Alibaba Phone Number Scraper

Alibaba Phone Number Scraper

The Alibaba Phone Number Scraper is an Apify actor designed to extract phone numbers from Alibaba supplier listings using targeted keywords and country-specific filters.

Key Features

• Accurate Phone Extraction: Uses an advanced model to detect and extract phone numbers in E.164 format.
• Country-Specific Parsing: Supports a wide range of countries by mapping country names to their dial codes and ISO codes for precise phone number extraction.
• Deduplication: Ensures that duplicate phone numbers are removed, providing a clean set of unique results.
• Seamless Apify Integration: Fully optimized as an Apify actor, making deployment and automation easy within your scraping workflows.
• Cost-Effective & Scalable: Offers the most affordable pricing while being scalable to meet both small- and large-scale scraping needs.

Input

The scraper accepts a JSON input with the following parameters:

Parameters:

• keyword:

  • Type: string
  • Description: The search term to use (e.g., "LED Lights", "Machinery", etc.).
  • Default: "Electronics"

• platform:

  • Type: string
  • Description: The target platform.
  • Default: "Alibaba"

• country:

  • Type: string
  • Description: The country to target when scraping phone numbers. The value should be in the format "Country Name (+DialCode)".
  • Default: "China (+86)"

Example Input:

1{
2  "keyword": "LED Lights",
3  "platform": "Alibaba",
4  "country": "China (+86)"
5}

Output

The scraper outputs a JSON array of objects where each object contains the following fields:

• title: The title of the supplier listing.
• url: The URL of the Alibaba supplier page.
• description: A brief description of the supplier or listing.
• phone_number: The extracted phone number in E.164 format.

Example Output:

1[
2  {
3    "title": "Shenzhen LED Co., Ltd.",
4    "url": "https://www.alibaba.com/supplier/ledcompany",
5    "description": "Manufacturer of high-quality LED lights.",
6    "phone_number": "+861380******"
7  },
8  {
9    "title": "Guangzhou Machinery Parts",
10    "url": "https://www.alibaba.com/supplier/machineryparts",
11    "description": "Top supplier of industrial machinery parts.",
12    "phone_number": "+861390******"
13  }
14]

How to Use

1. Configure Input:

   • Set your input parameters (keyword, platform, country) via the Apify web interface or API calls.

2. Run the Actor:

   • Start the actor, and it will scrape, parse, and extract valid phone numbers.

3. Retrieve Data:

   • Once execution is complete, the scraped data will be available in the output section.

Best Use Cases

• Supplier Lead Generation: Quickly gather contact numbers of Alibaba suppliers for business outreach.
• Market Research: Extract supplier contact details to analyze trends and product availability.
• Data Enrichment: Enhance your existing database with verified supplier phone numbers.
• E-commerce & Sourcing: Identify and contact suppliers to streamline product sourcing.
• Wholesale & B2B Connections: Build a network of trusted suppliers for bulk purchases.

Start scraping Alibaba phone numbers today by configuring your keyword, selecting the appropriate country, and running the Alibaba Phone Number Scraper on Apify!