# 1688 Supplier Search — Wholesale Suppliers

**Use case:** 

Search 1688 by keyword and export supplier company, location, price, repurchase rate and service tags for sourcing shortlists. CSV or JSON.

## Input

```json
{
  "operation": "searchItem",
  "keyword": "保温杯",
  "itemId": "927875250705"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "itemId": {
    "label": "Product ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "productTitle": {
    "label": "Product title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "price": {
    "label": "Price (CNY)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "currency": {
    "label": "Currency",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "coverUrl": {
    "label": "Cover image URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "supplierCompanyName": {
    "label": "Supplier company",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "supplierLocation": {
    "label": "Supplier location",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "bookedCount": {
    "label": "Booked count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "repurchaseRate": {
    "label": "Repurchase rate",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "serviceTags": {
    "label": "Service / buyer-protection tags",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "itemUrl": {
    "label": "Product URL",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [1688 Wholesale Scraper — Tier Pricing · MOQ · Supplier Data](https://apify.com/sian.agency/alibaba-1688-wholesale-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/sian.agency/alibaba-1688-wholesale-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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