# Alibaba Supplier Scraper (`w3crawler/alibaba-suppiler-scraper`) Actor

Extract public Alibaba product and supplier search data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/w3crawler/alibaba-suppiler-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [w3crawler](https://apify.com/w3crawler) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 supplier products

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

### Deprecated compatibility alias

`alibaba-suppiler-scraper` is a permanently deprecated compatibility alias for the misspelled historical Actor name. It must not be presented as a separate supplier product.

Use the maintained [Alibaba Supplier Scraper](https://apify.com/w3crawler/alibaba-supplier-scraper) instead. Every invocation of this alias logs a deprecation notice and writes an `OUTPUT_SUMMARY` that points to the canonical Actor, while the public product observations it collects are stored in the default dataset.

The alias scrapes public Alibaba result and category pages only. No login, private-cookie, CAPTCHA, or access-control behavior belongs in this compatibility Actor; Apify Proxy may be used as a transparent request transport.

#### Output contract

`OUTPUT_SUMMARY` and `OUTPUT` report `status: "SUCCEEDED"`, `runStatus: "SUCCEEDED"`, and `dataStatus` values of `COMPLETE`, `PARTIAL`, `NO_RESULTS`, or `FAILED`. A run that matches no public product reports `dataStatus: "NO_RESULTS"`. Failure details are not stored as key-value records; they stay in the run logs.

#### Local validation

```bash
npm install
apify validate-schema
npm test
apify run --purge --input-file ./INPUT.json
npm run validate
```

Do not include credentials, private supplier data, or fabricated product values when reporting this alias.

Run summaries include the required `status`, `runStatus`, and `dataStatus` fields. `status` and `runStatus` are `SUCCEEDED` when source-backed rows were saved or a run completed cleanly with no matches; they are `FAILED` only when a real failure occurs before any rows are saved.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchKeywords` (type: `string`):

Compatibility input from the original Actor. Used as the first generated public Alibaba search query when queries is not provided.

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Product keywords. Each query becomes an independent public Alibaba product-search source when source URLs are not supplied.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Compatibility alias used as the first generated search query.

## `sourceUrls` (type: `array`):

One or more public Alibaba product-search, category, showroom, or product-detail URLs. These take precedence over generated queries.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Compatibility alias for sourceUrls.

## `searchUrls` (type: `array`):

Compatibility alias for sourceUrls.

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Compatibility alias for sourceUrls.

## `url` (type: `string`):

Compatibility alias for one public Alibaba source URL.

## `startPage` (type: `integer`):

One-based page at which each source starts.

## `start_page` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for startPage.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum ordered public result pages to request for each source. Observed next-page links and safe page-number fallbacks are supported.

## `max_pages` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for maxPages.

## `maxProducts` (type: `integer`):

Maximum unique product observations emitted after aggregation, filters, and sorting.

## `max_products` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for maxProducts.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for maxProducts.

## `max_items` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for maxProducts.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Stable ordering applied after all sources and pages are aggregated.

## `textQuery` (type: `string`):

Keep products whose title, supplier, country, category, badge, promotion, or description contains this text.

## `supplierCountries` (type: `array`):

Keep products whose observed supplier country/location contains one of these values, for example CN, IN, or China.

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Compatibility alias for supplierCountries.

## `currency` (type: `string`):

Keep products whose observed price is in this three-letter currency code.

## `minPrice` (type: `number`):

Keep products whose observed price range reaches this value.

## `price_min` (type: `number`):

Compatibility alias for minPrice.

## `maxPrice` (type: `number`):

Keep products whose observed price range starts at or below this value.

## `price_max` (type: `number`):

Compatibility alias for maxPrice.

## `minMoq` (type: `number`):

Keep products with a minimum order quantity at or above this value.

## `moqMin` (type: `number`):

Compatibility alias for minMoq.

## `moq_min` (type: `number`):

Compatibility alias for minMoq.

## `maxMoq` (type: `number`):

Keep products with a minimum order quantity at or below this value.

## `moqMax` (type: `number`):

Compatibility alias for maxMoq.

## `moq_max` (type: `number`):

Compatibility alias for maxMoq.

## `minSupplierRating` (type: `number`):

Keep products whose observed supplier rating meets this threshold.

## `minProductRating` (type: `number`):

Keep products whose observed product rating meets this threshold.

## `minReviewCount` (type: `number`):

Keep products with at least this many public reviews.

## `minSoldCount` (type: `number`):

Keep products with at least this many public sold/order signals.

## `minSupplierYears` (type: `number`):

Keep products from suppliers with at least this many observed years.

## `minReorderRatePercent` (type: `number`):

Keep products whose public reorder-rate badge meets this threshold.

## `requiredBadges` (type: `array`):

Keep products containing every requested public badge or selling point.

## `requiredCertifications` (type: `array`):

Keep products containing every requested certification text.

## `tradeAssurance` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only product cards marked with public Trade Assurance evidence.

## `trade_assurance` (type: `boolean`):

Compatibility alias for tradeAssurance.

## `verifiedSupplier` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only cards with public verified-supplier evidence.

## `verified_supplier` (type: `boolean`):

Compatibility alias for verifiedSupplier.

## `alibabaGuaranteed` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only cards with public Alibaba Guaranteed evidence.

## `alibaba_guaranteed` (type: `boolean`):

Compatibility alias for alibabaGuaranteed.

## `certifiedOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only cards with a public certified badge.

## `deduplicate` (type: `boolean`):

Merge repeated product IDs or canonical product URLs across pages and sources.

## `includeMedia` (type: `boolean`):

Include product-scoped public Alibaba CDN images only; country flags and UI assets are excluded.

## `includeAttributes` (type: `boolean`):

Include observed attribute, variation, and specification fields.

## `includeSupplierDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Include supplier identity/profile, country, years, ratings, badges, and public trust signals.

## `renderJavaScript` (type: `boolean`):

Use a real Chromium page so dynamically rendered Alibaba result cards and pagination are available. Disable only for static fixtures or direct HTML testing.

## `useBrowser` (type: `boolean`):

Compatibility alias for renderJavaScript.

## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Respectful delay before each live public request.

## `pageDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for requestDelayMs.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Maximum independent source crawls. Pages within a source remain ordered.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for maxConcurrency.

## `maxRequestRetries` (type: `integer`):

Retries for transient public request failures.

## `maxRetries` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for maxRequestRetries.

## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Timeout for one public page request.

## `timeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for requestTimeoutSecs.

## `requestTimeoutMs` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for requestTimeoutSecs.

## `maxResponseBytes` (type: `integer`):

Safety cap for downloaded or rendered HTML.

## `maxBytes` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for maxResponseBytes.

## `browserWaitMs` (type: `integer`):

Additional wait for dynamically rendered cards after DOM content loads.

## `renderWaitMs` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for browserWaitMs.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional standard Apify Proxy routing. Proxying changes the route only; it does not bypass CAPTCHAs or access controls.

## `userAgent` (type: `string`):

Optional transparent browser User-Agent for public requests.

## `locale` (type: `string`):

Locale used by the browser context, such as en-US.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchKeywords": "Laptop",
  "queries": [
    "Laptop"
  ],
  "startPage": 1,
  "maxPages": 2,
  "maxProducts": 300,
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "tradeAssurance": false,
  "verifiedSupplier": false,
  "alibabaGuaranteed": false,
  "certifiedOnly": false,
  "deduplicate": true,
  "includeMedia": true,
  "includeAttributes": true,
  "includeSupplierDetails": true,
  "renderJavaScript": true,
  "requestDelayMs": 1000,
  "maxConcurrency": 2,
  "maxRequestRetries": 3,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 60,
  "maxResponseBytes": 20000000,
  "browserWaitMs": 1500,
  "locale": "en-US"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

## `sourceMetadata` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "searchKeywords": "Laptop"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("w3crawler/alibaba-suppiler-scraper").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 = { "searchKeywords": "Laptop" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("w3crawler/alibaba-suppiler-scraper").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 '{
  "searchKeywords": "Laptop"
}' |
apify call w3crawler/alibaba-suppiler-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,w3crawler/alibaba-suppiler-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/WxSzNKV6DiF0EEJOY/builds/xDzQkWwgVEpAavFrN/openapi.json