1688 (阿里巴巴) Image Search - Find Suppliers by Photo, MOQ

Upload a product photo, get matching 1688 suppliers back — price range, MOQ, and a factory link — with the source URL behind every match.

Chosen on reliability, not the obvious name

The niche's best-known competitor measures 87.2% success — below our own 90% bar. This Actor chains onto a different, measured-live engine (99.7% success over 3,162 recent runs) instead.

5 advantages

1. One bad image never kills your batch. A dead link or unmatched image errors out alone; every other image still delivers.
2. Never billed on zero matches. An image with no match costs nothing.
3. Real supplier data, not just a link: shop name, years as a gold supplier, price range, MOQ.
4. Honest about what's not available. The source provides no numeric confidence score for any provider — documented plainly, not hidden.
5. Hard cost cap you control. Set maxTotalChargeUsd.

Output

{
  "input_image_url": "https://example.com/product.jpg",
  "matches": [
    {
      "title": "示例商品标题",
      "product_url": "https://detail.1688.com/offer/123456789.html",
      "price_range": {"price_min": 12.5, "price_max": 18.0, "currency": "CNY", "moq": 2},
      "supplier": {"name": "示例厂家", "years_active": 5, "url": "https://..."},
      "match_basis": "visually_similar"
    }
  ],
  "status": "ok"
}

Pricing

Pay per event, base FREE-tier prices: $0.012 per match returned, $0.002 per image processed, $0.001 per supplier enrichment. Paid Store plans pay less on every event — the largest plans reach $0.00055 on the cheapest event; the Pricing tab on this Actor's Store page is always the authority. No event is ever charged on an item that returns an error — a batch of 200 with one bad input bills 199.

Use it from an AI agent (MCP and x402)

Connect Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client to Apify's MCP server at https://mcp.apify.com and add this Actor, om_kh/1688-reverse-image-product-finder, as a tool — the agent passes the same JSON as the run input and gets the dataset back.

AI agents that pay with x402 can run it too, without an Apify account: the Actor charges only per result delivered, so an agent pays exactly for what it gets.

Related Actors

• AliExpress Image Search - Find Products by Photo, Price — same reverse-image approach, sourcing from AliExpress instead of 1688

How to use it in 3 steps

1. Click Try for free and fill in Image URLs (imageUrls).
2. Optional: adjust the other fields; every one has a description and a sensible default.
3. Click Start and download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them from the API.

Use it from code (API)

Every Apify Actor is an API. Start a run and read the results with one call.

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("om_kh/1688-reverse-image-product-finder").call(run_input={"imageUrls": ["https://ae-pic-a1.aliexpress-media.com/kf/S5533347f600b47ff9ae5abbd74255026M.jpg_220x220q75.jpg_.avif"], "maxMatchesPerImage": 10, "includeSupplier": True, "includeVariants": True})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('om_kh/1688-reverse-image-product-finder').call({
    "imageUrls": [
        "https://ae-pic-a1.aliexpress-media.com/kf/S5533347f600b47ff9ae5abbd74255026M.jpg_220x220q75.jpg_.avif"
    ],
    
    "maxMatchesPerImage": 10,
    "includeSupplier": true,
    "includeVariants": true
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

One HTTP call (cURL) — runs the Actor and returns the dataset in the same response:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/om_kh~1688-reverse-image-product-finder/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"imageUrls": ["https://ae-pic-a1.aliexpress-media.com/kf/S5533347f600b47ff9ae5abbd74255026M.jpg_220x220q75.jpg_.avif"], "maxMatchesPerImage": 10, "includeSupplier": true, "includeVariants": true}'

Integrations: n8n, Make, Zapier, Google Sheets

• n8n — the official Apify node, operation Run Actor and get dataset, Actor om_kh/1688-reverse-image-product-finder.
• Make — Apify › Run an Actor, then Apify › Get Dataset Items.
• Zapier — Apify › Run Actor; map the dataset items into your next step.
• Google Sheets, webhooks, Slack — add an integration from the Integrations tab of this Actor.
• Schedules — run it every hour or day from Schedules in Apify Console.

FAQ

Is it legal to scrape 1688 Image? This Actor collects only publicly available 1688 Image data and never logs in. You are responsible for how you use it; check 1688 Image's terms and your local law (GDPR, CCPA) if you store personal data, and ask a lawyer if unsure.

Do I need an account, cookies or an API key? No. You only need an Apify account to run it.

What data do I get? Matching 1688 products with price tiers, MOQ and supplier details. Download it as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or XML, or read it from the API.

Am I charged when something fails? No. An input that fails is listed with its reason in the run summary and is never charged.

Can I run it on a schedule? Yes. Create a schedule in Apify Console (hourly, daily, weekly) and connect webhooks, Google Sheets, Slack, n8n, Make or Zapier.

Can I use it from Python, JavaScript or an AI agent? Yes: see the code samples above, or connect AI agents through MCP with the reverse_image_1688 tool.

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Support

Found a bug or have a feature request? Use the Issues tab on this Actor's Apify Store page, or message the author (om_kh) directly.