# AliExpress Search Scraper: Products, Prices & Sales (`hirepulse/aliexpress-search-scraper`) Actor

Scrape AliExpress search results for any keyword: title, price, original price, discount, rating, units sold, image and product URL. Sort by orders or price, pick currency and ship-to country. Fast and reliable: plain HTTP, no browser. $2.50 per 1,000 products.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/hirepulse/aliexpress-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [HirePulse](https://apify.com/hirepulse) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Agents, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.50 / 1,000 products

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## AliExpress Search Scraper: Products, Prices & Sales

Search AliExpress for any keyword and get every product in the results as clean data: title, price, original price, discount, rating, units sold, image, product URL and whether the result is sponsored.

**Built to be reliable.** It reads AliExpress search pages over plain HTTP (no headless browser), with automatic retries on fresh proxy addresses. In our test of 180 different searches, 180 returned full results (60 products per page).

### What you can do with it

- **Product research for dropshipping:** find what sells (sort by most orders) and at what price.
- **Price monitoring:** track prices and discounts of a niche over time (schedule the Actor daily).
- **Market sizing:** see how many products and sellers compete for a keyword.
- **Feed AI agents:** give a shopping or research agent live AliExpress data in one call.

### Input

```json
{ "queries": ["yoga mat", "usb c cable"], "max_results_per_query": 120, "sort": "orders", "currency": "USD", "ship_to": "US" }
```

| Field | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| `queries` | Searches, up to 20 per run. |
| `max_results_per_query` | Up to 1,200 products per search (60 per page). |
| `sort` | `best_match`, `orders`, `price_low`, `price_high`. |
| `currency` | USD, EUR, GBP and more. |
| `ship_to` | Country for prices and availability. |
| `min_price` / `max_price` | Optional price range. |

### Output

```json
{
  "query": "yoga mat",
  "position": 1,
  "product_id": "1005010598020832",
  "title": "Foldable Yoga Mat Eco Friendly EVA Folding Travel Fitness Exercise Mat",
  "url": "https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010598020832.html",
  "image_url": "https://ae-pic-a1.aliexpress-media.com/kf/....jpg",
  "price": 7.39,
  "original_price": 15.4,
  "discount_percent": 52,
  "currency": "USD",
  "rating": 4.7,
  "sold": 5000,
  "sold_text": "5,000+ sold",
  "is_sponsored": false,
  "listed_since": "2025-12-18",
  "ship_to": "US"
}
```

### Pricing

**$2.50 per 1,000 products** ($0.0025 per product). No start fee beyond Apify's tiny Actor start event. Searches that fail are not charged, and the Actor never goes over the maximum cost you set for a run.

**Free plan:** up to 100 products per run, free.

### FAQ

**Why are prices different from what I see?** Prices follow the ship-to country and currency you choose, like on the website. Set `ship_to` and `currency` to match.

**Does it scrape product pages or reviews?** Not yet: this Actor covers search results. Product details and reviews may come in a later version.

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

What to search for, one per line, for example "yoga mat". Up to 20 per run.

## `max_results_per_query` (type: `integer`):

Up to 1,200 (20 pages of 60).

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Order of the results.

## `currency` (type: `string`):

Currency of the prices.

## `ship_to` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code. Prices and availability follow this country.

## `min_price` (type: `integer`):

Only products from this price (optional).

## `max_price` (type: `integer`):

Only products up to this price (optional).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "yoga mat"
  ],
  "max_results_per_query": 60,
  "sort": "best_match",
  "currency": "USD",
  "ship_to": "US"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset items: one record per product.

## `runSummary` (type: `string`):

Outcome, searches and products.

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "yoga mat"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("hirepulse/aliexpress-search-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 = { "queries": ["yoga mat"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("hirepulse/aliexpress-search-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 '{
  "queries": [
    "yoga mat"
  ]
}' |
apify call hirepulse/aliexpress-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,hirepulse/aliexpress-search-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/E0oIcV6dkUAN7QHJt/builds/t0B1F2TWdmvMU96i6/openapi.json