# Chemist4U UK Scraper API: Product Prices and Catalogue (`scraperseurope/chemist4u-uk`) Actor

Collect Chemist4U UK products, current GBP prices, SKUs, manufacturers and images. Paginated search, API and JSON, CSV or Excel exports for pharmacy catalogue and price comparisons.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scraperseurope/chemist4u-uk.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Europe](https://apify.com/scraperseurope) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## Chemist4U UK Scraper API: Product Prices and Catalogue

Collect genuine Chemist4U UK products with current public GBP prices, source SKUs, manufacturers and images. Export JSON, CSV or Excel, or use the Apify API for catalogue and price comparisons.

```json
{"term": "shampoo", "maxItems": 3}
```

Uses the public shop search, not patient records, prescriptions or customer accounts. A SKU is not automatically an EAN. List/reference prices remain separate from the current price. No personal reimbursement, medical advice, stock-by-pharmacy or delivery guarantees. The public search configuration is discovered automatically and kept in memory only.

`searchTerms` replaces `term`; `maxItems` and deduplication are global, while `maxPages` applies per search. Without these settings there are no hidden fixed result or page limits. Default runtime budget 240 seconds, adjustable to 7200; Apify spending limits still apply. Progressive results and automatic proxies need no customer cookies or technical setup. Blocks are not empty searches; earlier results remain if a later page fails. See `RUN_SUMMARY` and `DIAGNOSTICS`.

USD 0.004 per genuine unique delivered result, plus customer-paid Apify platform usage. No charges for duplicates, errors or summaries. Private until explicit release approval; commercial pricing is activated only at publication. Independent tool, not affiliated with the source. Respect source terms and applicable law.

# Actor input Schema

## `term` (type: `string`):

Product, furniture type or IKEA article number in the UK market.

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Replaces the single term; products are deduplicated together.

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

Global limit. Without a value, no hidden fixed result limit.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Per search. Without a value, continue to the source end or time and spending budget.

## `maxRuntimeSecs` (type: `integer`):

Earlier results remain available if a later page fails.

## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum time to wait for a source request.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "term": "shampoo",
  "maxRuntimeSecs": 240,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `products` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

## `diagnostics` (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 = {
    "term": "shampoo"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scraperseurope/chemist4u-uk").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 = { "term": "shampoo" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scraperseurope/chemist4u-uk").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 '{
  "term": "shampoo"
}' |
apify call scraperseurope/chemist4u-uk --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scraperseurope/chemist4u-uk"
        }
    }
}
```

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/dCaYbIJTgU5EGjKXB/builds/qPQAy62CObhCaXfuv/openapi.json