scrape-alibaba-suppliers This Apify Actor is designed to scrape supplier information from Alibaba using Python and BeautifulSoup. It allows you to search for suppliers based on keywords or a custom search URL and retrieve detailed supplier data. ## How to Use ### 1. Input Configuration The Actor accepts the following input parameters in JSON format: - size (required): The number of suppliers to scrape. - Type: Integer - Default: 10 - Minimum: 1 - keyword (optional): The search keyword to find suppliers. - Type: String - Default: "candle" - searchUrl (optional): A custom search URL to scrape suppliers. This can include additional parameters like country or capabilities. If both keyword and searchUrl are provided, only the keyword will be used. - Type: String ### 2. Example Input json { "size": 10, "keyword": "solar panel" } ### 3. Output The Actor returns a JSON array containing supplier details. Each object in the array includes the following fields: - area: The supplier's location. - companyId: The unique ID of the supplier's company. - companyName: The name of the supplier's company. - companyIcon: The URL of the supplier's company icon. - companyImage: A list of images associated with the supplier's company. - goldYears: The number of years the supplier has been a Gold Supplier. - mainProduct: Details about the supplier's main product. - productList: A list of products offered by the supplier. - provideProducts: A description of the products provided by the supplier. - replyAvgTime: The average response time of the supplier. - reviewCount: The number of reviews for the supplier. - reviewScore: The supplier's review score. - staff: Information about the supplier's staff. - capabilities: Tags describing the supplier's capabilities. - transactions: The number of transactions completed by the supplier. - vrUrl: The URL for the supplier's VR showroom. - isAssessedSupplier: Whether the supplier is assessed. - newAd: Additional advertisement information. ### 4. Example Output json [ { "area": "China", "companyId": "123456", "companyName": "ABC Solar Co., Ltd.", "companyIcon": "https://example.com/icon.png", "companyImage": ["https://example.com/image1.png"], "goldYears": 5, "mainProduct": { "id": "7890", "subject": "Solar Panel", "price": "$100", "imageUrl": "https://example.com/product.png", "url": "https://example.com/product" }, "productList": [], "provideProducts": "Solar panels, inverters", "replyAvgTime": "24h", "reviewCount": 100, "reviewScore": 4.8, "staff": "50-100", "capabilities": ["OEM", "ODM"], "transactions": 500, "vrUrl": "https://example.com/vr", "isAssessedSupplier": true, "newAd": null } ] ### 5. Running the Actor 1. Deploy the Actor on the Apify platform. 2. Provide the input parameters in the Actor's input schema. 3. Run the Actor to scrape supplier data. 4. Retrieve the results from the Actor's dataset. ### 6. Use Cases - Finding suppliers for specific products. - Analyzing supplier capabilities and reviews. - Collecting data for market research.