🛍️ Taobao & Tmall Product Scraper

What does Taobao & Tmall Product Scraper do?

Taobao & Tmall Product Scraper is a powerful solution for extracting product data from taobao.com and , tmall.com China's largest online marketplace. It helps businesses and researchers collect detailed product information including prices, descriptions, and shop details.

Why use Taobao & Tmall Product Scraper?

• Market research and price monitoring
• Product trend analysis
• Competitor intelligence
• Inventory tracking
• Multi-currency price comparison

How to scrape Taobao & Tmall

1. Open Taobao & Tmall Product Scraper
2. Enter your search term (e.g., "red shoes")
3. Set your desired result limit
4. Click Run and wait for your results

✨ Features

• ⚡ HIGH-SPEED scraping with parallel processing
• 🔍 Search-based product discovery
• 🈳 Automatic English translation for product titles
• 💰 Multi-currency price information
  • CNY (Chinese Yuan)
  • USD (US Dollar)
  • EUR (Euro)
  • GBP (British Pound)
  • AUD (Australian Dollar)
  • CAD (Canadian Dollar)
• 🏪 Shop information
• 🔄 Smart retry mechanism
• 🛡️ Robust error handling and logging

⚙️ Input Configuration

The actor accepts the following input parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
search_term	String	Yes	Product category or keyword (e.g., "shoes", "electronics")
result_limit	Integer	No	Maximum number of products to scrape (default: 50)

Example Input

1{
2    "search_term": "blue shoes",
3    "result_limit": 50
4}

📊 Output Data Structure

Each scraped product contains:

1{
2    "itemID": "string",
3    "itemURL": "string",
4    "itemImageURL": "string",
5    "itemNameEnglish": "string",
6    "itemNameChinese": "string",
7    "shopName": "string",
8    "priceInYuan": "number",
9    "priceInEUR": "number",
10    "priceInUSD": "number",
11    "priceInAUD": "number",
12    "priceInCAD": "number",
13    "priceInGBP": "number"
14}

Output example json

Note: The itemURL always shows https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=<id>, for Taobao and Tmall items. If it is a Tmall item, you will be automatically redirected to the correct Tmall page with the product info.

1{
2    "itemID": "662820935561",
3    "itemURL": "https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=662820935561",
4    "itemImageURL": "https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i2/648476316/O1CN01ZfYUP71wWmZrYKkGn_!!4611686018427385500-0-item_pic.jpg",
5    "itemNameEnglish": "[Wang Junkai same style] camel Kunlun Mountain hiking shoes women's non-slip hiking shoes outdoor men's sneakers",
6    "itemNameChinese": "【王俊凯同款】骆驼昆仑山登山鞋女防滑徒步鞋子户外男士运动鞋",
7    "shopName": "骆驼官方旗舰店",
8    "priceInYuan": 339,
9    "priceInEUR": 45.09,
10    "priceInUSD": 46.23,
11    "priceInAUD": 75.2,
12    "priceInCAD": 66.68,
13    "priceInGBP": 37.84
14}

Output screenshot

Tips & Advanced Options

• Use specific search terms for more accurate results
• Start with a small result limit to test the scraper

Support

If you encounter any issues or need assistance, please:

1. Check our FAQ section
2. Visit our Issues tab
3. Contact our support team

For custom solutions or modifications, we're happy to help - just reach out!

Is it legal to scrape Taobao & Tmall?

Our scraper is ethical and only extracts publicly available product data. No private user information is collected. However, web scraping may be subject to legal restrictions in your jurisdiction. For more information, check out our blog post: Is web scraping legal?