Taobao Product Search Scraper

Search Taobao for any product keyword and export structured listings with original and English titles, price, promotion price, sales volume, seller type, image and product URL.

Unofficial / independent tool. This Actor is not affiliated with, authorized, sponsored, or endorsed by Taobao. It retrieves publicly available data through a third-party API. You are responsible for using the output in compliance with Taobao's terms and all applicable laws.

What this Actor does

This Actor focuses on one job: search taobao products by keyword on taobao.com. Each query returns live Taobao product listings through a managed commerce API.

• Searches Taobao products by one or more keywords.
• Returns price and promotion price in CNY.
• Includes sales volume, seller type and seller level.
• Provides product IDs, images and direct Taobao URLs.

Input

Field	Type	Description
searchQueries	array	Product keywords to search on Taobao. Chinese keywords return the broadest catalog.
maxItems	integer	Maximum records to return (caps your spend).
proxyConfiguration	object	Optional Apify Proxy settings.

Example input

{
  "maxItems": 5
}

Output

The Actor returns one dataset item per Taobao product. Each item is a flat, analysis-ready JSON record. Example of a real returned item:

{
  "productId": 789012345678,
  "title": "无线蓝牙耳机 主动降噪 长续航",
  "titleEnglish": "Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation",
  "price": 129.0,
  "promotionPrice": 99.0,
  "retailPrice": 129.0,
  "sellerType": "seller",
  "unit": "件",
  "imageUrl": "https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i1/example-1.jpg",
  "url": "https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=789012345678",
  "salesVolume": 2841,
  "retentionRate": 42.5,
  "sellerLevel": 5,
  "id": "789012345678",
  "source": "taobao-search"
}

Output fields

Field	Description
productId	Taobao product ID
title	Original product title
titleEnglish	English product title
price	Price (CNY)
promotionPrice	Promotion price (CNY)
retailPrice	Retail price (CNY)
sellerType	Seller type
unit	Sale unit
imageUrl	Product image URL
url	Taobao product URL
salesVolume	Sales volume
retentionRate	Retention rate
sellerLevel	Seller level
url	Canonical link to the item on the source site
id	Stable identifier for the item (when available)
source	Which list / query the item came from

How it works

• Direct API, no browser. Data is fetched over HTTP — no headless browser, no login, no cookies to manage.
• Honest failure. Transient upstream blocks (rate limits, edge protection) are retried with exponential backoff. If the source stays unavailable, the run fails loudly instead of returning a misleading empty dataset.
• De-duplicated. Items are de-duplicated by their identifier within a run.
• Pay per successful request. One product-search event ($0.035) is charged only after an upstream request returns data. maxItems caps the records written to the dataset.

Use cases

• Research product demand and prices on Taobao.
• Monitor product assortment and sales signals.
• Build sourcing and catalog-enrichment workflows.
• Export Taobao search results to JSON, CSV or Excel.

Integration

Run it from the Apify Console, on a schedule, or call it programmatically via the Apify API, the JavaScript / Python clients, or MCP. Output can be exported as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or pushed to your own storage.

FAQ

Do I need a Taobao account, cookies, or to log in? No. The Actor only reads publicly available data.

How am I billed? $0.035 per successful request that returns data; empty or failed requests are not charged.

Can I schedule it or call it from my own code? Yes — use Apify Schedules, the REST API, the official clients, or MCP.

Is this an official Taobao product? No. It is an independent tool and is not affiliated with Taobao.