Apotheka Latvia Scraper -- Pharmacy Products, Prices & Stock from Latvia's Largest Pharmacy Chain

Extract products, prices, brands, EAN codes, availability, and categories from Apotheka.lv -- the largest pharmacy chain in Latvia and part of the BENU/Phoenix Group operating across the Baltic states. The platform sells medications, vitamins, supplements, personal care, baby products, beauty items, and health devices.

What is Apotheka Latvia Scraper?

Apotheka is the leading pharmacy retailer in Latvia with over 90 physical stores and a full online pharmacy (e-aptieka). As part of the Phoenix Group (Europe's largest pharmaceutical distributor), Apotheka is the primary pricing reference for the Latvian pharmacy and health products market. Their online catalogue covers thousands of products including non-prescription medications, dietary supplements, medical devices, and cosmetics.

This actor uses PlaywrightCrawler to handle Apotheka's Magento-based, JavaScript-rendered product pages. It extracts product data from JSON-LD structured data and HTML DOM parsing across search results, category pages, and individual product pages. No login or cookies required. What people build with it:

• Pharmacy pricing intelligence -- competing pharmacies and distributors monitor Apotheka's prices to maintain market-competitive positioning in the Latvian pharmaceutical sector.
• Health product market research -- supplement manufacturers and consumer health brands track how their products are priced, described, and positioned on Latvia's largest pharmacy platform.
• Regulatory compliance monitoring -- pharmaceutical industry bodies track product availability, pricing, and marketing claims on Latvian pharmacy platforms.
• Product catalogue enrichment -- health tech platforms and comparison sites use Apotheka's structured product data (EAN codes, descriptions, images) to populate their own databases.
• Baltic market analysis -- analysts studying the Baltic pharmacy market use Apotheka data alongside Estonian and Lithuanian pharmacy data for cross-border pricing comparisons.

How to scrape Apotheka Latvia data

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchQuery	String	No	Search by keyword in Latvian: "vitamini" (vitamins), "ibuprofens" (ibuprofen), "saaukstesanas" (cold)
categoryUrl	String	No	Apotheka.lv category URL, e.g. https://www.apotheka.lv/produkti/veseliba/vitamini-un-mineralvielas/vitamini
maxResults	Integer	No	Maximum products to return (default: 100, max: 10,000)
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Proxy settings (residential proxies with LV country code recommended)

Tips:

• Use Latvian keywords for best coverage: "vitamini" (vitamins), "minerali" (minerals), "skaistums" (beauty), "bernu" (children's products), "zobu" (dental).
• Apotheka.lv uses Magento with JavaScript-rendered product pages. Residential proxies with Latvia country code give the best results.
• For category-wide scraping, browse apotheka.lv to find the category URL and paste it into categoryUrl.
• The actor tries JSON-LD structured data extraction first, falls back to DOM parsing, and can follow individual product links as a last resort.
• Default search query is "vitamini" (vitamins) when no input is provided -- the actor always returns data on empty input.

Output

Each product record includes:

Field	Type	Description
productName	String	Full product name in Latvian
brand	String	Brand or manufacturer name
price	Number	Current selling price in EUR
originalPrice	Number	Original price before discount (if on sale)
currency	String	"EUR"
inStock	Boolean	Whether the product is currently in stock
ean	String	EAN/GTIN barcode for product identification
category	String	Product category from breadcrumbs
imageUrl	String	Primary product image URL
url	String	Direct product page link on apotheka.lv
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 timestamp when data was collected

Example output

{
    "productName": "MULTI B STRONG, 100 tabletes B grupas vitamini",
    "brand": "Multi B Strong",
    "price": 8.99,
    "originalPrice": 11.49,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "inStock": true,
    "ean": "4751016200123",
    "category": "Vitamini",
    "imageUrl": "https://www.apotheka.lv/media/catalog/product/multi-b-strong-100.jpg",
    "url": "https://www.apotheka.lv/multi-b-strong-100-tabletes-b-grupas-vitamini-pmm0023545lv",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-09T14:30:00.000Z"
}

How much does it cost?

This actor uses PlaywrightCrawler, which consumes more compute units than HTTP-based scrapers due to browser overhead.

Volume	Estimated CUs	Estimated Cost
50 products	~0.10	~$0.05
100 products	~0.20	~$0.10
500 products	~0.80	~$0.40
1,000 products	~1.50	~$0.75

Residential proxies add to the per-request proxy cost but improve reliability on the Magento platform.

Can I integrate?

Connect Latvian pharmacy data to your tools:

• Google Sheets -- track pharmacy prices across the Latvian market
• Slack -- get alerts when specific medications or supplements go on sale
• Zapier / Make -- automate pricing updates for competing pharmacies or health stores
• Webhooks -- stream product data to your pharmacy comparison platform
• PostgreSQL / BigQuery -- build a historical Latvian pharmacy pricing database
• Power BI -- visualise pricing trends across pharmacy product categories

Can I use it as an API?

Yes. Build Latvian pharmacy intelligence into your stack:

Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("studio-amba/apotheka-lv-scraper").call(run_input={
    "searchQuery": "vitamini",
    "maxResults": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": {"useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "LV"},
})

for product in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    stock = "Pieejams" if product.get("inStock") else "Nav"
    print(f"{product['productName']} | {product['price']} EUR | {stock}")

JavaScript:

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "YOUR_API_TOKEN" });

const run = await client.actor("studio-amba/apotheka-lv-scraper").call({
    searchQuery: "vitamini",
    maxResults: 50,
    proxyConfiguration: { useApifyProxy: true, apifyProxyGroups: ["RESIDENTIAL"], apifyProxyCountry: "LV" },
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
const onSale = items.filter((p) => p.originalPrice && p.originalPrice > p.price);
console.log(`${onSale.length} products on sale:`);
onSale.forEach((p) => {
    const discount = Math.round((1 - p.price / p.originalPrice) * 100);
    console.log(`  ${p.productName} | ${p.price} EUR (was ${p.originalPrice}, -${discount}%)`);
});

FAQ

What products does Apotheka.lv sell? Apotheka sells non-prescription medications, vitamins, dietary supplements, medical devices, personal care products, baby products, beauty items, and health devices. Prescription medications are not available through the public online catalogue.

Is all data in Latvian? Yes. Product names, descriptions, and categories are in Latvian. The platform serves the Latvian market.

Why do I need residential proxies? Apotheka.lv runs on Magento with JavaScript-rendered product pages. Residential proxies with a Latvian IP address provide the most reliable access. The actor works without proxies for small runs but may encounter blocks on larger scraping jobs.

What is the product URL format? Individual products use the pattern: apotheka.lv/[product-name]-[pmm-code]lv, for example apotheka.lv/multi-b-strong-100-tabletes-b-grupas-vitamini-pmm0023545lv.

Does it handle pagination? Yes. The actor follows Magento's ?p=N pagination pattern and "next page" links to crawl through multi-page search results and category listings.

Limitations

• Apotheka.lv is a Magento store with JavaScript-rendered product pages. A PlaywrightCrawler (browser) is required, which uses more compute units than HTTP-only scrapers.
• Not all products have EAN codes in their structured data.
• Product availability may differ between online and physical Apotheka stores.
• Categories and product structures may change as Apotheka updates their website.
• The actor crawls sequentially (one page at a time) to maintain session stability and avoid detection.

Related Baltic and European pharmacy scrapers

• Apotheka Estonia Scraper -- Same pharmacy chain in Estonia
• Apotea Scraper -- Sweden's largest online pharmacy
• Apotek Hjartat Scraper -- Sweden's second-largest pharmacy chain
• Multipharma Scraper -- Belgian pharmacy chain
• Newpharma Scraper -- European online pharmacy
• Shop Apotheke Scraper -- Europe's largest online pharmacy (DE/AT/FR/BE/IT/CH)

Your feedback

Need specific pharmacy categories, deeper product specification parsing, or cross-Baltic price comparisons? Open an issue on GitHub or contact us through the Apify platform. We build what users need.