Newpharma Scraper

Scrape pharmacy products, OTC medicines, supplements, beauty items, and health products from Newpharma.be — Belgium's largest online pharmacy with 45,000+ products from 1,700+ brands.

How to scrape Newpharma data

1. Go to the Newpharma Scraper page on the Apify Store.
2. Click Try for free to open the actor in Apify Console.
3. Choose a category URL or use the default (OTC medicines — Pain & Fever).
4. Optionally add a search keyword to filter results (e.g., "paracetamol").
5. Set the maximum number of results you want.
6. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
7. Download your data as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Dataset tab.

What data can you extract?

For each product, the scraper extracts:

Field	Description	Example
name	Full product name with dosage/format	Sofrasolone Spray Nasal Microdoseur 10ml
brand	Manufacturer or brand name	MELISANA
price	Current selling price (EUR)	4.29
currency	Currency code	EUR
originalPrice	Price before discount (if applicable)	5.99
url	Full product page URL	https://www.newpharma.be/pharmacie/melisana/18941/...
imageUrl	Product image URL	https://img.newpharma.net/images/products/...
category	Category breadcrumb	Medicaments > Rhume > Sprays
productId	Newpharma internal product ID	18941
inStock	Availability status	true
productType	Product classification (PH = pharmacy)	PH
rating	Customer rating (0-5)	4.2
description	Product description (with detail mode)	En cas d'un nez bouche...
scrapedAt	Timestamp of data collection	2026-06-07T10:30:00.000Z

Input options

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	array	OTC Pain & Fever category	Category or product URLs to scrape
searchQuery	string	(empty)	Filter products by keyword within categories
maxResults	integer	50	Maximum number of products to return
language	select	fr	Site language: French (/pharmacie/) or Dutch (/apotheek/)
includeProductDetails	boolean	false	Fetch individual product pages for extra details
brightDataApiKey	string	(required)	Bright Data Web Unlocker API key

Example output

{
    "name": "Dafalgan 1g Comprimés 40",
    "brand": "DAFALGAN",
    "price": 8.49,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "url": "https://www.newpharma.be/pharmacie/dafalgan/106248/dafalgan-1g-comprimes-40.html",
    "imageUrl": "https://img.newpharma.net/images/products/fr/500/dafalgan-1g-comprimes-40.v3.jpg",
    "category": "Medicaments (sans prescription) > Douleur - Fièvre",
    "productId": "106248",
    "inStock": true,
    "productType": "PH",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-07T10:30:00.000Z"
}

How it works

Newpharma.be is protected by Cloudflare Turnstile — one of the most aggressive anti-bot systems. This actor bypasses it using Bright Data's Web Unlocker service:

1. You provide a Bright Data API key (get one at brightdata.com).
2. The actor sends requests through Bright Data's infrastructure which handles the Cloudflare challenge.
3. Product data is extracted from the server-rendered HTML using Cheerio (no browser needed).

This approach is fast, reliable, and cost-effective compared to running headless browsers.

Category URLs

You can scrape any Newpharma category by providing the category URL. Popular categories:

• OTC Medicines: https://www.newpharma.be/pharmacie/cat/medicaments-sans-prescription/190.html
• Pain & Fever: https://www.newpharma.be/pharmacie/cat/medicaments-sans-prescription/douleur-fievre/189-193.html
• Vitamins: https://www.newpharma.be/pharmacie/cat/vitamines-nutritherapie/20.html
• Beauty & Cosmetics: https://www.newpharma.be/pharmacie/cat/beaute-cosmetiques/12.html
• Baby & Children: https://www.newpharma.be/pharmacie/cat/grossesse-bebes-enfants/1228.html
• First Aid: https://www.newpharma.be/pharmacie/cat/premiers-soins-soins-a-domicile/1265.html

For Dutch language, replace /pharmacie/ with /apotheek/ and use Dutch category slugs.

Cost estimate

Each category page fetched costs approximately $0.01 in Bright Data credits. A typical category page contains 20-25 products, so:

• 50 products = ~2-3 page fetches = ~$0.03 in Bright Data costs + Apify compute
• 500 products = ~20-25 page fetches = ~$0.25 in Bright Data costs + Apify compute
• With includeProductDetails enabled, add ~$0.01 per product for individual page fetches.

Bilingual support

Newpharma operates in both French and Dutch for Belgian customers:

• French: URLs start with /pharmacie/ (default)
• Dutch: URLs start with /apotheek/

Set the language input to switch between them. Product names, categories, and descriptions will be in the selected language.

Limitations

• Search is not supported — Newpharma's search uses Algolia client-side JavaScript which is not available in server-rendered HTML. Use category URLs or keyword filtering instead.
• CNK codes — Belgian pharmacy codes are not consistently displayed in the HTML. The field is included for future compatibility.
• Rate limiting — The actor respects Bright Data's rate limits. Very large scrapes (1000+ products) may take several minutes.
• Product details mode — Enabling includeProductDetails makes the scraper significantly slower and more expensive as it fetches each product page individually.

No login required

This scraper extracts publicly available product data without requiring any Newpharma account or login credentials. No cookies, no sessions, no authentication needed.