# AliExpress Product Search Scraper (`gio21/aliexpress-scraper`) Actor

Search AliExpress by keyword and get product listings (title, price, image, product URL).

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gio21/aliexpress-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Gio](https://apify.com/gio21) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 item scrapeds

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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

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# README

## AliExpress Product Search Scraper

Search **AliExpress** by keyword and get structured product results — no login, no cookies. Returns title, price, currency, image, store name, orders count, rating, and product URL, parsed primarily from AliExpress's embedded search-results JSON blob (with an HTML-card fallback for resilience).

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `query` | string | Search term, e.g. `phone case`. **Required.** |
| `maxItems` | integer | Max products to return (paginates automatically, max 300, default 30). |

Example:

```json
{
    "query": "wireless earbuds",
    "maxItems": 30
}
```

### Output

```json
{
    "productId": "1005006123456789",
    "title": "Mini Wireless Earbuds Bluetooth 5.3 Sports Headphones",
    "price": 7.99,
    "currency": "$",
    "imageUrl": "https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/S1234567890abcdef.jpg",
    "storeName": "Global Audio Official Store",
    "ordersCount": 2431,
    "rating": 4.7,
    "productUrl": "https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006123456789.html",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-17T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Common uses

- Product and price research by keyword
- Dropshipping/sourcing candidate discovery
- Competitor and market monitoring
- Tracking store reputation (orders, rating) across a category

### Notes

AliExpress is heavily bot-defended and localizes currency/price by IP and locale, so `price`/`currency` reflect whatever AliExpress served the Web Unlocker request. Parsing tries the embedded `window.runParams`/`_init_data_`-style JSON blob first (recursively scanning for product arrays rather than a single hardcoded path, since AliExpress's internal structure shifts periodically), then falls back to scanning product-link anchors in the HTML if no blob is found.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Search term, e.g. "phone case".

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

Maximum number of products to return (paginates as needed).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "wireless earbuds",
  "maxItems": 30
}
```

# 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 = {
    "query": "wireless earbuds",
    "maxItems": 30
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gio21/aliexpress-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 = {
    "query": "wireless earbuds",
    "maxItems": 30,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gio21/aliexpress-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "wireless earbuds",
  "maxItems": 30
}' |
apify call gio21/aliexpress-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gio21/aliexpress-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/3ISp4jSal0VMQWkwX/builds/gsGaKi3plDF2SzzOo/openapi.json