# Vitusapotek Scraper — Norwegian Pharmacy Products (`studio-amba/vitusapotek-scraper`) Actor

Scrape products, prices, brands, and stock availability from vitusapotek.no — Norway's #2 pharmacy chain. Extract OTC medicine, vitamins, skincare, and personal care products by keyword search.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/studio-amba/vitusapotek-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Studio Amba](https://apify.com/studio-amba) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.20 / 1,000 result scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## Vitusapotek Scraper

Scrape pharmacy products, prices, and availability from **Vitusapotek** (vitusapotek.no) — Norway's #2 pharmacy chain, with online delivery and click & collect across the whole country.

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

### How to scrape Vitusapotek data

1. Go to the [Vitusapotek Scraper](https://apify.com/studio-amba/vitusapotek-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?

Vitusapotek is Norway's #2 pharmacy chain (sibling to our [Apotek 1 Scraper](https://apify.com/studio-amba/apotek1-scraper), Norway's #1), and had no dedicated scraper 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 — can now pull both of Norway's largest pharmacy catalogs side by side.

### What data can you extract from Vitusapotek?

This scraper extracts the following fields per product:

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `name` | String | Full product name including dosage/pack size |
| `brand` | String | Brand name (not always present — some own-label/generic products aren't tagged with a brand in the source's own catalog) |
| `price` | Number | Current selling price in NOK |
| `currency` | String | Currency code (always `NOK`) |
| `productId` | String | Vitusapotek's internal product ID |
| `inStock` | Boolean | Whether the product is available for online purchase ("Nett" status) |
| `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 `"vitamin"` if left empty. |
| `maxResults` | Integer | No | Maximum number of products to return (default: 100). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | No | Proxy settings. Vitusapotek's search results page has no active anti-bot challenge on plain requests, so Apify's default automatic proxy works fine. |

#### Example input

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

#### Default behavior

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

### Example output

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

```json
{
    "name": "Paracet tab  500mg",
    "brand": "Paracet",
    "price": 64.9,
    "currency": "NOK",
    "url": "https://www.vitusapotek.no/smerte-feber-og-forkjolelse/smertestillende/paracet-tab-500mg-20-stk-517128",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-13T19:41:36.823Z",
    "language": "no",
    "productId": "517128",
    "inStock": true
}
```

```json
{
    "name": "Panodil 500 mg tabletter",
    "brand": "Panodil",
    "price": 64.9,
    "currency": "NOK",
    "url": "https://www.vitusapotek.no/smerte-feber-og-forkjolelse/smertestillende/panodil-500-mg-tabletter-20-stk-540973",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-13T19:41:36.824Z",
    "language": "no",
    "productId": "540973",
    "inStock": true
}
```

### How much does it cost to scrape Vitusapotek?

This scraper reads plain server-rendered HTML — no browser rendering needed — so it's cheap and fast. Cost estimate, per result:

| Results | Estimated cost | Cost per result | Time |
|---------|---------------|------------------|------|
| 20 products | < $0.01 | ~$0.002/result | ~5 sec |
| 100 products | ~$0.01 | ~$0.002/result | ~20 sec |
| 1,000 products | ~$0.05 | ~$0.002/result | ~2 min |

Costs are approximate and depend on the Apify plan and proxy usage. Usage cost for a run only settles once the run reports **SUCCEEDED** — reading the dataset before the run finishes will undercount the final cost.

### 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") can return 600+ matches, while an exact product name returns just a handful.
- **No proxy tuning needed**: the search results page has no bot-wall on plain requests, so the default automatic proxy is enough — no need for residential.

### Use cases

- **Price comparison**: Track Norwegian pharmacy pricing against Apotek 1 or other Nordic/European chains.
- **Market research**: Monitor OTC medicine, vitamin, and personal-care pricing trends in Norway.
- **Catalog building**: Build a database of Norwegian pharmacy products with brand, price, and stock data.

### Limitations

- Only publicly listed, non-prescription retail data is extracted — prescription-only ("Rx") medicine has no public price on Vitusapotek's own site and is skipped rather than returned as a zero-price row.
- Vitusapotek does not publish EAN/GTIN barcodes or SKU codes on its product listing pages, unlike some sibling pharmacy sites — these fields aren't part of this actor's output.
- Data is scraped from the public Vitusapotek search results pages and may change without notice.
- Respect the website's terms of service and use responsibly.

### Related Scrapers

Looking for pharmacy data in other European markets? Check out these related scrapers from Studio AMBA:

- [Apotek 1 Scraper](https://apify.com/studio-amba/apotek1-scraper) — Norway's #1 pharmacy chain
- [Kronans Apotek Scraper](https://apify.com/studio-amba/kronansapotek-scraper) — Sweden's #3 pharmacy chain
- [Apoteket Scraper](https://apify.com/studio-amba/apoteket-scraper) — Sweden's state-owned pharmacy chain
- [Apotekhjärtat Scraper](https://apify.com/studio-amba/apotekhjartat-scraper) — Swedish pharmacy chain
- [DrMax Scraper](https://apify.com/studio-amba/drmax-scraper) — Central Europe's largest pharmacy chain (CZ, SK, PL, RO)

### Need this data on a schedule, or a custom version?

We run this scraper as a managed service for businesses: scheduled runs,
deduplication, delta detection, and delivery to your inbox, Google Sheets,
or API — maintenance included. We can also build a custom version with your
exact fields and filters, or combine multiple sources into one feed.

See [studioamba.dev/services](https://studioamba.dev/services/) or email
<hello@studioamba.dev> for a free data sample.
We maintain 300+ European web scrapers and answer within one business day.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Search for products by keyword (e.g., 'paracet', 'ibux', 'vitamin d', 'solkrem'). Uses Vitusapotek's own site search.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of products to return.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. Vitusapotek's search results page has no active anti-bot challenge on plain HTTP requests (verified live) — Apify's default automatic proxy works fine.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "paracet",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {
    "searchQuery": "paracet",
    "maxResults": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("studio-amba/vitusapotek-scraper").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 = {
    "searchQuery": "paracet",
    "maxResults": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("studio-amba/vitusapotek-scraper").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 '{
  "searchQuery": "paracet",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call studio-amba/vitusapotek-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,studio-amba/vitusapotek-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/8u4k2IbKaD5o3ujpo/builds/2BhUGuISW9QfHknHt/openapi.json