Apotek 1 Scraper

Scrape pharmacy products, prices, and availability from Apotek 1 (apotek1.no) — Norway's largest pharmacy chain, with online delivery across the whole country.

Extract OTC medicine, vitamins, skincare, and personal care products with prices, brands, discounts, and stock status. No login or account needed.

How to scrape Apotek1 data

1. Go to the Apotek 1 Scraper page on Apify Store.
2. Click Try for free.
3. Enter a search query (e.g., "paracet", "vitamin d", "solkrem").
4. Set the number of results you want.
5. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
6. Download your data in JSON, CSV, Excel, or connect via API.

Why use this actor?

Norway had zero pharmacy scrapers on the Apify Store before this one. Anyone tracking Nordic OTC medicine, vitamin, or personal-care pricing — price comparison sites, market researchers, competitor-monitoring teams — had no automated way to pull Apotek 1's catalog. This actor covers that market: real-time prices in NOK, campaign discounts, GTIN/EAN barcodes, and stock status straight from Norway's #1 pharmacy chain.

What data can you extract from Apotek 1?

This scraper extracts the following fields per product:

Field	Type	Description
name	String	Full product name including dosage/pack size
brand	String	Brand name
price	Number	Current selling price in NOK
currency	String	Currency code (always NOK)
originalPrice	Number	Original price before discount (if on campaign)
discount	String	Discount percentage, e.g. "-50%"
ean	String	EAN/GTIN barcode
sku	String	Apotek 1 part number
productId	String	Internal catalog entry ID
inStock	Boolean	Whether the product is buyable/published
imageUrl	String	Primary product image URL
imageUrls	Array	All available image URLs
description	String	Short product description
category	String	Broadest category label
categories	Array	Full category tag list
url	String	Direct product page URL
language	String	Always "no" (Norwegian)
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 timestamp

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchQuery	String	No	Search keyword, e.g. "paracet", "ibux", "vitamin d". Defaults to "paracet" if left empty.
maxResults	Integer	No	Maximum number of products to return (default: 100).
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Proxy settings. Apotek 1's search API has no anti-bot or geo lock, so Apify's default datacenter proxy works fine.

Example input

{
    "searchQuery": "ibux",
    "maxResults": 50
}

Default behavior

If no search query is provided, the scraper defaults to searching "paracet". This ensures the actor always returns data even on an empty {} input.

Example output

Real item from a live test run (searchQuery: "paracet"):

{
    "name": "Paracet 500 mg tabletter 20 stk",
    "brand": "Paracet",
    "price": 59.9,
    "currency": "NOK",
    "url": "https://www.apotek1.no/produkter/paracet-500mg-tabletter-20stk-517128p",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-31T14:18:35.978Z",
    "inStock": true,
    "language": "no",
    "ean": "07040885171283",
    "sku": "517128",
    "productId": "16633",
    "imageUrl": "https://www.apotek1.no/wcsstore/ApoProductMaster/media/9626b273-8498-43c8-931b-ddd978b7b8ff",
    "imageUrls": [
        "https://www.apotek1.no/wcsstore/ApoProductMaster/media/9626b273-8498-43c8-931b-ddd978b7b8ff",
        "https://www.apotek1.no/wcsstore/ApoProductMaster/media/9626b273-8498-43c8-931b-ddd978b7b8ff/200/250"
    ],
    "description": "Korttidsbehandling av milde til moderate smerter og feber",
    "categories": [
        "Paracet",
        "Varemerker",
        "Reiseapotek",
        "Reise",
        "Reise, sport og fritid",
        "Hodepine",
        "Smerte, feber og forkjølelse",
        "Sykdom og symptomer",
        "Menssmerte",
        "Solbrent hud",
        "Solkrem",
        "Hudpleie",
        "Smertestillende og feberdempende"
    ],
    "category": "Smertestillende og feberdempende"
}

A discounted product looks like this (campaign price):

{
    "name": "Nycoplus D3-vitamin 20 mcg tabletter 100 stk",
    "brand": "Nycoplus",
    "price": 95,
    "originalPrice": 189.9,
    "discount": "-50%",
    "currency": "NOK"
}

How much does it cost to scrape Apotek1?

This scraper talks directly to a JSON search API — no browser rendering needed — so it's cheap and fast:

Results	Estimated cost	Time
20 products	< $0.01	~5 sec
100 products	~$0.01	~15 sec
1,000 products	~$0.05	~1 min

Costs are approximate and depend on the Apify plan and proxy usage.

Tips for best results

• Use Norwegian keywords: "paracet", "ibux", "vitamin d", "solkrem", "tannkrem" return far more relevant results than English terms.
• Broad keywords return more products: A general term (e.g. "vitamin") returns a larger result set than an exact product name.
• No proxy tuning needed: the search API has no bot-wall, so the default datacenter proxy is enough — no need for residential.

Use cases

• Price comparison: Track Norwegian pharmacy pricing against other Nordic or European chains.
• Market research: Monitor OTC medicine, vitamin, and personal-care pricing trends in Norway.
• Campaign tracking: Detect when products go on sale and by how much.
• Catalog building: Build a database of Norwegian pharmacy products with EAN/GTIN, brand, and category data.

Limitations

• Only publicly listed, non-prescription retail data is extracted — prescription-only medicine pricing is not shown online by Apotek 1 itself.
• Data is scraped from the public Apotek 1 search index and may change without notice.
• Respect the website's terms of service and use responsibly.

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