# Alibaba Supplier Profiles Scraper (`piotrv1001/alibaba-supplier-profiles-scraper`) Actor

The Alibaba Supplier Profiles Scraper turns storefront URLs into company records (business type, badges, staff, rating, main products) plus published third-party verification reports: assessor, validity dates, capital, facilities, certificates and export markets. Ideal for supplier vetting.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/piotrv1001/alibaba-supplier-profiles-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [FalconScrape](https://apify.com/piotrv1001) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

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Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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

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# README

### 🚀 Alibaba Supplier Profiles & Verification Reports Scraper

Turn a list of Alibaba suppliers into structured company records. The **Alibaba Supplier Profiles & Verification Reports Scraper** takes supplier storefront URLs and returns one record per supplier: company identity, location, business type, verification badges, rating and main products. You can also add the **third-party assessment report** (TÜV Rheinland, SGS, Intertek and others) that Alibaba publishes for Verified suppliers.

Use it to vet a supplier shortlist, enrich a sourcing database, or check whether a supplier's report is still valid before placing an order.

### ✨ Features

- 🏭 **Supplier profile**: company name, Alibaba company ID, country, province, business type (and whether Alibaba verified it), years on Alibaba, Gold / Verified / onsite-check badges, staff count, rating, main products, rankings and capability tags.
- 📑 **Verification report (optional)**: report number, assessor, validity dates, legal company name, address, year established, registered capital, employees, facility area, languages, quality inspectors, R\&D engineers, patents, export markets, production lines, product certificates, customization options, and the full report sections as published.
- 🔎 **Identity checks**: the report's legal name is compared with the storefront name. Small differences are flagged as `name_variant_requires_review` so they are never matched silently.
- 🧾 **Source paths**: every record lists where each field came from, so you can audit the data.
- 🚦 **Clear statuses**: a missing supplier is returned as `not_found` and a supplier with no published report as `not_published`. Nothing is left empty without an explanation.
- ♻️ **Deduplication**: several URLs for the same storefront (home, company profile, products) are processed and charged once.

### 🛠️ How It Works

1. **Enter supplier URLs**: any page of a supplier's storefront, e.g. `https://brightest.en.alibaba.com` or `https://brightest.en.alibaba.com/company_profile.html`. Product pages and search pages are not supported.
2. **Choose whether to include verification reports**: turn on **Include verification reports** to add the published assessment report for Verified suppliers.
3. **Run the scraper**: set **Maximum suppliers** (default 50) and export the results as JSON, CSV or Excel.

```json
{
  "supplierUrls": [
    "https://brightest.en.alibaba.com",
    "https://tangooled.en.alibaba.com",
    "https://papagarment.en.alibaba.com"
  ],
  "includeVerificationReport": true,
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

#### Report statuses

| `verificationReport.status` | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| `matched` | Report found, and its company name matches the storefront. |
| `name_variant_requires_review` | Report found, but its legal name is spelled differently. Check it yourself. |
| `not_published` | The supplier has no published assessment report. This says nothing about the supplier's quality. |
| `not_requested` | Include verification reports was off. |
| `fetch_error` | The report could not be loaded this time. Retry later. |

Values the supplier marked as `Confidential` are kept as they are, never converted to zero. Numbers such as facility area and production capacity are published without units, so they are returned exactly as Alibaba shows them.

### 💰 Pricing

Pay only for what you get:

| Event | Price |
| --- | --- |
| Supplier profile | $0.002 per supplier ($2 per 1,000) |
| Verification report | $0.002 per published report ($2 per 1,000) |

Suppliers that cannot be found are not charged. Reports are charged only when one exists and **Include verification reports** is on.

### 📊 Sample Output Data

One record per supplier (report lists shortened):

```json
{
  "status": "ok",
  "supplierUrl": "https://brightest.en.alibaba.com",
  "companyId": "200876005",
  "aliId": "17380439150",
  "companyName": "Shenzhen Bright Technology Industrial Ltd.",
  "country": "CN",
  "province": "GuangDong",
  "location": "GuangDong, China",
  "businessType": "Manufacturer, Trading Company",
  "businessTypeVerified": true,
  "yearsOnAlibaba": 17,
  "goldSupplier": true,
  "verifiedSupplier": true,
  "onsiteChecked": true,
  "staffCount": 133,
  "rating": 4.8,
  "assessedBy": "TüVRheinland",
  "mainProducts": [
    "Flexible LED Strip",
    "UVC Light",
    "Rigid Bar Light",
    "LED Sheet",
    "LED Neon Strip"
  ],
  "rankings": [
    "#1 best seller in Smart Strip Lights"
  ],
  "capabilityTags": [
    "Annual export US $1,320,000",
    "Years in industry(15)",
    "Total floorspace (5,175㎡)",
    "Total staff (133)",
    "Full customization",
    "Finished product inspection",
    "ODM services available",
    "Design-based customization",
    "Competitive OEM factory",
    "On-site material inspection"
  ],
  "logoUrl": "https://sc04.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1PbgUbjvuK1Rjy0Fa7602aVXaQ.png",
  "verificationReportUrl": "https://verified.alibaba.com/supplier/report?aliId=17380439150",
  "sources": {
    "profile": "https://brightest.en.alibaba.com/index.html",
    "fields": {
      "companyName": "shopSign.mds.moduleData.data.companyName",
      "aliId": "shopSign.gdc.aliId.value",
      "…": "…"
    },
    "report": "https://verified.alibaba.com/supplier/reportInfo?aliId=17380439150"
  },
  "verificationReport": {
    "status": "matched",
    "reportNumber": "487077025_P+T",
    "assessor": "TüVRheinland",
    "validFrom": "2026-04-30",
    "validUntil": "2027-04-29",
    "companyName": "Shenzhen Bright Technology Industrial Ltd.",
    "address": "Address 1: 2/F, Building A, Baifuli Industrial Zone, Dalang Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China; Adress 2: Floor 1-4, Building 2, Longfu Industrial Zone, Huarong Road, Dalang Subdistrict, Longhua District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China",
    "website": "https://brightest.en.alibaba.com",
    "nearestPort": "Shenzhen Port",
    "yearEstablished": "2011-08-19",
    "registeredCapital": "2000000",
    "registeredCapitalCurrency": "CNY",
    "facilityArea": 5175,
    "employees": 133,
    "languages": [
      "English",
      "German"
    ],
    "qualityInspectors": 12,
    "rdEngineers": 5,
    "patents": 11,
    "exportRevenueLastYear": null,
    "exportMarkets": [
      {
        "revenue": "Confidential",
        "marketName": "North America",
        "mainProducts": "Flexible LED Strip; UVC Light; Rigid Bar Light; LED Sheet; LED Neon Strip",
        "totalRevenuePercent": 42
      },
      {
        "revenue": "Confidential",
        "marketName": "South America",
        "mainProducts": "Flexible LED Strip; UVC Light; Rigid Bar Light; LED Sheet; LED Neon Strip",
        "totalRevenuePercent": 2
      }
    ],
    "productionLines": [
      {
        "lineNo": "1",
        "productionLine": "LED Strip,LED Sheet Production Line",
        "quantity": "5",
        "supervisor": "2",
        "noQc": "12",
        "noOperators": "88",
        "category": [
          {
            "catId": "201713304",
            "top1CatId": "39",
            "pathName": "Lights & Lighting>>Smart lighting>>Smart Strip Lights",
            "name": null
          }
        ],
        "product": "Flexible LED Strip; UVC Light; Rigid Bar Light; LED Sheet; LED Neon Strip",
        "maxCapacity": "Confidential"
      }
    ],
    "certificates": [
      {
        "certId": 30000553781,
        "certName": "RoHS",
        "certCategory": "CERTIFICATION",
        "certType": "PRODUCT",
        "certNo": "AXJC202205170109R",
        "certOrg": "Other",
        "availableDate": "2022-05-24",
        "expiredDate": "2027-05-24",
        "certImageList": [
          "https://sc04.alicdn.com/kf/Hbc53c74e065745b4accc0d185a912da6L.png",
          "https://sc04.alicdn.com/kf/H990754cf455040698a1b623414ad7f51l.png"
        ],
        "certDescription": "LED Strip"
      }
    ],
    "customizationTypes": [
      "LogoCustomization",
      "LabelCustomization",
      "PackagingCustomization",
      "ColorCustomization",
      "SizeCustomization",
      "GraphicCustomization",
      "MaterialReplacement"
    ],
    "sections": {
      "…": "full report sections"
    }
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-22T10:10:20.984Z"
}
```

A supplier that cannot be found:

```json
{ "supplierUrl": "https://yingjiapackaging.en.alibaba.com", "status": "not_found", "scrapedAt": "2026-09-22T10:10:20.113Z" }
```

### ⚠️ Notes

- The data is what Alibaba publishes publicly. Verification reports are written by the assessor named in each report; this scraper does not verify factories itself, and a missing report does not mean a supplier is unsafe.
- Response-time and on-time-delivery metrics are not included.
- No contact details or personal data are collected.

Vet your Alibaba suppliers faster with the **Alibaba Supplier Profiles & Verification Reports Scraper**! 🚀

# Actor input Schema

## `supplierUrls` (type: `array`):

Alibaba supplier storefront URLs, e.g. https://brightest.en.alibaba.com. Any page of the storefront works (home, company profile, products); duplicates are removed.

## `includeVerificationReport` (type: `boolean`):

For Verified suppliers, add the third-party assessment report published on Alibaba: report number, assessor, validity dates, registered capital, staff, facility, production lines, quality control, R\&D and export markets. Charged per report found.

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

Maximum number of suppliers to process.

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

Proxy settings. The default Apify proxy works well.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "supplierUrls": [
    "https://brightest.en.alibaba.com",
    "https://tangooled.en.alibaba.com",
    "https://papagarment.en.alibaba.com"
  ],
  "includeVerificationReport": true,
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `suppliers` (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 = {
    "supplierUrls": [
        "https://brightest.en.alibaba.com",
        "https://tangooled.en.alibaba.com",
        "https://papagarment.en.alibaba.com"
    ],
    "includeVerificationReport": true,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("piotrv1001/alibaba-supplier-profiles-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 = {
    "supplierUrls": [
        "https://brightest.en.alibaba.com",
        "https://tangooled.en.alibaba.com",
        "https://papagarment.en.alibaba.com",
    ],
    "includeVerificationReport": True,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("piotrv1001/alibaba-supplier-profiles-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 '{
  "supplierUrls": [
    "https://brightest.en.alibaba.com",
    "https://tangooled.en.alibaba.com",
    "https://papagarment.en.alibaba.com"
  ],
  "includeVerificationReport": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call piotrv1001/alibaba-supplier-profiles-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,piotrv1001/alibaba-supplier-profiles-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/RmXfOdMqWt37BVxtt/builds/VkdU7OWdsGrfTI45l/openapi.json