# Harmoney OpenFDA Drug Recall Monitor (`tolvan/harmoney-openfda-recall-monitor`) Actor Collect FDA drug recall enforcement records from the public openFDA API and output normalized recall items. - **URL**: https://apify.com/tolvan/harmoney-openfda-recall-monitor.md - **Developed by:** [Jesper Tolvers](https://apify.com/tolvan) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.10 / 1,000 drug recall results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## OpenFDA Drug Recall Monitor Export normalized **public FDA drug recall enforcement records** from the official openFDA API. The Actor is designed for bounded research, compliance monitoring, journalism, supply-chain checks, and automations that need structured JSON rather than a web page. > **Not medical advice.** This Actor reports public enforcement data without interpreting clinical risk. Confirm decisions against the linked official FDA source and your qualified professional workflow. ### Why use it? - Official public source: `api.fda.gov/drug/enforcement.json` - Date, FDA status, classification, product/firm/reason phrase filters - Newest report dates first - Normalized JSON dataset plus a machine-readable `OUTPUT_SUMMARY` - Hard maximum of 200 records per run - No browser, proxy, account, API token, or paid source required - Location fields are excluded by default for data minimization ### Input ```json { "daysBack": 90, "status": "Any", "classification": "Class II", "searchText": "metformin", "includeLocation": false, "maxItems": 25 } ```` You can replace the rolling `daysBack` window with inclusive `startDate` and `endDate` values in `YYYY-MM-DD` format. | Field | Default | Limits | Purpose | |---|---:|---:|---| | `daysBack` | `30` | 1–730 | Rolling UTC window when `startDate` is empty | | `startDate` | calculated | valid date | Inclusive FDA report-date lower bound | | `endDate` | today (UTC) | valid date | Inclusive FDA report-date upper bound | | `status` | `Any` | fixed options | Any, Ongoing, Completed, or Terminated | | `classification` | `Any` | fixed options | Any, Class I, Class II, or Class III | | `searchText` | empty | 100 chars | Literal phrase in product, recalling firm, or recall reason | | `includeLocation` | `false` | boolean | Include public city/state/country fields | | `maxItems` | `50` | 1–200 | Hard dataset output cap | Do not put credentials, secrets, or unnecessary personal data in `searchText`. Secret-like input is rejected and the literal search text is never written to Actor logs or the summary. ### Output Each dataset item is one FDA drug enforcement record: ```json { "recallNumber": "D-0643-2026", "reportDate": "2026-07-08", "classification": "Class II", "status": "Ongoing", "productType": "Drugs", "productDescription": "...", "reasonForRecall": "...", "recallingFirm": "...", "source": "openFDA Drug Enforcement API", "sourceUrl": "https://open.fda.gov/apis/drug/enforcement/", "fetchedAt": "2026-07-16T07:06:40.523Z", "disclaimer": "Public FDA enforcement data only; not medical advice and not a substitute for the official record." } ``` The default key-value store also receives `OUTPUT_SUMMARY`, containing the item/request counts, effective date range, non-sensitive filter metadata, completion time, source, and disclaimer. ### Safety and reliability - Requests can only go to the fixed HTTPS host `api.fda.gov`; users cannot supply URLs. This removes the usual SSRF route. - Network calls time out after 20 seconds and retry transient HTTP 429/5xx failures at most twice. - A response larger than 5 MB is rejected before data is saved. - Input and output are bounded; there are no unbounded crawls or recursive schedules. - Only selected public enforcement fields are emitted. Nested openFDA data is not copied wholesale. - Location is opt-in. The Actor does not request patient records, adverse-event narratives, credentials, or private health data. - Invalid input and upstream failures stop the run with an honest error. The Actor never fabricates records. ### Limitations - Data availability, wording, and correction timing are controlled by FDA/openFDA. - A recall may have several enforcement records. `recallNumber` is retained so downstream systems can deduplicate deliberately. - No-match openFDA responses use HTTP 404; this Actor treats that specific response as a successful empty dataset. - Search uses openFDA's documented query service. Phrase matching is not fuzzy semantic search. - The Actor does not send alerts by itself. Use Apify schedules/webhooks or export the dataset into your monitoring system. - Public data can still contain business names and addresses. Enable location output only when your purpose needs it. ### Run locally ```bash npm ci npm test npm run build apify validate-schema apify run --purge --input-file examples/INPUT.json ``` ### Source and freshness - openFDA Drug Enforcement API documentation: https://open.fda.gov/apis/drug/enforcement/ - FDA recalls and safety alerts: https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts Source availability and integration were last verified **2026-07-16 UTC**. ### Cost profile The Actor uses direct JSON requests and no browser. A five-item local integration run on 2026-07-16 used one upstream request, completed in 4.27 seconds including Actor startup, and peaked at about 184 MiB RSS. Cloud usage varies by platform startup and load; the deployed smoke run is the authoritative per-run measurement. # Actor input Schema ## `daysBack` (type: `integer`): Rolling number of UTC days before endDate. Used only when startDate is empty. ## `startDate` (type: `string`): Optional inclusive report date in YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty to use daysBack. ## `endDate` (type: `string`): Inclusive report date in YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to the current UTC date. ## `status` (type: `string`): Filter by the FDA enforcement status, or return any status. ## `classification` (type: `string`): Filter by the FDA recall classification, or return every class. ## `searchText` (type: `string`): Optional literal phrase (maximum 100 characters). Do not enter personal data, credentials, or secrets. ## `includeLocation` (type: `boolean`): Include city, state, and country from the public enforcement record. Disabled by default for data minimization. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Hard output cap. One dataset item represents one FDA enforcement record. ## Actor input object example ```json { "daysBack": 30, "status": "Any", "classification": "Any", "includeLocation": false, "maxItems": 50 } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("tolvan/harmoney-openfda-recall-monitor").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("tolvan/harmoney-openfda-recall-monitor").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call tolvan/harmoney-openfda-recall-monitor --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=tolvan/harmoney-openfda-recall-monitor", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Harmoney OpenFDA Drug Recall Monitor", "description": "Collect FDA drug recall enforcement records from the public openFDA API and output normalized recall items.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "4GcoXvc7vRCZyiyu6" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/tolvan~harmoney-openfda-recall-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-tolvan-harmoney-openfda-recall-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/tolvan~harmoney-openfda-recall-monitor/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-tolvan-harmoney-openfda-recall-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/tolvan~harmoney-openfda-recall-monitor/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-tolvan-harmoney-openfda-recall-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "maxItems" ], "properties": { "daysBack": { "title": "Days back", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 730, "type": "integer", "description": "Rolling number of UTC days before endDate. Used only when startDate is empty.", "default": 30 }, "startDate": { "title": "Start date", "type": "string", "description": "Optional inclusive report date in YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty to use daysBack." }, "endDate": { "title": "End date", "type": "string", "description": "Inclusive report date in YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to the current UTC date." }, "status": { "title": "Recall status", "enum": [ "Any", "Ongoing", "Completed", "Terminated" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter by the FDA enforcement status, or return any status.", "default": "Any" }, "classification": { "title": "FDA classification", "enum": [ "Any", "Class I", "Class II", "Class III" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter by the FDA recall classification, or return every class.", "default": "Any" }, "searchText": { "title": "Product, firm, or reason contains", "type": "string", "description": "Optional literal phrase (maximum 100 characters). Do not enter personal data, credentials, or secrets." }, "includeLocation": { "title": "Include public firm location", "type": "boolean", "description": "Include city, state, and country from the public enforcement record. Disabled by default for data minimization.", "default": false }, "maxItems": { "title": "Maximum dataset items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 200, "type": "integer", "description": "Hard output cap. One dataset item represents one FDA enforcement record.", "default": 50 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```