Yliopiston Apteekki Scraper — Finland's #1 Pharmacy Chain Products, Prices & Stock

Extract products, prices, brands, stock status, ratings, and categories from Yliopiston Apteekki — Finland's largest pharmacy chain, with locations across the country and a full-scale online store covering OTC medicine, vitamins, skincare, and personal care.

What is Yliopiston Apteekki Scraper?

Yliopiston Apteekki ("University Pharmacy") is Finland's #1 pharmacy chain by revenue and store count. Its online shop mirrors the in-store catalog: pain relief, cold and flu remedies, vitamins and supplements, skincare and cosmetics, baby and maternity products, and general wellness items — all with Finnish pricing in EUR.

This actor scrapes product data directly from the site's Klevu-powered search backend (a hosted search/merchandising service many Nordic and European e-commerce sites use for on-site search). Instead of parsing rendered HTML pages, the actor queries the same JSON API the website's own search box uses, which returns clean, structured product data in a single request per page of results. What people build with it:

• Pharmacy price monitoring — track OTC medicine and supplement prices in the Finnish market over time.
• Market research — Nordic health and wellness market analysts benchmark Finnish pharmacy pricing against Sweden (Apoteket, Apotek Hjartat) and other EU pharmacy chains already covered in this catalog.
• Brand distribution tracking — supplement and skincare brands check their presence, pricing, and category placement on Finland's largest pharmacy retailer.
• Competitive analysis — competing Finnish pharmacies and online drugstores monitor Yliopiston Apteekki's catalog breadth and pricing strategy.
• Consumer health trend research — track bestselling products, ratings, and category trends in the Finnish OTC and wellness market.

What data does Yliopiston Apteekki Scraper extract?

Each product record includes:

• Product name — full product title as listed
• Brand — manufacturer or brand name (e.g. "Burana", "Panadol", "The Ordinary")
• Price — current selling price in EUR
• Original price — pre-discount price, when the product is on sale
• Currency — EUR
• SKU — the site's internal product code
• Product ID — Klevu's internal product/variant identifier
• Stock status — whether the product is currently in stock
• Rating — average customer rating (0–5 scale), when available
• Review count — number of customer reviews
• Image — main product image URL
• Description — product description text, when the catalog exposes one
• Category / categories — product category breadcrumb
• Language — content language (fi)
• URL — direct link to the product page on yliopistonapteekki.fi

How to scrape Yliopiston Apteekki data

1. Go to the Yliopiston Apteekki Scraper page on Apify Store.
2. Click Try for free.
3. Enter a Finnish search query (e.g. "vitamiini", "särkylääke", "aurinkovoide").
4. Set maxResults to the number of products you need.
5. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
6. Download your data in JSON, CSV, Excel, or connect via API.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchQuery	String	No	Search by Finnish keyword, e.g. "vitamiini" (vitamins), "särkylääke" (pain medicine), "aurinkovoide" (sunscreen)
maxResults	Integer	No	Maximum number of products to return (default: 100, max: 10,000)
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Apify proxy settings. The Klevu search API has no anti-bot protection, so datacenter proxies (or no proxy at all) work fine

Default behavior

If no searchQuery is provided, the scraper defaults to "vitamiini". This ensures the actor always returns data, even with an empty input {}.

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

Tips

• Use Finnish keywords for the best results: "vitamiini" (vitamin), "särkylääke" (pain medicine), "aurinkovoide" (sunscreen), "ihovoide" (skin cream), "kuumemittari" (thermometer).
• Broad keywords return more products. A general term like "vitamiini" returns 1,500+ matches; a specific product name returns a handful.
• Pagination is automatic up to maxResults — the actor pages through the Klevu search API until it has enough results or the catalog runs out of matches.

Output

Every output item follows the shared Studio AMBA product schema. Example:

{
    "name": "COSRX ADVANCED THE VITAMIN C 23 SERUM 20 ml",
    "brand": "COSRX",
    "price": 33.9,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "url": "https://www.yliopistonapteekki.fi/cosrx-advanced-the-vitamin-c-23-serum-20-ml-1002497",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-31T14:20:11.123Z",
    "language": "fi",
    "sku": "1002497",
    "productId": "88178",
    "inStock": true,
    "rating": 0,
    "reviewCount": 0,
    "imageUrl": "https://www.yliopistonapteekki.fi/media/catalog/product/cache/5d93c3eba1682290d2f2d04139515abe/1/0/1002497--t1773367217_1.jpg",
    "description": "Tehokas C-vitamiiniseerumi samealle ja epätasaiselle iholle. COSRX Advanced The Vitamin C 23 Serum 20 ml sisältää korkean pitoisuuden, 23 % puhdasta C-vitamiinia sekä E-vitamiinia ja glutationia.",
    "categories": [
        "Kosmetiikka",
        "Kasvojen ihonhoito",
        "Seerumit ja tehohoidot",
        "Seerumit ja tehohoidot kaikille ihotyypeille",
        "Kaikki kauneustuotteet",
        "K-Beauty – Korealainen kosmetiikka",
        "Korealaiset seerumit ja hoitonesteet",
        "Kauneuden huippumerkit -25 %",
        "Tarjoukset"
    ],
    "category": "Kosmetiikka"
}

How much does it cost to scrape Yliopiston Apteekki?

The scraper talks directly to the site's search API (no browser rendering needed), so runs are fast and cheap:

Results	Estimated cost	Time
20 products	~$0.04	~5 sec
100 products	~$0.20	~15 sec
500 products	~$1.00	~1 min

Costs are dominated by per-result pricing rather than compute, since no browser or proxy-heavy fetching is required for the search itself.

Use cases

• Price comparison: Compare Finnish pharmacy pricing against Swedish and other Nordic/EU pharmacy chains.
• Market research: Track OTC medicine, vitamin, and skincare pricing and availability trends in Finland.
• Inventory monitoring: Monitor stock availability of specific products over time.
• Competitive analysis: Compare Yliopiston Apteekki's pricing and assortment with other pharmacy chains.
• Product catalog extraction: Build a database of Finnish pharmacy products with brand, category, and pricing detail.

Integrations

Connect Yliopiston Apteekki Scraper output to your tools:

• Google Sheets — Export product data to spreadsheets
• Slack / Email — Get notifications when prices change
• Webhooks — Trigger actions when new data is available
• API — Access results programmatically via Apify API
• Zapier / Make — Connect to 5,000+ apps

FAQ

Is a Yliopiston Apteekki account required? No. This scraper extracts publicly available product data without any login or authentication.

Can I scrape prescription medicines? The scraper extracts publicly listed product information from search results. Prescription-only medicines may appear but typically show limited pricing detail online, as is standard for EU pharmacy regulation.

How often should I run the scraper? For price monitoring, daily or weekly runs are recommended. Yliopiston Apteekki updates prices, stock, and promotions regularly.

Why am I getting zero results? Try a broader or more common Finnish keyword. Very specific or misspelled product names may not match anything in the catalog.

Do I need residential proxies? No. The site's search backend (Klevu) has no anti-bot protection — plain requests work reliably without residential proxies.

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