# Drugs.com API: Identify pill by imprint > Finds possible pill matches on the Drugs.com pill identifier by imprint, optionally narrowed by color and shape, with each pill's labeler. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Drugs.com. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/drugs.com/identify-pill - Method: `drugs.com/identify_pill`, version 1 - Website: drugs.com - Returns: medicine name, strength, imprint, color, shape, manufacturer (labeler), pill image link, pill page link - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `color` | string | no | | Pill color, for example white. Default "". | | `shape` | string | no | `"round"` | Pill shape, for example capsule, oval, or round. Default "". | | `imprint` | string | yes | `"M"` | Letters or numbers printed on the pill, for example L484. | ## Output From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "shape": "round", "imprint": "M" } ``` Its output: ```json { "matches": [ { "color": "White", "shape": "Round", "imprint": "M", "strength": "2 mg", "manufacturer": "SpecGx LLC", "medicine_name": "Levorphanol Tartrate", "pill_page_link": "https://www.drugs.com/imprints/m-29950.html", "pill_image_link": "https://www.drugs.com/images/pills/custom/pill29950-2/levorphanol-tartrate-2-mg-m-124556.png" }, { "color": "White", "shape": "Round", "imprint": "M", "strength": "0.025 mg / 2.5 mg", "manufacturer": "Aphena Pharma Solutions - Tennessee, LLC", "medicine_name": "Atropine Sulfate and Diphenoxylate Hydrochloride", "pill_page_link": "https://www.drugs.com/imprints/m-31501.html", "pill_image_link": "https://www.drugs.com/images/pills/custom/pill31501-1/atropine-sulfate-and-diphenoxylate-hydrochloride-0-025-mg-2-5-mg-m-117623.png" }, { "color": "White", "shape": "Round", "imprint": "M", "strength": "70 mg", "manufacturer": "Radius Health, Inc.", "medicine_name": "Binosto", "pill_page_link": "https://www.drugs.com/imprints/m-19894.html", "pill_image_link": "https://www.drugs.com/images/pills/fio/MIS01010/binosto-70-mg-m-94635.JPG" } ] } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"drugs.com/identify_pill","input":{"shape":"round","imprint":"M"}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - Found a white oval pill with M367 stamped on it in my kid's backpack. What is it? - On drugs.com, look up a pill with imprint IP 109 and tell me the drug name, strength, and who makes it - Yellow round tablet marked 'G 3722' — can you figure out what medication this is and link me to a picture? - Identify a blue capsule-shaped pill with the imprint 'TEVA 3109' and list possible matches with their manufacturers - Use the Drugs.com pill identifier to find what a pink round pill imprinted '54 733' is ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "imprint" ], "properties": { "color": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "Pill color, for example white." }, "shape": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "Pill shape, for example capsule, oval, or round." }, "imprint": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "Letters or numbers printed on the pill, for example L484." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "matches" ], "properties": { "matches": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "medicine_name", "strength", "imprint", "color", "shape", "manufacturer", "pill_image_link", "pill_page_link" ], "properties": { "color": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Color listed for this pill." }, "shape": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Shape listed for this pill." }, "imprint": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Pill imprint shown for this match." }, "strength": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Strength printed in the pill listing, when known." }, "manufacturer": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Company listed as labeler on the pill page, when available; it may not be the physical manufacturer." }, "medicine_name": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Name of the identified medicine." }, "pill_page_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Link to this pill's details." }, "pill_image_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Link to a photo of the pill, when available." } } }, "description": "Possible pills that match the description, at most 20." } } } ``` ## See more - [Drugs.com API: Get drug overview](https://fous.com/methods/drugs.com/get-drug.md): Looks up a medicine by brand or generic name on Drugs.com and returns a plain-language overview: class, uses, availability, schedule, dosage forms, side effects, and pregnancy and breastfeeding notes. - [Drugs.com API: Get drug prices](https://fous.com/methods/drugs.com/get-drug-prices.md): Gets the US cash prices Drugs.com lists for a brand or generic medicine by strength, dosage form and quantity, optionally filtered. Where a range is listed the lower price is returned. - [Drugs.com API: Check drug interactions](https://fous.com/methods/drugs.com/check-drug-interactions.md): Checks 2 to 10 medicine names together on the Drugs.com interaction checker and returns drug-to-drug interactions and food or lifestyle warnings, most severe first, plus the names it could not recognise. - [FDA API: Get drug label](https://fous.com/methods/open.fda.gov/get-drug-label.md): Finds the latest FDA drug label for a brand or generic medicine and returns its uses, directions, warnings, ingredients and a DailyMed link. - [FDA API: Search drug recalls](https://fous.com/methods/open.fda.gov/search-drug-recalls.md): Finds FDA drug enforcement recalls by medicine or company name, newest first, with status, class, reason and quantity. Recent recalls may not yet appear. - [Cost Plus Drugs API: Get drug price](https://fous.com/methods/costplusdrugs.com/get-drug-price.md): Looks up a medicine at Cost Plus Drugs by generic or brand name and returns the listed price and its breakdown for a strength, form and quantity, with the strengths and forms on offer. The drug price excludes shipping and taxes; standard shipping is shown separately. - [NIH API: Get chemical facts by name or CAS number](https://fous.com/methods/pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/get-chemical.md): Looks up a chemical on PubChem by common name or CAS number and returns its formula, molecular weight, names, description, SMILES, InChIKey and 2D structure image link. - [NHS API: Get medicine guidance](https://fous.com/methods/nhs.uk/get-medicine.md): Looks up a medicine in the NHS medicines A to Z and returns its guidance: uses, key facts, who can take it, how to take it, side effects, pregnancy and interactions. Sections absent from NHS guidance are null; a plain name with separate adult and child pages selects the adult page. - [All Drugs.com methods](https://fous.com/methods/drugs.com.md)