AliExpress Scraper

Extract products from aliexpress.com at scale, in a clean, consistent structure ready for price monitoring, market research, catalogue analysis and resale tooling. No API key required.

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Why this scraper?

🎯 Built for aliexpress.com

A dedicated global scraper tuned for aliexpress.com — its categories, price formats and currency (USD), not a generic tool pointed at it.

💶 Structured pricing

Current price as a clean number in USD, plus discounts and previous prices where the source shows them. Items without a published price return null, never a guess.

⭐ Review signals

Average rating and review count for every item that has them.

🖼️ Photos

Photo URLs for every product where the source publishes them.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQueries	array	["wireless headphones"]	Keywords to search on AliExpress. Each query is paginated until maxResults is reached. Example: ["wireless headphones", "phone case"].
startUrls	array	(empty)	Direct AliExpress product URLs (/item/.html) or search/category URLs. Product URLs are added directly; search URLs are paginated.
maxResults	integer	5	Maximum number of products to return per run. Set to 0 for unlimited (use with care).
sortBy	string	"default"	Sort order applied to product search results.
includeReviews	boolean	false	Fetch customer reviews for each product. Reviews are a premium feature billed separately per review. Each review includes rating, text, date, buyer name and country, helpful votes, aspect tags, shipping method, photos and more.
maxReviewsPerProduct	integer	20	Cap on reviews fetched per product. Set to 0 or -1 for all available reviews (AliExpress caps at ~5,000 per product).
reviewStarFilter	string	"all"	Only fetch reviews with this star rating.
reviewImagesOnly	boolean	false	Only fetch reviews that include buyer photos. Overrides the star filter.
reviewSort	string	"relevant"	How to sort reviews before fetching.
reviewOutputMode	string	"nested"	How reviews appear in the dataset. 'Nested' keeps reviews inside each product row. 'Separate' outputs one row per review (better for large review exports and analysis).
translateReviews	boolean	false	Translate each review into a target language. The original text is always kept alongside the translation.
translateTo	string	"en_US"	Target language for review translation (when 'Translate reviews' is on).
convertCurrencies	boolean	true	Add salePriceUSD, salePriceEUR (and original-price equivalents) to every product using live exchange rates. AliExpress localises prices by region; these columns give a consistent cross-currency reference.
minPrice	integer	0	Only return products at or above this price in USD. 0 = no minimum.
maxPrice	integer	0	Only return products at or below this price in USD. 0 = no maximum.
proxyCountry	string	"US"	Residential proxy exit country (ISO code). Affects prices and currency shown. US is the default and most reliable.

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Output schema

Every field below is present on every record. Fields the source does not publish for a given item are returned as null rather than omitted.

Field	Type	Description
type	string	Type.
productId	string	Unique product ID from the source.
url	string	Direct link to the item.
title	string	Item title as published.
image	string	URL of the main item photo.
images	array	URLs of item photos.
salePrice	number	Sale price.
salePriceFormatted	string	Sale price formatted.
originalPrice	number	Price before discount (null when there is no discount).
originalPriceFormatted	string	Original price formatted.
currency	string	Currency code of the price.
discountPercent	number	Discount percent.
savingsTag	string	Savings tag.
rating	number	Average review rating (null when there are no reviews).
orders	string	Orders.
ordersCount	number	Orders count.
freeShipping	boolean	Free shipping.
promotionTags	array	Promotion tags.
choice	boolean	Choice.
productType	string	Product type.
categoryId	string	Category id.
spuId	string	Spu id.
skuId	string	Sku id.
scrapedAt	string	Timestamp when this record was scraped.
salePriceUSD	number	Sale price usd.
salePriceEUR	number	Sale price eur.
originalPriceUSD	number	Original price usd.
originalPriceEUR	number	Original price eur.

Example record

{
  "type": "product",
  "productId": "3256811752642309",
  "url": "https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3256811752642309.html",
  "title": "Wireless Bluetooth Headphones High-Resolution Audio Foldable Lightweight Deep Bass Long-Lasting Earphones",
  "image": "https://ae-pic-a1.aliexpress-media.com/kf/Sdfb735641db44bc3ac3dbc5dc286f2f0I.jpg",
  "images": [
    "https://ae-pic-a1.aliexpress-media.com/kf/Sdfb735641db44bc3ac3dbc5dc286f2f0I.jpg",
    "https://ae-pic-a1.aliexpress-media.com/kf/S08096ba428f1469d9592f02b60e83f35w.jpg",
    "https://ae-pic-a1.aliexpress-media.com/kf/S4f9820a6ba21435c987f7277db217949n.jpg",
    "https://ae-pic-a1.aliexpress-media.com/kf/S5291d3d245fc4d4e91add2184904c868P.jpg"
  ],
  "salePrice": 3.28,
  "salePriceFormatted": "US $3.28",
  "originalPrice": 26.08,
  "originalPriceFormatted": "US $26.08",
  "currency": "USD",
  "discountPercent": 87,
  "savingsTag": null,
  "rating": 4.9,
  "orders": "456 sold",
  "ordersCount": 456,
  "freeShipping": true,
  "promotionTags": [
    "New shoppers save $22.8",
    "Free shipping"
  ],
  "choice": false,
  "productType": "natural",
  "categoryId": "44,100000306,63705",
  "spuId": "6000000002571387",
  "skuId": "12000057090228743",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-02T09:59:00.178Z",
  "salePriceUSD": 3.28,
  "salePriceEUR": 2.88,
  "originalPriceUSD": 26.08,
  "originalPriceEUR": 22.91
}

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Examples

Search for wireless earbuds:

{
  "searchQueries": [
    "wireless earbuds"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100
}

Cap the price:

{
  "searchQueries": [
    "wireless earbuds"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "maxPrice": 39.99
}

Scrape a specific search URL:

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3256811844384040.html"
    }
  ],
  "maxResults": 200
}

Daily monitoring (run on a schedule):

{
  "searchQueries": [
    "wireless earbuds"
  ],
  "maxResults": 500
}

Schedule this input to run once a day in the Apify Scheduler to track prices, stock and new items over time.

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Call this actor over HTTP

Besides normal runs, this actor exposes a REST API that answers each request in seconds with JSON. There is no run to start and no dataset to fetch afterwards, which suits apps, automations and AI agents that need one answer at a time. The full interactive reference is on the Endpoints tab.

Endpoint	Returns	Billed as
GET /search?query=…	Products matching a search (up to 50)	Per product, per review when reviews=true
GET /product?id=…	Title, images and rating summary for one product, optionally with reviews (price comes from /search)	One product, per review when reviews=true

Authenticate with your Apify API token in the Authorization header:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  "https://unfenced-group--aliexpress-scraper.apify.actor/search?query=wireless%20headphones&maxResults=5"

Every response has the shape { "count": N, "items": [...] }, with the same fields as the dataset records above, billed at the same prices as a normal run. Errors, unknown products and empty searches return no data and are never billed. POST with a JSON body works the same as GET.

💰 Pricing

$1.39 per 1,000 results — you only pay for successfully retrieved products. Failed retries are never charged.

Results	Cost
100	~$0.14
1,000	~$1.39
10,000	~$13.90
100,000	~$139

Flat-rate alternatives typically charge $29–$49/month regardless of usage.

Subscription tiers lower the rate further, down to $0.99 per 1,000 at the highest tier. Use the Max results cap in the input to control your spend exactly.

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Performance

Run size	Typical time
100 results	under 1 minute
1,000 results	2–4 minutes
10,000 results	20–35 minutes

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Known limitations

• Some fields (brand, condition, shipping) are only returned when the seller or source publishes them — expect null on a share of records.
• Prices and stock change constantly; records reflect the moment of scraping.
• Very large result sets are bounded by the source's own paging limits.
• Items can sell or be withdrawn at any time, so a small share of URLs may expire shortly after scraping.
• Direct product URLs (startUrls with /item/…html) return the title, image gallery, rating summary and reviews. Price, store and shipping are only available on search results, so use a search query when you need prices. Unknown or removed product ids are skipped and never billed.

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Technical details

• Source: aliexpress.com
• Coverage: everything the public search exposes, filterable via the input parameters above
• Retry: automatic retry on network errors with exponential backoff

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