openFDA Drug Adverse Events Scraper

openFDA Drug Adverse Events Scraper pulls structured data from openFDA (FDA Adverse Event Reporting System) and returns it as a clean dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel. It searches FDA adverse event reports for a drug or reaction and returns one row per case report with seriousness flags, patient demographics, listed reaction terms and the drugs involved.

No API key, no login. Click Start and it works with the prefilled input.

What does openFDA Drug Adverse Events Scraper do?

It queries openFDA (FDA Adverse Event Reporting System) and returns one row per record, with only the fields that matter. Runs on the Apify platform, so you get an API endpoint, scheduling, monitoring and integrations (Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, webhooks) without maintaining any infrastructure.

Why use it?

• openFDA (FDA Adverse Event Reporting System) data without the plumbing: no proxy setup, no pagination code, no scraping maintenance.
• Schedule it to monitor changes daily or weekly and trigger alerts on new records.
• Feed it straight into a spreadsheet, database, or an AI agent via the Apify API or MCP server.
• Runs in seconds and returns a typed dataset that is ready for analysis.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free / Start.
2. Leave the default input to see a sample run, or type your own values (see Input below).
3. Press Start and wait a few seconds.
4. Open the Output tab and download as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	"patient.drug.medicinalproduct:aspirin"	openFDA search expression, e.g. patient.drug.medicinalproduct:aspirin. Combine fields with AND or OR.
maxResults	integer	25	Maximum number of case reports to return (openFDA caps each request at 100).

Example input:

{
  "searchQuery": "patient.drug.medicinalproduct:aspirin",
  "maxResults": 5
}

Output

One item per record. Sample:

{
  "safety_report_id": "10000242",
  "report_version": 1,
  "receive_date": "20040101",
  "receipt_date": "20040101",
  "report_type": "1",
  "serious": "1"
}

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Data fields

Field	Type	Meaning
safety_report_id	string	Report ID
report_version	integer	Version
receive_date	string	Received
receipt_date	string	Receipt
report_type	string	Report Type
serious	string	Serious
serious_death	string	Death
serious_hospitalisation	string	Hospitalised
occur_country	string	Occurred In
primary_source_country	string	Reporter Country
patient_sex	string	Patient Sex
patient_age	string	Patient Age
patient_age_unit	string	Age Unit
reactions	string	Reactions
drugs	string	Suspect Drugs

How much does it cost to run?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing: you pay per result item pushed to the dataset, and nothing for an empty run. Each run is a few seconds of compute, so typical costs are fractions of a cent per run, and the Apify free tier covers plenty of testing.

Tips and advanced options

• Raise maxResults for a bigger pull; the Actor pages through the source for you.
• Schedule it (e.g. every morning) and combine with a webhook to get only the new records.
• Add the Actor to an AI agent through the Apify MCP server for natural-language queries.

FAQ, disclaimers and support

• Is this legal? It uses publicly available data from openFDA (FDA Adverse Event Reporting System). You are responsible for how you use the data and for complying with the source's terms.
• It returned nothing? Use an openFDA search field such as patient.drug.medicinalproduct:aspirin, reactionmeddrapt:headache or occurcountry:GB.
• Something broken? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab. Data sources change and get fixed quickly.
• Need a custom variant (extra fields, a different source, a scheduled report)? Get in touch through the Issues tab.