How to get German Drug Shortage Monitor in Zapier

Open medicine shortage reports from the German BfArM / PharmNet-Bund public CSV. A run saves one row per result.

Set up the Apify actor

Apify is where this run is collected. An actor is the program that collects the rows. A task is that program saved with your settings, so the next section can ask for the latest rows. You need a free Apify account.

01
Open German Drug Shortage Monitor and click Try for free. Create an Apify account if you do not have one. The Free plan does not ask for a card.
02
You are on the input form. Keep the sample for this first run.
```
{
    "hospitalRelevantOnly": false,
    "maxItems": 5
}
```
03
Leave the proxy setting as it is. Click Start and wait until the run says Succeeded.
04
Open Storage, then Dataset. You should see productName, atcCode, substances, startDate.
05
When you want the real list, raise maxItems. The sample cap is only there so the first run stays small.
06
Go back to the input and choose Save as a new task. Name it after this list.
07
Open the task. Copy the task ID from the address bar. Excel, Sheets, Power BI, and the other guides ask for this ID.
08
On the task, open Schedules and add a weekly run if you want fresh rows. Each run pays the start charge and the charge for the rows. The amounts are in the price list on this page.
09
Open Settings, then API & Integrations, and copy an API token. Excel, Sheets, and the other guides put this token in a download link. Anyone with that link can download the rows, so treat it like a password.

How to set up in Zapier

Use the task ID and the API token from Set up the Apify actor, above.

01
In Zapier, create a Zap. For the action, search Apify and choose Run Actor.
02
Connect your Apify account and choose Allow Access. If the connection asks for a token, paste the API token from Set up the Apify actor, above.

Select German Drug Shortage Monitor. Paste this input.

{
    "hospitalRelevantOnly": false,
    "maxItems": 5
}

04
Leave the run asynchronous, then add Fetch dataset items. Map productName, atcCode, substances, startDate, endDate. Publish the Zap.
05
For a weekly pull, use the weekly schedule from Set up the Apify actor, above, and start the Zap from Finished Actor run.

Schema

Examples come from the actor sample, not a live result.

Name	Description	Example
`productName`	Product Name	`Aciclovir AbZ Lippenherpescreme`
`atcCode`	Atc Code	`D06BB03`
`substances`	Substances	`Aciclovir`
`startDate`	Start Date	`2026-10-15`
`endDate`	End Date	`2026-10-15`
`firstReportDate`	First Report Date	`2026-10-15`
`lastReportDate`	Last Report Date	`2026-10-15`
`scrapedAt`	Scraped At	`2026-09-24T12:00:00.000Z`

productNameProduct NameAciclovir AbZ Lippenherpescreme
atcCodeAtc CodeD06BB03
substancesSubstancesAciclovir
startDateStart Date2026-10-15
endDateEnd Date2026-10-15
firstReportDateFirst Report Date2026-10-15
lastReportDateLast Report Date2026-10-15
scrapedAtScraped At2026-09-24T12:00:00.000Z