🛍️ Taobao & Tmall 淘宝 Product Scraper — Products, Seller Shops, Reviews, DSR & Prices (淘宝 & 天猫 API)

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[!TIP] 💰 Cheapest Cookieless Taobao & Tmall Scraper on Apify Store: Only $1.50 per 1,000 items ($0.0015/item in Fast Summary mode, or $4.00/1k in Full Detail mode) — 3x to 10x cheaper than competitors who charge $5.00 to $15.00. Extracts clean, flat columns (including customer reviews, 3-axis DSR ratings, sentiment tags, and HD image galleries) directly into Excel, CSV, or JSON with zero duplicate items.

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[!NOTE]

🔍 How This Cookieless Scraper Works & Data Transparency

No Taobao/Tmall account credentials or manual cookies required — extracts publicly available catalog and store data automatically via automated public storefront and catalog resolution across the Mainland Taobao (item.taobao.com) and Tmall (detail.tmall.com) catalog:

• What You Get (100% Real Mainland Taobao & Tmall Data):
  • Identical Catalog & Working Links: Every product has the exact same itemId, shopId, seller, and base CNY (¥) price as domestic Taobao/Tmall, with verified working https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=... and https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=... URLs.
  • Two Extraction Modes (scrapeDetails):
    • Full Detail Mode (scrapeDetails: true, Default — $0.0040/item): Enriches every product with 3-axis Seller DSR scores (dsrDescription, dsrService, dsrDelivery), total review count (reviewCount), crowd-sourced buyer sentiment tags (reviewTags), featured customer review (reviews with buyer text, date, purchased SKU attributes, and video proof), 5-image HD gallery (images), shipping origin (location), and category breadcrumbs (categoryPath).
    • Fast Summary Mode (scrapeDetails: false — $0.0015/item): Ultra-fast single-pass search (~2s/run) returning full untruncated product titles, CNY & local currency prices (SGD/HKD/TWD), promotion labels (discountType), shopId, shopName, shopUrl, dsrDescription score, reviewCount, reviewTags, and master HD photos.
• What Requires Domestic Account Login (Not Exposed on Public Catalog Pages):
  • Full Interactive SKU Variant Matrix & Stock Counts: Public detail pages expose the SKU variant(s) referenced in featured customer reviews (skus / attributes), rather than the login-gated interactive multi-color/size inventory table.
  • Exact Monthly Unit Sales (salesCount): Exact monthly unit sales (已售 X+) are not exposed on unauthenticated public pages; use reviewCount (e.g. 800+, 20000) and sortBy: "sales" as reliable public proxies for product popularity.
  • Direct Product URLs (itemUrls) Title Length: On direct product lookups without a preceding keyword/shop search, public catalog pages shorten the raw title header and merge it with the SEO product name. For full 60-character titles on every item, use Keyword Search (queries) or Seller Shop Scraping (shopUrls).

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🚀 How to Use in 3 Simple Steps (No Coding Required!)

You don't need any programming skills, proxies, or Chinese accounts to use this scraper. Follow these 3 easy steps:

┌─────────────────────────────────┐      ┌───────────────────────────────┐      ┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│  Step 1: Enter Keywords or URLs │ ───► │  Step 2: Click Start          │ ───► │  Step 3: Download Spreadsheet   │
│  'phone case', '女装' or URLs    │      │  Scraper runs in the cloud    │      │  Export to Excel, CSV or Sheets │
└─────────────────────────────────┘      └───────────────────────────────┘      └─────────────────────────────────┘

1. Step 1: Enter your search keywords or product URLs
   In Search Queries, type what you are looking for in English or Chinese (e.g. phone case, smart watch, wireless earbuds, or 女装), or paste direct product links into Product URLs / IDs (itemUrls).
2. Step 2: Click "Save & Start"
   Hit the green button at the bottom of the screen. The actor runs securely in the cloud and extracts full product details, reviews, and ratings in real time.
3. Step 3: Download your results
   When the run finishes, click Export to download your complete product catalog as an Excel (XLSX), CSV, or Google Sheet file, complete with permanent, working HD product photo links.

[!TIP] No Chinese Phone Number or Login Required!
No Taobao/Tmall account credentials or manual cookies required — extracts publicly available catalog and store data automatically.

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📊 What Data You Get (Spreadsheet Columns Preview)

Every product extracted includes rich e-commerce, review, supplier, and product intelligence. Here are the key columns in your exported spreadsheet:

Column Name	Sample Value	What It Tells You
itemId	1085260672042	Unique numeric product ID on Taobao / Tmall.
platform	tmall / taobao	Marketplace indicator (tmall for official brand stores, taobao for retail merchants).
title	[殼膜套裝]示例Q3soft支點殼iPhone Duo適用蘋果...	Full untruncated product listing title.
price / originalPrice	876.0 / 876.0	Current promotion price and original list price in Chinese Yuan (¥ CNY).
priceHkd / priceTwd	1040.07 / 4320.17	Cross-border retail pricing in Hong Kong Dollars (HKD) and Taiwan Dollars (TWD).
dsrDescription / dsrService / dsrDelivery	4.84 / 4.8 / 4.9	3-Axis Seller DSR Scores: Official Taobao/Tmall rating across Description Match, Seller Service, and Shipping Speed.
reviewCount / ratingGoodCount	58 / "58"	Total verified buyer review volume (scrapeDetails: true).
reviews	[{"rating": 5, "content": "白色素皮紋很漂亮...", "sku": "..."}]	Featured Customer Review (scrapeDetails: true): Buyer comment, date, purchased SKU variant, and buyer video proofs.
reviewTags	[{"tag": "質感很強", "count": 6}, {"tag": "手感很好", "count": 5}]	Buyer Sentiment Tags (scrapeDetails: true): Crowd-sourced product pros & cons with buyer vote counts.
categoryPath	首頁 > 阿裏B2C商城 > 手機及配件 > 手機配件 > 保護套/矽膠套	Full category breadcrumb hierarchy (scrapeDetails: true).
skus & attributes	[{"skuId": "sku_1", "name": "適用手機型號:iPhone Duo;顏色分類:利落白", "price": 876.0}]	Purchased SKU variant and parsed key:value attributes extracted from verified customer reviews (scrapeDetails: true).
shopName / sellerTypeLabel	示例數碼旗艦店 (Tmall Flagship Store)	Verified storefront name, shopId (103710607), shop age (shopOpenedAt), and item count (shopItemCount: 349).
mainImage & images	https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i1/O1CN01example_item_01.jpg	Permanent HD Photo Gallery: Master resolution links that never expire and work in Shopify/Excel.
url & taobaoUrl	https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=1085260672042	Direct links to product pages on Taobao and Tmall.

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📤 Sample Output Preview

Real unedited JSON output from live runs, ready for 1-click export to Excel, CSV, Google Sheets, Airtable, or Shopify:

1. Full Product Detail Mode (scrapeDetails: true — Default)

{
  "itemId": "1085260672042",
  "title": "[殼膜套裝]示例Q3soft支點殼iPhone Duo適用蘋果iPhoneduo手機保護殼摺疊屏多case磁吸全包dou保護套外殼保護ip",
  "platform": "tmall",
  "catalogSource": "taobao_retail",
  "url": "https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=1085260672042",
  "taobaoUrl": "https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=1085260672042",
  "price": 876.0,
  "originalPrice": 876.0,
  "promotionPrice": 876.0,
  "currency": "CNY",
  "priceHkd": 1040.07,
  "priceTwd": 4320.17,
  "discountType": "新品促銷",
  "reviewCount": 58,
  "ratingGoodCount": "58",
  "shopId": "103710607",
  "sellerUserId": "1659916565",
  "shopName": "示例數碼旗艦店",
  "sellerNick": "示例數碼旗艦店",
  "sellerType": "B",
  "sellerTypeLabel": "Tmall Flagship Store",
  "sellerCreditLevel": 19,
  "shopOpenedAt": "2013-04-24 14:44:53",
  "shopItemCount": 349,
  "shopNewItemCount": 26,
  "shopUrl": "https://shop103710607.taobao.com",
  "taobaoShopUrl": "https://shop103710607.taobao.com",
  "shopIcon": "https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i1/O1CN01example_item_01.jpg",
  "dsrDescription": 4.84,
  "dsrService": 4.8,
  "dsrDelivery": 4.9,
  "reviewTags": [
    { "tag": "質感很強", "count": 6 },
    { "tag": "手感很好", "count": 5 },
    { "tag": "支架很實用", "count": 5 },
    { "tag": "圖案設計精緻", "count": 4 }
  ],
  "reviews": [
    {
      "rating": 5,
      "content": "白色素皮紋很漂亮，上手反饋感很強，摸起來能感覺到很強的質感。支架轉起來很絲滑，同時邊緣處理的很潤不硌手。",
      "date": "2026.10.14 18:16",
      "sku": "適用手機型號:iPhone Duo;顏色分類:利落白",
      "user": "***",
      "videos": []
    }
  ],
  "categoryId": "150704",
  "rootCategoryId": "50008090",
  "categoryPath": "首頁 > 阿裏B2C商城 > 手機及配件 > 手機配件 > 保護套/矽膠套",
  "location": "廣東東莞",
  "freeShipping": false,
  "mainImage": "https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i1/O1CN01example_item_01.jpg",
  "images": [
    "https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i1/O1CN01example_item_01.jpg"
  ],
  "skuCount": 1,
  "skus": [
    {
      "skuId": "sku_1",
      "name": "適用手機型號:iPhone Duo;顏色分類:利落白",
      "price": 876.0,
      "imageUrl": "https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i1/O1CN01example_item_01.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "attributes": {
    "適用手機型號": "iPhone Duo",
    "顏色分類": "利落白"
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-25T12:53:32+00:00",
  "searchQuery": "phone case",
  "detailLevel": "full"
}

2. Fast Summary Mode (scrapeDetails: false — $1.50 / 1,000 items)

{
  "itemId": "1085260672042",
  "title": "[殼膜套裝]示例Q3soft支點殼iPhone Duo適用蘋果iPhoneduo手機保護殼摺疊屏多case磁吸全包dou保護套外殼保護ip",
  "platform": "tmall",
  "catalogSource": "taobao_retail",
  "url": "https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=1085260672042",
  "taobaoUrl": "https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=1085260672042",
  "price": 876.0,
  "originalPrice": 876.0,
  "promotionPrice": 876.0,
  "currency": "CNY",
  "priceHkd": 1040.07,
  "priceTwd": 4320.17,
  "discountType": "新品促銷",
  "shopId": "103710607",
  "shopName": "示例數碼旗艦店",
  "sellerNick": "示例數碼旗艦店",
  "shopUrl": "https://shop103710607.taobao.com",
  "taobaoShopUrl": "https://shop103710607.taobao.com",
  "dsrDescription": 4.84,
  "categoryId": "150704",
  "rootCategoryId": "50008090",
  "mainImage": "https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i1/O1CN01example_item_01.jpg",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-25T12:53:39+00:00",
  "searchQuery": "phone case",
  "detailLevel": "summary"
}

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🎯 Who Is This For? Top Use Cases

📦 1. Product Research & Dropshipping for E-Commerce (Shopify, Amazon, TikTok Shop)

• Discover high-margin consumer products and emerging trends across apparel, electronics, beauty, accessories, and home goods.
• Analyze real customer reviews, buyer video proofs, and sentiment tags (reviewTags) to spot quality issues before stocking a product.
• Photos are permanent, hotlink-unblocked master HD images so you can import directly into Shopify or WooCommerce without 403 Forbidden errors.

🏪 2. Seller Storefront & Brand Monitoring (shopUrls)

• Paste any Taobao or Tmall shop link (shop63978904.taobao.com), seller handle (inman), or product URL into shopUrls to extract that seller's product catalog, total item count (shopItemCount), and 3-axis DSR scores (dsrDescription, dsrService, dsrDelivery) via automated public storefront and catalog resolution.
• Need factory-direct B2B wholesale tiers and MOQs on 1688.com? Use our dedicated 1688 Wholesale Factory Scraper.

📈 3. Competitor Monitoring, Direct URL Tracking & Price Intelligence

• Paste competitor product links into itemUrls to track live pricing (CNY, SGD, HKD, TWD), 3-axis DSR scores, and review growth over time.
• Detect viral Chinese trends weeks or months before they appear on Amazon, TikTok Shop, or AliExpress.

🤖 4. AI Agents, LLM Fine-Tuning & Market Research

• Feed clean, flat e-commerce product details and buyer sentiment data into AI agents, market analysis bots, and recommendation engines via the Apify API or MCP server.

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🥊 Market Comparison: Why UnitBytes Outperforms Alternatives

Capability / Metric	🛍️ UnitBytes Scraper	⚠️ Other Market Scrapers
Search / Summary Price (per 1,000 items)	🟢 $1.05 – $1.50	🔴 $3.00 – $15.98
Full Detail Price (per 1,000 items)	🟢 $3.00 – $4.00	🔴 $5.00 – $15.98
Free Monthly Allowance ($5 Credit)	🟢 Up to 3,330+ Products	🔴 ~500 items or limited runs
Real Customer Reviews & Buyer Videos	✅ Yes (Reviews + Sentiment Tags)	❌ Missing
3-Axis Seller DSR Scores (Desc / Serv / Ship)	✅ Yes (Included)	❌ Missing
Direct Product URL / ID Scraping (itemUrls)	✅ Yes (Taobao, Tmall & World URLs)	⚠️ Often search-only
Seller Storefront & Shop Catalogs (shopUrls)	✅ Yes (Shop URL, ID, Handle, or Item Link)	🔴 Search-only
Zero Account / 100% Cookieless	✅ Yes (No cookies needed)	⚠️ Often requires manual cookies or accounts
Permanent Image Links (Shopify Ready)	✅ Yes (Hotlink Unblocked)	⚠️ Expiring CDN links (403 Forbidden)
Zero Duplicate Items Across Pages	✅ 100% Deduplicated	⚠️ Repeats items across pages
Empty Run / Unavailable Item Fee	✅ $0.00	⚠️ Charged full compute or run fee

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💡 Cost-Effective Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing

You only pay for the products you actually extract (1 event per item—never double-billed). There are no hidden browser compute fees or hourly server surcharges:

Apify Plan Tier	Monthly Apify Fee	Search / Summary (search-item) per 1,000	Full Detail, Reviews & DSR (full-detail) per 1,000	What Apify's $5.00 Free Credit Gets You
Free Plan	$0 / mo	$1.50 ($0.0015 / item)	$4.00 ($0.0040 / item)	3,330 Summary or 1,250 Full Detail products free/mo
Starter (Bronze)	$49 / mo	$1.35 ($0.00135 / item)	$3.67 ($0.00367 / item)	Dropshipping catalog exports & daily price monitoring
Scale (Silver)	$499 / mo	$1.20 ($0.00120 / item)	$3.33 ($0.00333 / item)	Large-scale retail intelligence & review sentiment tracking
Business (Gold+)	$999+ / mo	$1.05 ($0.00105 / item)	$3.00 ($0.00300 / item)	Enterprise data pipelines & LLM training datasets

• Zero-Charge Billing Protection: The startup fee is nominal ($0.00005). If your search keyword returns 0 products or is blocked by target rate limits, you are charged $0.00.

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⚡ UnitBytes · Chinese E-Commerce & Sourcing Ecosystem

⚡ UnitBytes · China Sourcing & E-Commerce Intelligence Ecosystem
🛍️ Taobao & Tmall 📍 You are here Search, Prices, Sales & Shops	🇨🇳 1688 Factory Direct Wholesale B2B & MOQ Direct factories & FBA specs	🌐 Alibaba Wholesale Global B2B Suppliers Verified audits & OEM/ODM	🐟 Goofish Xianyu C2C Resale & Samples Liquidation & arbitrage	📕 Xiaohongshu Trends Social Commerce & KOL Viral products & buyer intent

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📥 Input Parameters Guide

Parameter	Type	Default	How to Use It
queries	Array of Strings	["phone case"]	Your search terms. Enter keywords in Chinese (e.g. 手机壳, 蓝牙耳机, 女装 — deepest catalog coverage) or English (e.g. phone case, smart watch, wireless earbuds — automatically resolved to Chinese tags when needed).
itemUrls	Array of Strings	[]	Direct product URLs or numeric IDs. Scrape specific Taobao (item.taobao.com), Tmall (detail.tmall.com), or World Taobao (world.taobao.com) items to extract public SSR detail fields (CNY pricing, seller 3-axis DSR scores, review counts, sentiment tags, featured review & purchased SKU attributes, and HD image gallery).
shopUrls	Array of Strings	[]	Seller / Shop URLs, IDs, or Handles. Scrape a seller's storefront inventory (world.taobao.com/dianpu/63978904.htm, shop63978904.taobao.com, numeric shopId, seller handle like inman, or any product URL to automatically extract that seller's catalog).
startUrls	Array of Objects	[]	Search, shop storefront, category, or product URLs copied from your browser. Routed automatically to the matching catalog engine.
scrapeDetails	Boolean	true	Deep Retail Detail Enrichment. Enriches every discovered product with detail-page fields (3-axis DSR scores, featured customer review, purchased SKU attributes, buyer video proofs, sentiment tags, 5-image HD gallery, shipping location, and category breadcrumbs) with zero duplicates. Disable (false) for ultra-fast summary-only scraping (~2s/run).
maxItems	Integer	30	Total number of products you want to extract (e.g. 50, 500, 5000).
startPage	Integer	1	Start scraping from page 2, 5, or 10 without needing cookies or tokens.
sortBy	String	default	Sort results by: default (Relevance), sales (Best Sellers), price_asc (Lowest Price), price_desc (Highest Price).
priceMin	Integer	None	Minimum price filter in Chinese Yuan (¥ CNY).
priceMax	Integer	None	Maximum price filter in Chinese Yuan (¥ CNY).

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💻 Developer API & Integrations

For developers building automated data feeds, integrations, or AI pipelines:

🐍 Python Integration

from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize client with your Apify API Token
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

# Run the actor (Search + Full Product Details, Reviews & Direct URLs)
run = client.actor("unitbytes/taobao-tmall-scraper").call(
    run_input={
        "queries": ["手机壳", "wireless earbuds"],
        "itemUrls": ["https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=978797368275"],
        "scrapeDetails": True,
        "maxItems": 50,
        "sortBy": "sales",
    }
)

# Fetch results from dataset
dataset_items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
print(f"Scraped {len(dataset_items)} products.")
for item in dataset_items[:3]:
    print(
        f"- {item['title']} (¥{item['price']}) | Reviews: {item.get('reviewCount')} "
        f"| DSR: {item.get('dsrDescription')}/{item.get('dsrService')}/{item.get('dsrDelivery')} | Shop: {item.get('shopName')}"
    )

🟨 Node.js Integration

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('unitbytes/taobao-tmall-scraper').call({
    queries: ['手机壳', 'phone case'],
    scrapeDetails: true,
    maxItems: 50,
    sortBy: 'sales',
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Scraped ${items.length} products.`);

🔌 MCP Server Setup: Claude Code, Cursor & AI Agents

Connect this scraper directly to Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI agent via the hosted Apify MCP server:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=actors,docs,unitbytes/taobao-tmall-scraper"
    }
  }
}

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Do I need a Taobao account, Alipay, or a Chinese phone number?

No, absolutely not. The actor operates 100% cookieless and anonymously. You never have to register an account, scan QR codes, or verify SMS codes.

Can I search using English keywords, or should I use Chinese keywords?

Both work! Chinese keywords (e.g. 手机壳, 蓝牙耳机, 女装, 连衣裙, 运动鞋) provide the deepest and most specific catalog coverage on Taobao & Tmall. Common English product keywords (e.g. phone case, wireless earbuds, iphone 16 case, smart watch, hoodie, sneakers) are also supported—if an English phrase is not directly indexed as an English tag on Taobao Global, the scraper automatically resolves it to the matching Chinese Taobao tag while preserving your original searchQuery column.

Why are salesCount or full SKU inventory tables empty on some items?

No Taobao/Tmall account credentials or manual cookies required — this scraper extracts publicly available catalog and store data automatically via automated public storefront and catalog resolution. On public pages without a logged-in account:

• Monthly unit sales (salesCount) are not exposed publicly; use reviewCount (e.g. 800+, 20000) and sortBy: "sales" to rank and measure product demand.
• SKU variants (skus / attributes) are extracted from the purchased SKU strings inside verified customer reviews on the detail page, rather than the interactive login-gated SKU selector.

What is the difference between scrapeDetails: true and scrapeDetails: false?

• scrapeDetails: true (Default — $0.0040/item): Fetches both the search/shop listing and each item's individual detail page via automated public storefront and catalog resolution, combining the full untruncated listing title and multi-currency prices with 3-axis Seller DSR Scores (dsrDescription, dsrService, dsrDelivery), Featured Customer Reviews (reviews), Purchased SKU Attributes (skus / attributes), 5-Image HD Galleries (images), Shipping Origin (location), and Category Breadcrumbs (categoryPath).
• scrapeDetails: false ($0.0015/item): Fetches only the search/shop catalog pages (~2 seconds per run). Every item still includes the full untruncated title, CNY & local currency prices, promotion label (discountType), shopId / shopName / shopUrl / taobaoShopUrl, dsrDescription score, reviewCount, reviewTags, and permanent HD photo.

Can I scrape a list of direct product links (itemUrls)?

Yes! Paste any Taobao (item.taobao.com), Tmall (detail.tmall.com), or World Taobao (world.taobao.com) product URLs or numeric item IDs into itemUrls or startUrls. Products available on Taobao's public catalog return pricing, 3-axis DSR scores, review counts, sentiment tags, and HD gallery images; offline or domestic-only restricted items return a clean status notice (UNAVAILABLE) at $0.00 charged.

What happens if my search returns zero results?

If a keyword returns 0 products, the actor finishes cleanly with exit code 0 and you are charged $0.00.

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⚖️ Compliance & Privacy

This actor extracts strictly publicly available e-commerce catalog data from Taobao and Tmall product pages. It does not log in, bypass private authentication walls, or collect private user messages. Personal data is protected by regulations such as GDPR and CCPA—see Apify's guide on the legality of web scraping and ensure you have a legitimate basis when processing public marketplace data.

Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Alibaba Group, Taobao, Tmall, or any of their subsidiaries.

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🔍 Search Keywords & Tags

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