MeSH terms, publication date — to JSON or CSV. A clean PubMed API wrapper that handles NCBI pagination, rate limits, and retries for research and ML pipelines.

DevilScrapes

PubMed Search Scraper

crawlerbros/pubmed-search-scraper

Search PubMed (NCBI E-utilities) for biomedical articles by keyword, date range, and article type. Returns title, authors, journal, abstract, DOI, MeSH terms, keywords, and citation. Free public API, no proxy, no cookies. Optional NCBI API key for higher rate limits.

Crawler Bros

PubMed Scraper: Articles, Abstracts & MeSH Terms

themineworks/pubmed-ncbi-scraper

Scrape 36M+ PubMed/NCBI biomedical articles: title, abstract, authors, journal, PMID, DOI, MeSH terms. No API key needed. Build literature reviews & AI training corpora. Works in Claude, ChatGPT & any MCP agent.

The Mine Works

PubMed Scraper API - Articles, Abstracts & Authors

pink_comic/pubmed-article-search

Search official NCBI PubMed E-utilities by query, title, author, journal, date, type, and language. Returns bounded source-linked biomedical bibliography records and optional abstracts with explicit evidence limits.

Ava Torres

PubMed Scraper — Abstracts, Authors & MeSH Terms

logiover/pubmed-scraper

Scrape PubMed by keyword query or direct PMIDs. Extract title, abstract, authors, journal, DOI, MeSH terms, keywords, and publication date via NCBI E-utilities. No API key required.