# Taobao Agent Link Converter (`teodor_banea/taobao-agent-link-converter-cnfans-hoobuy-oopbuy-superbuy`) Actor

Convert any Taobao, Tmall, 1688 or Weidian product link — raw URLs, short links, or links from 30+ shopping agents like CNFans, Hoobuy, OOPBuy, Superbuy, Kakobuy, Joyagoo and legacy Pandabuy — into the marketplace URL plus ready-to-open links for every major agent. Bulk, offline, instant.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/teodor\_banea/taobao-agent-link-converter-cnfans-hoobuy-oopbuy-superbuy.md
- **Developed by:** [Banea Teodor](https://apify.com/teodor_banea) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.90 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Taobao Agent Link Converter — CNFans, Hoobuy, OOPBuy, Superbuy & 20+ Agents

### What does Taobao Agent Link Converter do?

Paste any China product link and get it back in every form you need. It recognizes raw
**Taobao, Tmall, 1688, Weidian, JD and Xianyu** product URLs (desktop, mobile, app-share
and short links) and product links from **30+ shopping agents** — CNFans, Mulebuy, Orientdig,
Joyagoo, Lovegobuy, ACBuy, Hoobuy, Usfans, Ponybuy, OOPBuy, Ootdbuy, Hipobuy, Cnshopper,
CSSBuy, Superbuy, AllChinaBuy, Sugargoo, Kakobuy, Hubbuy, EastMallBuy, Loongbuy, iTaoBuy,
plus legacy Pandabuy, Wegobuy, Hagobuy, Joyabuy, Wemimi and Basetao links (old spreadsheets
convert too) — and returns the marketplace, the product ID, the canonical marketplace URL and a
**ready-to-open link for every current agent**. No login, no browser, no China IP.

### Why use this Actor?

- **Convert between agents in bulk**: turn a Pandabuy-era spreadsheet into CNFans or
  Hoobuy links in one run, or publish one list that works for every agent.
- **Recover the real Taobao / Weidian / 1688 URL** behind any agent link.
- **Short links resolved**: `m.tb.cn` share pages, `k.weidian.com` and `qr.1688.com`
  redirects are followed so app-shared links convert too (expired Taobao shares are reported
  as such).
- **Honest output**: every input gets a row; unrecognized or unresolvable links say why
  in the `error` column instead of disappearing.
- **Near-zero cost**: conversion is pure parsing — thousands of links finish in seconds.

### How much does it cost?

You pay per link processed. At **$0.50 per 1,000 links**, converting a 500-row spreadsheet
costs **$0.25**. Blank lines are skipped and not billed; rows that could not be converted
(`unrecognized` / `unresolved`) are still processed rows and count.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `links` | array | Product links, one per line. Raw marketplace URLs, agent links, or short links. |
| `resolveShortLinks` | boolean | Follow redirects for short links (default `true`). One HTTP request per short link. |
| `agents` | array | Agents to generate links for. Empty (default) means all supported agents. |

### Output

One dataset item per non-empty input link, in input order (blank lines are skipped and
surrounding whitespace is trimmed):

```json
{
    "inputUrl": "https://hoobuy.com/product/0/1025411009174",
    "status": "ok",
    "platform": "1688",
    "productId": "1025411009174",
    "rawUrl": "https://detail.1688.com/offer/1025411009174.html",
    "sourceAgent": "hoobuy",
    "inputType": "agent",
    "agentLinks": {
        "cnfans": "https://cnfans.com/product?id=1025411009174&platform=ALI_1688",
        "mulebuy": "https://mulebuy.com/product/?shop_type=ali_1688&id=1025411009174",
        "acbuy": "https://www.acbuy.com/product?id=1025411009174&source=AL",
        "hoobuy": "https://hoobuy.com/product/0/1025411009174",
        "oopbuy": "https://oopbuy.com/goods/details?id=1025411009174&channel=1688",
        "cssbuy": "https://www.cssbuy.com/item-1688-1025411009174.html",
        "superbuy": "https://www.superbuy.com/en/page/buy/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdetail.1688.com%2Foffer%2F1025411009174.html",
        "allchinabuy": "https://www.allchinabuy.com/en/page/buy/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdetail.1688.com%2Foffer%2F1025411009174.html",
        "sugargoo": "https://www.sugargoo.com/#/home/productDetail?productLink=https%3A%2F%2Fdetail.1688.com%2Foffer%2F1025411009174.html",
        "kakobuy": "https://www.kakobuy.com/item/details?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdetail.1688.com%2Foffer%2F1025411009174.html",
        "joyagoo": "https://joyagoo.com/product?id=1025411009174&platform=ALI_1688",
        "...": "one key per selected agent (22 by default)"
    },
    "error": null,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-10T14:30:00.000Z"
}
```

`status` is `ok`, `unrecognized` (no known pattern matched) or `unresolved` (a short link
that could not be followed). The **Agent links** dataset view flattens `agentLinks` into one
column per agent for spreadsheet export.

### Tips and tricks

- **Tmall items are Taobao items** to every agent: a Tmall link keeps `platform: "tmall"`
  and a Tmall `rawUrl`, but its agent links use the agents' Taobao channel.
- **Weidian, JD and Xianyu** are supported by fewer agents; agents that cannot open a
  platform get `null` in `agentLinks` rather than a guessed URL.
- **Legacy agents** (Pandabuy, Wegobuy, Hagobuy, Joyabuy, Wemimi, Basetao) are parsed so old
  spreadsheets convert, but no links are generated for them. Pandabuy `page.link` short links
  are reported as unresolvable — that shortener is gone for good.
- **Messy real-world links are fine**: double- or triple-encoded URLs, agent links wrapped in
  other agent links or login redirects, `.html` leaking into an ID, affiliate and `spm` tracking
  parameters, missing schemes — all handled.
- **Usfans and Ponybuy** only publish Taobao and Weidian product routes, so their links are
  `null` for 1688 items.
- **Taobao search tokens** (the 47-character IDs from CNFans/OOPBuy search results) are not
  product IDs and cannot be converted; use numeric item IDs.

### Integrations

Export the dataset as CSV/Excel from the Apify Console, connect it to Google Sheets, Zapier
or Make, or call the Actor from your own spreadsheet builder or Discord bot through the
Apify API.

# Actor input Schema

## `links` (type: `array`):

Enter one link per line (blank lines are skipped). Accepts raw Taobao, Tmall, 1688, Weidian, JD and Xianyu product URLs (desktop, mobile and short links) and product links from 30+ shopping agents — CNFans, Mulebuy, Orientdig, Joyagoo, Lovegobuy, ACBuy, Hoobuy, Usfans, Ponybuy, OOPBuy, Ootdbuy, Hipobuy, Cnshopper, CSSBuy, Superbuy, AllChinaBuy, Sugargoo, Kakobuy, Hubbuy, EastMallBuy, Loongbuy, iTaoBuy, plus legacy Pandabuy, Wegobuy, Hagobuy, Joyabuy, Wemimi and Basetao links.

## `resolveShortLinks` (type: `boolean`):

Follow redirects for shortened marketplace links (m.tb.cn, k.weidian.com, qr.1688.com) to find the product ID. Needs one HTTP request per short link.

## `agents` (type: `array`):

Select which shopping agents to generate links for. Leave empty for all supported agents.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "links": [
    "https://cnfans.com/product?platform=TAOBAO&id=889819872782",
    "https://hoobuy.com/product/0/1025411009174",
    "https://weidian.com/item.html?itemID=7305431890"
  ],
  "resolveShortLinks": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `conversions` (type: `string`):

Every input link with its status, platform, product ID, canonical marketplace URL, source agent and the per-agent link matrix.

## `agentLinksTable` (type: `string`):

One column per shopping agent, one row per input link — ready to paste into a spreadsheet.

# 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 = {
    "links": [
        "https://cnfans.com/product?platform=TAOBAO&id=889819872782",
        "https://hoobuy.com/product/0/1025411009174",
        "https://weidian.com/item.html?itemID=7305431890"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("teodor_banea/taobao-agent-link-converter-cnfans-hoobuy-oopbuy-superbuy").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 = { "links": [
        "https://cnfans.com/product?platform=TAOBAO&id=889819872782",
        "https://hoobuy.com/product/0/1025411009174",
        "https://weidian.com/item.html?itemID=7305431890",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("teodor_banea/taobao-agent-link-converter-cnfans-hoobuy-oopbuy-superbuy").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 '{
  "links": [
    "https://cnfans.com/product?platform=TAOBAO&id=889819872782",
    "https://hoobuy.com/product/0/1025411009174",
    "https://weidian.com/item.html?itemID=7305431890"
  ]
}' |
apify call teodor_banea/taobao-agent-link-converter-cnfans-hoobuy-oopbuy-superbuy --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,teodor_banea/taobao-agent-link-converter-cnfans-hoobuy-oopbuy-superbuy"
        }
    }
}
```

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/yzbIAANjgXIzDaTMA/builds/mvxRIuZpXIq8rgSme/openapi.json