AliExpress API
AliExpress product search
Products matching a keyword, twenty per page, with price, promotion price, sales, rating and shipping.
Endpoint
/v1/aliexpress/searchlive · proven3 creditsParameters
Query parameters
| Name | Required | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
query | yes | Search keyword | iphone |
page | no | Page number (20 per page) | 1 |
sort | no | A sort value from the response's sorts list | default |
category_id | no | Category id from aliexpress/categories | |
min_price | no | Minimum price | |
max_price | no | Maximum price | |
ship_from | no | Ship-from country code | |
region | no | Storefront country | US |
currency | no | Currency code | USD |
language | no | Locale | en_US |
dry_run | no | Read a zero-credit estimate without fetching sources, running AI, or reserving credits. Cache status is a snapshot, not a guarantee at execution. | 1 |
Examples
Make the request
curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/aliexpress/search?query=iphone" \ -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"
TypeScript
const key = process.env.MONOCRAWL_API_KEY;
if (!key) throw new Error('Set MONOCRAWL_API_KEY on your server.');
const res = await fetch(
"https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/aliexpress/search?query=iphone",
{ headers: { "x-api-key": key } },
);
const body = await res.json();
if (!body.success) {
// one error shape for every endpoint — see /docs/errors
throw new Error(`${body.error.type}: ${body.error.message}`);
}
console.log(body.data, "credits left:", body.credits_remaining);Python
import os
import requests
res = requests.get(
"https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/aliexpress/search?query=iphone",
headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["MONOCRAWL_API_KEY"]},
timeout=60,
)
body = res.json()
if not body["success"]:
# one error shape for every endpoint — see /docs/errors
raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['type']}: {body['error']['message']}")
print(body["data"], "credits left:", body["credits_remaining"])Response
Response fields and example
This example is illustrative, not a captured live response. Variable-cost operations may settle a charge different from the list price below. A successful response puts the platform payload in data and reports the exact credits used, remaining balance, request id and cache status beside it.
{
"success": true,
"platform": "aliexpress",
"endpoint": "/v1/aliexpress/search",
"data": {
"count": 0,
"currency": "example",
"cursor": null,
"has_more": false,
"items": [
{
"id": "example",
"image": "https://example.com/example",
"listing_type": "example",
"platform": "example",
"price": 0,
"promotion_price": {
"max": 0,
"min": 0
},
"rating": {
"max": 0,
"value": 0
},
"sales": 0,
"sales_label": "example",
"selling_points": [],
"title": "example",
"type": "example",
"url": "https://example.com/example"
}
],
"page": 0,
"query": "example",
"region": "example",
"sorts": [
"example"
],
"total": 0
},
"credits_used": 3,
"credits_remaining": 99,
"request_id": "req_…",
"cached": false
}The example is illustrative and shows a documented subset of data. The fields below are optional across supported sources; nullable fields can also be absent. Preserve unknown values and accept additional fields.
Schema basis: observed response shapes, not an exhaustive field specification. See schema coverage and validation limits.
Download the data JSON Schema. Validate response.data, not the whole envelope. A valid shape does not establish that every field or source record was returned.
| Field inside data | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
count | number | null | Number of records in this response, not lifetime or total matches. |
currency | string | null | Optional currency supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
cursor | string | null | Opaque next-page token; pass it back unchanged. Null does not prove complete history. |
has_more | boolean | null | Source continuation indicator; null means unknown. |
items | array | null | Returned records. Source coverage and completeness vary. |
items[].id | string | null | Source identifier. Preserve the supplied type and exact value. |
items[].image | string | null | Optional image supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].listing_type | string | null | Optional listing type supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].platform | string | null | Optional platform supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].price | number | null | Source price. Currency, taxes and availability depend on the listing. |
items[].promotion_price | object | null | Optional promotion price supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].promotion_price.max | number | null | Optional max supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].promotion_price.min | number | null | Optional min supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].rating | object | null | Source rating; read its accompanying scale and vote count. |
items[].rating.max | number | null | Optional max supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].rating.value | number | null | Optional value supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].sales | number | null | Optional sales supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].sales_label | string | null | Optional sales label supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].selling_points | array | null | Source array was empty in the reviewed captures; item fields remain unspecified. |
items[].title | string | null | Source title when supplied. |
items[].type | string | null | Optional type supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
items[].url | string | null | Original source URL when supplied. |
page | number | null | Optional page supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
query | string | null | Optional query supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
region | string | null | Optional region supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
sorts | array | null | Optional sorts supplied by this operation. Null means unknown. |
total | number | null | Source-reported total; null is unknown. |
Optional fields reviewed from preserved successful responses. Additive fields and source variations remain allowed; validate the fields your workflow requires.
The example is invented and illustrates types only; zero and empty values are not claims about a real result.
Failures use the typed error envelope. A confirmed uncharged or refunded failure reports zero; a pending reconciliation can report an unknown charge. Read credits_used and error.details.billing_status, and keep request_id for recovery. Response contract · Error reference