# Healthgrades Scraper — Doctor Profiles, Ratings & Reviews (`commanding_hotdog/healthgrades-scraper`) Actor

Extract rich doctor profile data from Healthgrades.com via pure HTTP (no browser): name, specialty, NPI, ratings, review counts, hospital affiliations, education, practice address and geo coordinates. Search by specialty/location or scrape direct profile URLs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/commanding_hotdog/healthgrades-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [qingwa](https://apify.com/commanding_hotdog) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Marketing
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 6 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Healthgrades Scraper — Pure HTTP Doctor Data Extractor

Extract rich doctor profile data from [Healthgrades.com](https://www.healthgrades.com) using **pure HTTP** — no browser, no Playwright, no expensive proxies.

### v2.0 Rewrite

Rewritten from the ground up (was: Node.js + PlaywrightCrawler, maxConcurrency 1):

- **Pure HTTP** via `httpx` async — 8 concurrent requests
- **JSON-LD parsing** (`@graph` → `IndividualPhysician`) for structured data
- **HTML fallbacks** for name/phone when JSON-LD is incomplete
- Retry with backoff for transient failures (429/5xx)

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `mode` | select | `search` or `profile` |
| `searchQuery` | textfield | Search keywords (e.g. "Cardiologist"). Overrides specialty. |
| `specialty` | textfield | Medical specialty (default: "Doctor") |
| `location` | textfield | Location, e.g. "New York, NY" (default) |
| `doctorUrl` | textfield | Single doctor profile URL (profile mode) |
| `doctorUrls` | stringList | Multiple doctor profile URLs (profile mode) |
| `maxResults` | number | Max profiles to return (1–500, default: 20) |

### Output fields

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `url` | Doctor profile URL |
| `name` | Full name |
| `specialty` | Medical specialty |
| `npi` | NPI number |
| `rating` | Average rating (0–5) |
| `reviewCount` | Number of reviews |
| `phone` | Phone number (when available) |
| `hospital` | Primary hospital affiliation |
| `hospitals` | List of {name, address} |
| `address` | Practice street address |
| `practiceName` | Practice name |
| `latitude` / `longitude` | Geo coordinates |
| `education` | List of schools/institutions |
| `languages` | Languages spoken |
| `image` | Profile photo URL |
| `description` | Bio description |

### Local testing

```bash
python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python tests/test_local.py
```

### Deployment

Follows the standard flow: local tests → deploy → cloud smoke test → publish.
**Do not publish without user confirmation.**

# Actor input Schema

## `doctorUrl` (type: `string`):

Single doctor profile URL for profile mode.

## `doctorUrls` (type: `array`):

List of doctor profile URLs for profile mode.

## `location` (type: `string`):

Search location, e.g. 'New York, NY' or '90210'.

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

Maximum number of doctor profiles to return.

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Search mode finds doctors by specialty/location; profile mode scrapes given doctor URLs directly.

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

Search keywords (e.g. 'Cardiologist', 'Pediatrician'). Overrides specialty if set.

## `specialty` (type: `string`):

Medical specialty to search for (used when searchQuery is empty).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "location": "New York, NY",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "mode": "search",
  "specialty": "Doctor"
}
```

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("commanding_hotdog/healthgrades-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("commanding_hotdog/healthgrades-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 '{}' |
apify call commanding_hotdog/healthgrades-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,commanding_hotdog/healthgrades-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/NQdVtvrwQhdRcbaXO/builds/cux3YVmECMJq4AbWZ/openapi.json