# AliExpress Scraper (`chartedsea/aliexpress-scraper`) Actor

Scrape AliExpress search results, categories, products, reviews, sellers, and
marketplace discovery feeds without maintaining anti-bot headers, signatures,
cookies, browser sessions, or mobile API behavior.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/chartedsea/aliexpress-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Charted Sea](https://apify.com/chartedsea) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.72 / 1,000 aliexpress record scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## AliExpress Scraper

Scrape AliExpress search results, categories, products, reviews, sellers, and
discovery feeds without maintaining anti-bot headers, signatures, cookies, or
browser sessions.

The Actor accepts AliExpress URLs with a two-letter country subdomain. Each
request is processed independently and produces one row in the default dataset.

### Quick start

```json
{
  "requests": [
    {
      "url": "https://sg.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-wireless-earbuds.html?page=1"
    }
  ]
}
```

A run accepts 1 to 100 requests. The Actor waits for every request to reach a
terminal state before publishing results and charging finalized events.

### Country routing

Every submitted URL must use a two-letter ISO country prefix:

```text
https://${countryCode}.aliexpress.com/...
```

For example, use `sg.aliexpress.com` for Singapore or `gb.aliexpress.com` for
the United Kingdom. The prefix selects the task country and proxy location.
Do not submit `www.aliexpress.com`, because it does not identify a task country.
The selected country must have a configured proxy.

### Input

Shared options apply to every request. A value inside an individual request
overrides the shared value for that request.

- `requests` - Required array containing 1 to 100 AliExpress requests.
- `emulateMobileDevice` - Emulate mobile web traffic. Default: `false`.
- `language` - Optional request language.

Per-request fields:

- `url` - Required AliExpress URL with a two-letter country subdomain.
- `method` - `GET`. Default: `GET`.
- Any shared option above - Overrides that option for this request.

`cleanResponseBody` is not supported. Unknown request options are passed to the
backend for forward compatibility.

#### Product search and Seller products options

These options affect only Product search and Seller products requests, whether
supplied at the input or request level:

- `productListing_crawlNextPages` - Crawl subsequent listing pages.
- `productListing_crawlNextPages_maxPages` - Maximum listing pages.
- `productListing_crawlNextPages_maxUniqueProducts` - Maximum unique products.
- `productListing_crawlNextPages_stopWhenNewPageOnlyContainsDuplicates` - Stop
  on a page containing only products already collected. Default: `true`.
- `productListing_crawlNextPages_stopWhenNoMorePagesIsTrue` - Stop when
  AliExpress reports no more pages. Default: `true`.

### Supported AliExpress APIs

#### Product search by keyword

```text
https://${countryCode}.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-${keywordSlug}.html?page=${page}
```

```json
{
  "requests": [
    { "url": "https://sg.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-wireless-earbuds.html?page=1" }
  ]
}
```

[Keyword products example](https://www.chartedsea.com/assets/files/keyword_products-e4f1621db8e82eb64a9aed75a4616960.json)

#### Product search by category

```text
https://${countryCode}.aliexpress.com/category/${categoryId}/${categorySlug}.html?page=${page}
```

```json
{
  "requests": [
    { "url": "https://sg.aliexpress.com/category/200003482/women-clothing.html?page=1" }
  ]
}
```

[Category products example](https://www.chartedsea.com/assets/files/category_products-5a495ed788c2b205ba40a4cec57d2be9.json)

#### Seller products

```text
https://${countryCode}.aliexpress.com/store/${storeId}?page=${page}
```

The `page` parameter selects seller products. Without `page`, the URL selects
seller details.

[Seller products example](https://www.chartedsea.com/assets/files/seller_products-ede2e54fbff3969bdb8c3d3165652ecb.json)

#### Product details

```text
https://${countryCode}.aliexpress.com/item/${productId}.html
```

```json
{
  "requests": [
    { "url": "https://sg.aliexpress.com/item/1005011672102938.html" }
  ]
}
```

[Product detail example](https://www.chartedsea.com/assets/files/product_detail-e3f6d086154cd3e34c940c81a1c7ad2c.json)

#### Product reviews

```text
https://${countryCode}.aliexpress.com/pdp/review/getReviewList?itemId=${productId}&page=${page}&filter=${filter}&sort=complex_default
```

Supported review parameters:

- `page` or `pageNo` - One-based page. Default: `1`.
- `filter` - `all` or `image`. Default: `all`.
- `sort` - Only `complex_default` is supported.
- `pageSize` - Use `10` for `all` or `6` for `image` when supplied.

Star filters and alternative sort modes are not supported.

[Product reviews example](https://www.chartedsea.com/assets/files/product_reviews-cd8da8dd88bcc8f4d979bdd287e60e58.json)

#### Seller details

```text
https://${countryCode}.aliexpress.com/store/${storeId}
```

Do not add `page` to a seller-detail URL.

[Seller detail example](https://www.chartedsea.com/assets/files/seller_detail-e1ae057997e4129a4b2f879919b9f557.json)

#### Category navigation

```text
https://${countryCode}.aliexpress.com/h5/mtop.lazada.guided.shopping.categories.categorieslpcommon/1.0/
```

This endpoint extracts homepage category navigation for the selected country,
not a complete category tree.

[Category navigation example](https://www.chartedsea.com/assets/files/category_tree-2fb48c5406f3ede10ddaf8d7efec230f.json)

#### Keyword listing

```text
https://${countryCode}.aliexpress.com/fn/seo-alphabet/index?channel=popular&pageNo=${page}
```

The `channel` value must be `popular`.

[Keyword listing example](https://www.chartedsea.com/assets/files/keyword_listing-9deaac3f6221709c804ac5b91d946c6f.json)

### Unsupported APIs

AliExpress does not support:

- Seller promoted products.
- Product Reviews V2. Use Product Reviews instead.
- Seller listing through `sitemap-sellers.xml`.

Unsupported requests are rejected before execution and are not billed.

### Output

The default dataset contains one row per input request:

```json
{
  "marketplaceRunUuid": "...",
  "taskUuid": "...",
  "url": "https://sg.aliexpress.com/item/1005011672102938.html",
  "status": "SUCCESS",
  "responseBody": {}
}
```

Output fields:

- `marketplaceRunUuid` - Marketplace run ID.
- `taskUuid` - Task ID.
- `url` - Original requested URL.
- `status` - Terminal request status.
- `responseBody` - Native AliExpress response for a successful request.
- `error` - Error description for an unsuccessful request.

Rows remain in the same logical request order. One failed request does not hide
successful rows from the same batch.

### Related Actors

- [Lazada Scraper](https://apify.com/chartedsea/lazada-scraper) - Scrape Lazada searches, products, ratings, sellers, and categories.
- [Shopee Scraper](https://apify.com/chartedsea/shopee-api-scraper) - Scrape Shopee Web searches, products, ratings, shops, categories, and recommendations.

### Pricing and charging

Pay as you go with no subscription or monthly minimum:

- Successful AliExpress request: $0.00272 per request, or $2.72 per 1,000
  successful requests.
- Proxy usage: $0.00013 per started block of 100 proxy units.
- Actor start: $0.00005 per GB of Actor memory, with a minimum of one event.
- Dataset result: $0.00001 per result written to the default dataset.

This is a PAY\_PER\_EVENT Actor. It charges one `csea-scrape-aliexpress` event per
successful AliExpress request and finalized `csea-proxy-unit` events for proxy
usage. Failed or cancelled requests are not charged as successful AliExpress
requests. Use Apify's maximum total charge setting to bound an execution's cost.

### Graceful aborts and retries

A graceful Apify abort cancels known scraping tasks and waits for backend
finalization. Interrupted Actor executions persist their marketplace-run,
charging, and output state so they can resume without intentionally duplicating
charges or dataset rows.

### Operational guidance

- Treat response fields and live totals as marketplace-controlled data.
- Monitor success rates during major sales and high-traffic periods.
- Prefer bounded listing crawls over unbounded multi-page requests.

# Actor input Schema

## `requests` (type: `array`):

One to 100 AliExpress requests. Use a two-letter country subdomain such as sg.aliexpress.com.

## `emulateMobileDevice` (type: `boolean`):

Whether to emulate mobile web traffic.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language for this request.

## `productListing_crawlNextPages` (type: `boolean`):

Whether to crawl subsequent product-listing pages.

## `productListing_crawlNextPages_maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of product-listing pages to crawl.

## `productListing_crawlNextPages_maxUniqueProducts` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of unique products to collect.

## `productListing_crawlNextPages_stopWhenNewPageOnlyContainsDuplicates` (type: `boolean`):

Stop when a listing page contains only products already collected.

## `productListing_crawlNextPages_stopWhenNoMorePagesIsTrue` (type: `boolean`):

Stop when the marketplace reports that no more listing pages exist.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "requests": [
    {
      "url": "https://sg.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-wireless-earbuds.html?page=1"
    }
  ],
  "emulateMobileDevice": false,
  "language": "en",
  "productListing_crawlNextPages": false,
  "productListing_crawlNextPages_stopWhenNewPageOnlyContainsDuplicates": true,
  "productListing_crawlNextPages_stopWhenNoMorePagesIsTrue": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Complete result rows in the default dataset.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "requests": [
        {
            "url": "https://sg.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-wireless-earbuds.html?page=1"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("chartedsea/aliexpress-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "requests": [{ "url": "https://sg.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-wireless-earbuds.html?page=1" }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("chartedsea/aliexpress-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "requests": [
    {
      "url": "https://sg.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-wireless-earbuds.html?page=1"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call chartedsea/aliexpress-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,chartedsea/aliexpress-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/BI3LtXWqCUW3gVR11/builds/MeZNcb1Um6jdInTdK/openapi.json