# AliExpress Scraper (`parseforge/aliexpress-scraper`) Actor

Scrape AliExpress product listings from keyword searches. Returns each product as a flat row with title, price, rating, order count, and store details. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/aliexpress-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation, Other
- **Stats:** 17 total users, 5 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $19.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

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## 🛒 AliExpress Scraper

> 🚀 **Export AliExpress product listings in seconds.** Search any keyword and pull product titles, sale prices, original prices, currency, ratings, order counts, product images, and direct product URLs - no API key, no AliExpress account required.

The **AliExpress Scraper** extracts live product listings directly from AliExpress search results. Each record includes 10 fields: product image, title, current sale price, original price (when discounted), currency, rating, order count, direct product URL, product ID, and scrape timestamp. The data is scraped in real-time using Camoufox (Firefox-based fingerprinting) with US residential proxies to bypass AliExpress's `_acw_runner` JavaScript challenge.

AliExpress hosts **hundreds of millions of product listings** across electronics, fashion, home goods, toys, and more - sourced from suppliers worldwide. Whether you need pricing data for 10 products or a full category sweep across thousands of listings, this Actor handles pagination automatically and delivers clean, structured records to your Apify dataset.

| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| E-commerce sellers, dropshippers, price intelligence teams, product researchers, import/export analysts, competitive intelligence teams | Dropshipping product research, price benchmarking, supplier discovery, trend monitoring, catalog enrichment |

### 📋 What the AliExpress Scraper does

Four core workflows in a single run:

- 🔍 **Keyword product search.** Enter any search term - "wireless earbuds", "phone case", "LED strip lights" - and get a ranked list of matching products.
- 💵 **Discount pricing.** Both `price` (current sale price) and `originalPrice` (pre-discount price) are extracted when a discount is active, so you can calculate exact discount percentages.
- 📦 **Demand signals.** `ordersCount` tells you how many units have been sold, which is the primary demand proxy used by dropshippers and product researchers.
- 🔗 **Clean product URLs.** Tracking parameters are stripped and URLs are normalized to canonical `aliexpress.com` format.

> 💡 **Why it matters:** AliExpress is the world's largest B2C dropshipping marketplace. Monitoring pricing, demand signals, and competitor stock without a scraper means manual searching and copy-paste - which doesn't scale. This Actor delivers structured product data in minutes, ready for your spreadsheet, database, or analysis pipeline.

### 📊 Data fields

Each record includes: `currency`, `imageUrl`, `ordersCount`, `originalPrice`, `price`, `productUrl`, `rating`, `results`, `title`. These field names come straight from the actor's dataset schema, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.

### 🚀 How to use

1. [Create a free account](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp) on Apify (includes $5 free credit).
2. Open the **AliExpress Scraper** in the Apify Store.
3. Enter your search keyword (e.g. `"bluetooth speaker"`).
4. Set `maxItems` to control how many products you want.
5. Click **Save & Run**.
6. When the run finishes, open the **Dataset** tab and download as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

### 🔗 Recommended Actors

| Actor | What it does |
|---|---|
| [Amazon Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/amazon-scraper) | Scrape Amazon US product search results |
| [eBay Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/ebay-scraper) | Extract product listings from eBay search |
| [Wayfair Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/wayfair-scraper) | Pull home goods listings from Wayfair |

> 💡 **Pro Tip:** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge) for scrapers covering 200+ websites - all maintained, all export-ready.

> **⚠️ Disclaimer:** This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to AliExpress or Alibaba Group. All product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Use this tool responsibly and in accordance with applicable terms of service.

### 🆘 Need Help?

If you hit a bug, have questions about setup, or need a scraper we haven't built yet, open our [contact form](https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA) or write to parseforge@protonmail.com. We also take on paid custom data projects.

For faster answers, join our [Discord](https://parseforge.co/discord). It's the best place to get support and suggest new actors.

# Actor input Schema

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Keyword to search for on AliExpress (e.g. 'laptop', 'wireless earbuds', 'phone case')

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

Maximum number of products to collect per run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keyword": "laptop",
  "maxItems": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {
    "keyword": "laptop",
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/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 = {
    "keyword": "laptop",
    "maxItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/aliexpress-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 '{
  "keyword": "laptop",
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call parseforge/aliexpress-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,parseforge/aliexpress-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/lbrspwUP01Y3akZP7/builds/FrfC9pSNtAcCbiFBb/openapi.json