Pill Identifier API

Pill Identifier API for pharmacy software.

Send a tablet image or imprint query to BuildLoop Cloud and receive structured matches—imprint, color, shape, and a DrugID your application can store and reuse.

POST /v2/pill-identifier

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Close-up of a round white tablet with imprint 512, used to illustrate the Pill Identifier API.

Example response

POST /v2/pill-identifier

{"imprints": ["512"],
"colors": ["white"],
"shape": "round",
"matches": [{ "DrugID": "54092018981" }]

Quick facts

Product: Pill Identifier
Endpoint: POST /v2/pill-identifier
API base: https://api.buildloopcloud.com/v2/
Auth headers: x-api-key (customer key) and x-user-uuid (stable end-user UUID) on every Cloud call
Audience: Pharmacy and healthcare software teams embedding APIs—not a consumer patient app
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Docs: https://docs.buildloop.com
Endpoint docs: https://docs.buildloop.com/#/rest_api

Image or imprint

Identify an unknown medication from a photo or imprint text your workflow already captures.

Structured matches

Receive imprint, color, shape, and candidate matches as documented JSON—not a free-text guess.

DrugID handoff

Use the returned DrugID with Drug Details to pull structured medication information into your app.

Built for medication identification workflows

Pharmacy and healthcare applications need a reliable way to turn a tablet image or imprint into data the rest of the system can use. The Pill Identifier API is that entry point on BuildLoop Cloud.

Your software stays in control of capture UX, clinician review, and downstream storage. BuildLoop Cloud handles identification inference and returns fields your integration can parse.

From identification to drug information

Identification alone is rarely enough. After a match, send the DrugID to the Drug Details path for documented medication fields. That Identify → Match → Retrieve flow is how teams use BuildLoop Cloud as a medication data platform—not only an image model.

Dataset notes

Pill Identifier on BuildLoop Cloud currently uses the international / partner identification dataset. Coverage and available fields can differ by country and product. See the API documentation for international usage notes when you integrate.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Pill Identifier API accept?

Image queries and imprint-oriented text queries as documented in the REST API. Responses include structured fields and match candidates when available.

How do I get full drug information after a match?

Take a DrugID from the identifier response and call Drug Details. See the drug information API page and the data dictionary for field coverage.

How do pharmacy software teams typically integrate it?

Your application owns capture and review UX. Call the identifier endpoint with your Cloud API key, store the DrugID from matches, then retrieve structured drug details when your workflow needs them—all on the shared /v2/ endpoint.

AI-assisted results: BuildLoop Cloud provides assistive medication image analysis and drug information. Results should be independently validated before use in clinical, dispensing, or other consequential workflows. Medical / AI Disclaimer · AI / Pill Identification Notice