# 1688.com Product Scraper - Wholesale Pricing, MOQ, Supplier (`gio21/1688-product-scraper`) Actor

Scrape 1688.com product details by URL. Get title, pricing tiers, MOQ, supplier info, images, attributes for wholesale sourcing.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gio21/1688-product-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Gio](https://apify.com/gio21) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 84 total users, 12 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

$5.00 / 1,000 product 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## 1688 Product Scraper — Wholesale Prices, MOQ & Suppliers

**1688 Product Scraper** extracts wholesale product data from [1688.com](https://www.1688.com) — Alibaba's China-domestic B2B marketplace — **by product URL**: title, description, price tiers, MOQ, supplier name and location, sold count, attributes and images. You paste the product links you care about and get clean, structured data back, with **no login, no cookies and no setup**.

Export to **JSON, CSV or Excel**, pull it through the **API**, schedule it, or feed it straight to an **AI agent**. Think of it as a 1688 product API for the data the official site doesn't hand you.

### What can you do with it?

- **🛒 Wholesale sourcing for dropshipping & importing** — pull MOQ, tiered pricing and supplier details for the offers you're evaluating, and decide what to import.
- **🏭 Supplier comparison** — collect supplier name, location and the same offer across multiple links to compare factories side by side.
- **💰 Price & MOQ research** — track wholesale price ranges and minimum order quantities to model landed cost and margins.
- **📊 Market & product research** — build datasets of competing offers to spot trending products and price floors before you commit.
- **🤖 AI / LLM datasets** — produce structured product JSON for RAG pipelines, sourcing agents and analysis.

### What data does it extract?

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `title` | Product title (original Chinese) |
| `description` | Product/offer description |
| `priceText` | Wholesale price or price range as shown (e.g. `¥1.20 - ¥5.00`) |
| `moqText` | Minimum order quantity text (MOQ) |
| `soldText` | Sold / transaction volume text |
| `supplierName` | Supplier / seller company name |
| `supplierLocation` | Supplier location |
| `attributes` | List of product attributes (material, color, spec…) |
| `images` | Product image URLs |
| `offerId` / `url` | Offer identifier and canonical product link |
| `scrapedAt` | ISO timestamp of the scrape |

### ⚠️ Free vs. paid Apify plans

This actor relies on a premium unblocking backend that the author pays for. 1688's anti-bot is among the toughest in China, so **free Apify accounts cannot pull live 1688 data.**

- **Free plan:** returns a small, clearly-labelled **MOCK sample** so you can inspect the exact output shape first.
- **Paid plan:** real, live 1688 product data via a premium Scraping Browser backend.

Upgrade at <https://apify.com/pricing> and re-run — the actor detects your plan automatically, no input change needed.

### Input

This is a **product-detail scraper**: you provide one or more **1688 product URLs**, and it returns one record per offer. It does **not** search by keyword — give it the exact links you want.

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `productUrls` | Array (required) | 1688.com product detail URLs. Format: `https://detail.1688.com/offer/{offerId}.html`. Add as many as you like. |
| `includeReviews` | Boolean | If `true`, also scrape recent product reviews (slower). Default `false`. |
| `debug` | Boolean | Verbose logging for troubleshooting. Default `false`. |

> **Tip:** collect the product URLs from 1688 search, category or supplier pages first (in your browser), then paste them into `productUrls`. Each URL is scraped independently, so a single bad or removed link won't stop the rest of the batch.

### Output

One record per product URL (real data on paid plans; mock sample on free plans):

```json
{
  "url": "https://detail.1688.com/offer/610234176288.html",
  "offerId": "610234176288",
  "title": "隐形肩带透明文胸肩带加宽透明磨砂隐形带调整型内衣带防滑配件",
  "description": "阿里巴巴（1688.com）是全球企业间（B2B）电子商务的著名品牌 …",
  "priceText": null,
  "moqText": null,
  "supplierName": "义乌市唐婷服饰有限公司",
  "supplierLocation": null,
  "soldText": null,
  "attributes": [],
  "images": [
    "https://cbu01.alicdn.com/img/ibank/O1CN01Mu1MIC2HWQJQT4v5N_!!3696439158-0-cib.jpg_284x284q90.jpg_.webp",
    "https://cbu01.alicdn.com/img/ibank/O1CN01JP2GkA1g76d62HKdp_!!2219382864094-0-cib.jpg_284x284q90.jpg_.webp"
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-12T01:07:14.042Z"
}
```

#### Field notes

- `title` / `description` are returned in the original Chinese, exactly as 1688 publishes them — run them through your own translation step if you need English.
- `priceText`, `moqText`, `soldText` are extracted as displayed. Some offers redact or hide these for logged-out visitors, so they may be `null` on a given page — the actor never fabricates a value.
- `supplierLocation` is `null` when 1688 doesn't expose it on the public offer page; `supplierName` is the company behind the listing.
- `attributes` is a list of product spec strings (material, color, size…) and can be empty for sparse listings.
- `images` contains the product image URLs found on the offer; alicdn thumbnails and gallery images are included.
- `offerId` is the numeric ID from the URL — a stable key for deduping or joining runs.

### Integrations

- **API** — start runs and fetch the dataset via the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2) (REST/JSON) or the JS/Python clients. A 1688 API for the product data the official site doesn't expose.
- **Schedule & monitor** — run on a [schedule](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules) to re-check prices and stock on the offers you track; get notified on failures.
- **AI agents / MCP** — expose this actor to ChatGPT, Claude and other assistants through the [Apify MCP server](https://mcp.apify.com) so an AI can pull live 1688 product data on demand.
- **No-code** — pipe results into Make, Zapier, Google Sheets, Slack or your database with Apify [integrations](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations) and webhooks.

### FAQ

**What is 1688?**
1688.com is Alibaba's China-domestic wholesale (B2B) marketplace — the platform Chinese suppliers and factories sell on at wholesale prices and minimum order quantities. It's where many products on AliExpress, Temu and Amazon are originally sourced.

**How does 1688 Product Scraper work?**
You give it 1688 product URLs. For each link it opens the offer page exactly as a buyer would, copies the visible data — title, price, MOQ, supplier, images, attributes — and organizes it into a structured dataset, only much faster and at scale.

**Do I need a 1688 account or login?**
No. No account, cookies or credentials — proxy and unblocking are handled automatically. Note that a few B2B-exclusive fields are only shown to logged-in buyers, so they may come back `null`.

**Can I search by keyword?**
Not directly — this actor scrapes **product detail by URL**, not keyword search. Find the offers you want on 1688 first (search, category or supplier pages in your browser), then paste those product links into `productUrls`.

**Why are some fields null?**
1688 redacts certain fields (price, MOQ, sold count, supplier location) for logged-out automated requests on some offers. When a value isn't present on the public page, the actor returns `null` rather than guessing.

**Is it legal to scrape 1688?**
The actor collects only **publicly available** product information (no login, no personal data). As with any scraping, you are responsible for how you use the data and for complying with applicable laws and terms. See [Is web scraping legal?](https://blog.apify.com/is-web-scraping-legal/)

**Can I get the data through an API?**
Yes — run it via the Apify API or the JS/Python clients and fetch results as JSON, CSV or Excel. See **Integrations** above.

**Can I connect it to AI / MCP?**
Yes — expose it to ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants through the [Apify MCP server](https://mcp.apify.com) so an agent can fetch 1688 product data on demand.

**How much does it cost?**
Pay only for what you scrape on a paid Apify plan. Free plans get a mock sample only.

### Related Actors

Building a sourcing or marketplace data pipeline? Pair 1688 Product Scraper with:

- **[Goofish (Xianyu) Scraper](https://apify.com/gio21/goofish-scraper)** — second-hand listings from Xianyu / Goofish.
- **[Shopee Scraper](https://apify.com/gio21/shopee-scraper)** — products, prices and sellers from Shopee.
- **[Temu Scraper](https://apify.com/gio21/temu-scraper)** — products and prices from Temu.

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# Actor input Schema

## `productUrls` (type: `array`):

List of 1688.com product (offer) detail URLs to scrape, one record returned per URL. Format: https://detail.1688.com/offer/{offerId}.html . Example: \["https://detail.1688.com/offer/704946687850.html", "https://detail.1688.com/offer/610234176288.html"]. Collect the links from 1688 search, category or supplier pages first; each URL is scraped independently so a bad link won't stop the batch. Not a keyword search.

## `includeReviews` (type: `boolean`):

If true, also scrape recent product reviews for each offer (slower). Leave false for faster price/MOQ/supplier-only runs. Example: false.

## `debug` (type: `boolean`):

If true, enable verbose logging to help troubleshoot runs. Keep false for normal use. Example: false.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "productUrls": [
    "https://detail.1688.com/offer/704946687850.html"
  ],
  "includeReviews": false,
  "debug": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Each row: url, offerId, title, description, priceText, moqText, supplierName, supplierLocation, soldText, attributes, images, rawData, scrapedAt.

# 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 = {
    "productUrls": [
        "https://detail.1688.com/offer/704946687850.html"
    ],
    "includeReviews": false
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gio21/1688-product-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 = {
    "productUrls": ["https://detail.1688.com/offer/704946687850.html"],
    "includeReviews": False,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gio21/1688-product-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 '{
  "productUrls": [
    "https://detail.1688.com/offer/704946687850.html"
  ],
  "includeReviews": false
}' |
apify call gio21/1688-product-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,gio21/1688-product-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/dCEGRAGZv78DrY5GB/builds/472XWuCXhqUQZZcbn/openapi.json