# Vet Alibaba Suppliers and Company Profiles

**Use case:** 

Pull Alibaba supplier profiles — years in business, verification, response rate, certifications and trade capacity. Tell real factories from resellers.

## Input

```json
{
  "scrapeType": "supplier",
  "searchQueries": [
    "led strip light"
  ],
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://shanghaiexample.en.alibaba.com"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "includeProductDetail": false,
  "includeSupplierProfile": true,
  "includeReviews": false,
  "maxReviewsPerItem": 20,
  "includeSupplierProducts": false,
  "outputFormat": "nested",
  "currency": "USD",
  "shipToCountry": "US",
  "maxRetries": 8,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "name": {
    "label": "Company",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "supplierId": {
    "label": "Supplier id",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "location": {
    "label": "Location",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "performance": {
    "label": "Performance",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "ratings": {
    "label": "Ratings",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "verification": {
    "label": "Verification",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "capabilities": {
    "label": "Capabilities",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "markets": {
    "label": "Markets",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "certificates": {
    "label": "Certificates",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "storeUrl": {
    "label": "Store url",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "array"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Alibaba Scraper API — Products, Suppliers, Prices & Reviews](https://apify.com/pro100chok/alibaba-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/pro100chok/alibaba-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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