# Benchmark Price Bands in a Taobao Category

**Use case:** 

Benchmark what a Taobao category costs: itemId, title, priceCny, originalPrice, promotionPrice and discountType on each item. Sub categories are followed too.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "category",
  "keywords": [
    "手机"
  ],
  "categoryIds": [
    "50064014"
  ],
  "itemUrls": [
    "730344766230"
  ],
  "shopIds": [
    "188555483"
  ],
  "region": "world",
  "maxItems": 150,
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "deepScan": true,
  "expandKeywords": false,
  "freeShippingOnly": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "urlsFromFile": ""
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "itemId": {
    "label": "Item ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Product",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "priceCny": {
    "label": "Price (CNY)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "price": {
    "label": "Local price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "currency": {
    "label": "Currency",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "originalPrice": {
    "label": "List price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "promotionPrice": {
    "label": "Promo price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "discountType": {
    "label": "Promo",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "freeShipping": {
    "label": "Free shipping",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "shopName": {
    "label": "Shop",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "scrapedAt": {
    "label": "Scraped at",
    "format": "datetime"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Taobao & Tmall Scraper - Products, Prices, Sellers & Reviews](https://apify.com/scrapesage/taobao-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/scrapesage/taobao-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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