DailyMed Query Skill

Search DailyMed SPL labels by drug name or NDC code. No API key required.

Input Type	Function	Returns
drug name (str)	search_drug_labels(name, limit)	list of label summaries
SPL set ID	get_label_detail(set_id)	dict (parsed from XML)
NDC code	get_ndc_info(ndc, limit)	list of label summaries (JSON)
str or list[str]	query(entities, limit)	concise text summary
list[str]	search_batch(entities, limit)	dict[entity → results]

API

Function	Input	Returns
search_drug_labels(drug_name, limit=5)	drug name string	list[dict] with title, setid
get_label_detail(set_id)	SPL set ID	dict (XML→dict, keys vary by label)
get_ndc_info(ndc, limit=5)	NDC string	list[dict] with title, setid
search_batch(entities, limit=3)	list of drug names	dict[str, list[dict]]
summarize(results, entity)	results list + label	compact text
query(entities, limit=3)	single str or list[str]	LLM-readable text block

Usage

See if __name__ == "__main__" block in 06_DailyMed.py for runnable examples covering: single drug search, batch multi-drug search, label detail retrieval, and NDC lookup.

Quick Examples

from importlib.machinery import SourceFileLoader
dm = SourceFileLoader("dm", "06_DailyMed.py").load_module()

# Single entity
print(dm.query("metformin"))

# Multiple entities
print(dm.query(["aspirin", "lisinopril", "atorvastatin"]))

# Full label detail
hits = dm.search_drug_labels("metformin", limit=1)
detail = dm.get_label_detail(hits[0]["setid"])

Data Source

• Provider: U.S. National Library of Medicine / DailyMed
• Base URL: https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/services/v2
• Auth: None (public API)
• Note: Search (/spls.json) and NDC lookup (/spls.json?ndc=...) return JSON. Detail endpoint (/spls/{setid}.xml) is XML-only; parsed to dict automatically.