API Documentation

Setup

Setting up access to our API is incredibly easy. Simply contact me for a unique API key.

How to call an API method

When calling an API method, the GET url should follow the following format

• METHOD:
  The name of the method you wish to call (full list can be seen below).
• PARAMS:
  Methods usually, though not always, require a set of parameters. Parameters should be used in the correct order and must be seperated by a forward slash. Specific details can be found against each of the methods outlined below.
• FORMAT:
  Responses can be returned in either json or xml format.
• KEY:
  The API key you were allocated.
• USERNAME:
  Your frugalpharmacies.com username.

Certain Methods

Your API key will allow you to consume the following methods:

/api/drugs/

• Description:
  This method allows you to search for a drug based on its name.
• Parameter 1:
  Drug name (or part thereof if you are trying to search for a drug). The drug name must be a minimum of 3 characters long.

/api/prices/

• Description:
  This method allows you to search for drug prices based on the drug name.
• Parameter 1:
  The name of the drug.

/api/drug-access-stats/

• Description:
  Returns other drugs that users searched for when viewing the drug name passed.
• Parameter 1:
  The name of the drug.

/api/pharmacies/

• Description:
  Returns a list of nearby pharmacies based on the radius and zipcode passed.
• Parameter 1:
  The zipcode you wish to search against.
• Parameter 2:
  The radius you wish to use along with the zipcode.