# AliExpress Scraper — Product Listings Search (`noahadler/aliexpress-listings`) Actor

Scrape AliExpress product listings by keyword: title, price, currency, URL, image, rating, orders/sales and store when present. HTTP search pages (wholesale). Residential proxy recommended for antibot.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/noahadler/aliexpress-listings.md
- **Developed by:** [Noah Adler](https://apify.com/noahadler) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation
- **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 Scraper — Product Listings Search

**AliExpress scraper** for keyword **product listings**: title, price, currency, URL, image, rating, orders/sales and store when present.

HTTP-only (`curl_cffi` Chrome TLS) against `/w/wholesale-{keyword}.html`. Parses embedded listing JSON (no image-search).

> **Proxy:** Default **Apify RESIDENTIAL**. Bare IPs often get captcha/punish — honest error row, never fake empty success.

**Keywords:** aliexpress scraper · aliexpress product · aliexpress listings · aliexpress search

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### What this Actor does

| Step | Action |
|------|--------|
| 1 | Build wholesale search URL from `query` + `domain` |
| 2 | `GET` HTML with browser-like TLS |
| 3 | Extract product cards (`productId`, `displayTitle`, `formattedPrice`, …) |
| 4 | Normalize → Dataset rows up to `maxItems` |

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### Input

| Field | Required | Description |
|-------|----------|-------------|
| `query` | Yes | Keyword (e.g. `usb cable`) |
| `domain` | No | `www.aliexpress.com` / `.us` / `es.aliexpress.com` |
| `maxItems` | No | 1–120 (default 40) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | No | RESIDENTIAL recommended |

#### Example (Try it)

```json
{
  "query": "usb cable",
  "domain": "www.aliexpress.com",
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

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### Output example

```json
{
  "productId": "1005013103246755",
  "title": "USB-A to USB-C Cable 1m",
  "price": 8.07,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "priceText": "€ 8,07",
  "url": "https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005013103246755.html",
  "imageUrl": "https://ae-pic-a1.aliexpress-media.com/kf/...",
  "rating": 4.8,
  "orders": "1000+ sold",
  "storeName": "Example Store",
  "error": false
}
```

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### Limits

- Not image-search — keyword listings only.
- Layout / embedded JSON keys can change; antibot (TMD/captcha) is common without RESIDENTIAL.
- If blocked: run fails with actionable message (SeLoger lesson — no empty fake success).

### PPE

Pay per event: start + **Product** (~$0.0015/row). Apply on push via `ensure_actor_ppe.py`.

### Author

noahadler

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Product keyword as on AliExpress (e.g. usb cable, phone case).

## `domain` (type: `string`):

Host to scrape. www is the global English/storefront default.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum listing rows (1–120). One search page typically yields ~40–60 cards.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

AliExpress often challenges bare IPs. Use Apify RESIDENTIAL. Country optional (US/ES/etc).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "usb cable",
  "domain": "www.aliexpress.com",
  "maxItems": 40,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `listings` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "query": "usb cable"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("noahadler/aliexpress-listings").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 = { "query": "usb cable" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("noahadler/aliexpress-listings").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 '{
  "query": "usb cable"
}' |
apify call noahadler/aliexpress-listings --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/xQGqSrYoRaercXeT8/builds/cVDbKdZvV7pBHDAjT/openapi.json