Farmae.it Scraper

Pull product data from farmae.it, an Italian online parapharmacy. The actor returns one row per product with the current price in EUR, the list price and discount when a product is on offer, stock status, EAN barcode, brand and product type.

Farmae.it sells skincare, health, baby, sun care and personal care products, with more than 40,000 products in the catalogue. If you track Italian pharmacy prices or match products across shops by barcode, this actor gives you a repeatable feed.

How to scrape Farmae.it data

There are two ways to tell the actor which products to read.

1. Paste product pages into productUrls, for example https://www.farmae.it/products/cetaphil-crema-idratante-viso-giorno-protezione-uva-e-uvb-per-pelle-sensibile-50-ml.
2. Leave productUrls empty and fill keywords. The actor reads the public catalogue feed and keeps products whose name, brand or address contains one of your words, for example cetaphil or solare.

The actor stops at maxResults. If you leave everything empty, it reads the first 50 products of the catalogue.

Search result pages are not read. The actor requests the catalogue feed in pages of 250 products and, for the barcode, one small product document per product.

Input

Field	Type	Description
productUrls	list of URLs	Farmae.it product pages
keywords	list of words	Used when no URLs are given. Keeps products whose name, brand or address contains one of the words
maxResults	number	Maximum number of rows (default 50)
includeEan	true or false	Adds the EAN-13 barcode, one extra small request per product (default true)
maxPages	number	Maximum catalogue pages of 250 products to scan when filtering by keywords (default 120)
proxyConfiguration	proxy	Apify Proxy by default

What you get back

Field	Description
sku	Farmae product number
ean	EAN-13 barcode
productId	Shop product id
name	Product name including size
brand	Brand name
price	Current selling price in EUR, VAT included
originalPrice	List price, only when the selling price is lower
discountPercent	Percent below the list price
currency	ISO currency code (EUR)
inStock	Whether the product can be ordered now
tags	Shop tags
description	Product description, first 500 characters, plain text
imageUrl	Main product image
url	Product page address
publishedAt	Date the product was published on the shop
scrapedAt	Time of the read
country, language	it, it

Ratings are not included. Farmae.it does not publish them in the catalogue data.

Example output

{
  "sku": "951992268",
  "ean": "3499320000055",
  "name": "Cetaphil Fluido Ultra Idratante Idratazione Intensa 48 Ore per Pelle Secca e Sensibile 473 ml",
  "brand": "Cetaphil",
  "price": 20.62,
  "originalPrice": 25.9,
  "discountPercent": 20,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "inStock": true,
  "url": "https://www.farmae.it/products/cetaphil-fluido-ultra-idratante-idratazione-intensa-48-ore-per-pelle-secca-e-sensibile-473-ml",
  "country": "it",
  "language": "it"
}

Input examples

Read one specific product:

{
  "productUrls": [
    "https://www.farmae.it/products/cetaphil-crema-idratante-viso-giorno-protezione-uva-e-uvb-per-pelle-sensibile-50-ml"
  ]
}

Read up to 500 Cetaphil and La Roche-Posay products:

{
  "keywords": ["cetaphil", "la roche-posay"],
  "maxResults": 500
}

Read prices only, without barcodes, for a quick run:

{
  "keywords": ["solare"],
  "maxResults": 1000,
  "includeEan": false
}

Discounts

When a product is on offer, originalPrice holds the list price shown struck through on the site and discountPercent the difference. When the shop shows no list price, both fields are empty.

Price format

Prices are in euro with VAT included, for example 20.62.

Speed and cost per result

The shop limits how fast it answers. The actor paces its requests and waits when the shop asks it to slow down.

• With includeEan off, a run reads 250 products per request and 1,000 products take well under a minute.
• With includeEan on, each product needs one extra small request. A measured run of 600 rows took under 5 minutes, which is about 2 rows per second. A full catalogue of more than 40,000 rows takes several hours, so set a long run timeout.
• Usage cost in that run was about 1.6 US cents per 600 rows.
• A run that is interrupted by the platform continues from where it stopped.

The usage cost of a run settles only after the run has SUCCEEDED, so read the final cost after that point.

Use cases

• Track Italian pharmacy prices for a brand or a category.
• Match products between Farmae.it and other European pharmacies with the EAN.
• Watch discounts and stock for skincare and health brands.
• Build a price comparison or market report for Italy.

Related actors

Other pharmacy and beauty retailers in this fleet cover Farmasiet, Medpex, Druni, Marionnaud, Notino and Flaconi.

FAQ

Does it need a login? No. The actor reads the public catalogue feed and public product documents.

How many products can I read? The catalogue lists more than 40,000 products. Set maxResults to the number you need.

Why is the EAN empty on some rows? The shop does not publish a barcode for every product. The row is still returned with the other fields.

How often is the data updated? Each run reads the live site.

What if a product page is removed? The page is skipped and the run goes on with the next one.

Notes

Use the data in line with the site's terms and with local law. Source websites can change or restrict access, and we are not responsible for restrictions imposed by them.