Switching from 1688 Wholesale Products Scraper to 1688 Products Scraper

1688 Products Scraper (arcadium/1688-products) reads input written for zen-studio/1688-wholesale-scraper: 7 of its 16 input fields work as they are. Field list from its public input schema (build 0.0.200, 2026-10-31); prices and run results from the public Apify API, 2026-11-01.

Their fields that work as they are

Their fields this actor does not read

includeDescriptionHtml, includeSupplierIntelligence, excludeKeywords, minOrderQuantity, merchantType, province, city, proxyCountryMode, feedback. Leave them out of the input; the actor’s own options are in the guide.

Side by side: their input, our rows

{
  "keywords": [
    "wireless earbuds"
  ],
  "maxResults": 200,
  "sortBy": "bestSelling",
  "includeSkuDetails": true,
  "priceMin": 10,
  "priceMax": 80
}

{
  "rowType": "product",
  "platform": "1688",
  "offerId": "866095761513",
  "url": "https://detail.1688.com/offer/866095761513.html",
  "title": "数据线保护套硅胶防折断充电线保护套咬线器防断裂神器",
  "keyword": "数据线",
  "rank": 2,
  "isAd": false,
  "currency": "CNY",
  "priceMin": 2.5,
  "priceMax": 2.6,
  "priceTiers": [
    {
      "minQty": 3,
      "maxQty": 4999,
      "price": 2.6
    },
    {
      "minQty": 5000,
      "maxQty": 99999,
      "price": 2.55
    }
  ],
  "moq": 3,
  "unit": "件",
  "soldCount": 100000,
  "soldText": "已售10万+件",
  "soldScope": "offer",
  "repurchaseRate": 17,
  "origin": {
    "province": "广东",
    "city": "东莞市"
  },
  "supplier": {
    "companyName": "东莞市元拓橡塑制品有限公司",
    "memberId": "b2b-22072902285003c713",
    "isFactory": true,
    "yearsOnPlatform": 7,
    "serviceScores": {
      "composite": 4,
      "consultation": 4,
      "logistics": 3.57,
      "dispute": 5,
      "returns": 3.67,
      "goods": 3.33
    },
    "repurchaseRate3m": 77,
    "shopUrl": "https://apetop.1688.com"
  },
  "hasDetails": false
}

Output fields: rowType, platform, offerId, url, title, keyword, rank, isAd, images, currency, priceMin, priceMax, priceTiers, moq, unit, soldCount, soldText, soldScope, bookedCount, repurchaseRate, origin, serviceTags, supplier, skus, attributes, freight, rating, videoUrl, category, hasDetails, scrapedAt, stated, delivered, stopReason, shortfall, input, code, message. The rows use these names, not the other actor’s.

Price

Live Apify prices on 2026-11-01, in USD, for each actor’s main charged event. Start fees and platform usage are not included. Units differ: compare what one charged row contains. The Store page of each actor is the current source.

Common issues: failed or timed-out runs

• 1688 Wholesale Products Scraper timed out: 0.2% of 38,316 runs timed out.

Apify’s public run statistics for each actor, last 30 days to 2026-11-01: FAILED and TIMED-OUT runs as a share of all runs. Shown from 50 runs. A failed run can also come from a bad input. Here an input that cannot be read comes back as a free error row with a code, and the other inputs still arrive.

How to switch

In the Apify Store

1. Open arcadium/1688-products and sign in to Apify.
2. On the Input tab, switch the editor to JSON and paste the input you used for zen-studio/1688-wholesale-scraper, without the fields listed above as not read.
3. Start the run. Set a maximum cost per run in the run options if you want a hard cap.

Over the API

Change the actor ID in the URL from zen-studio~1688-wholesale-scraper to arcadium~1688-products; the body stays the same apart from the fields this actor does not read.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/arcadium~1688-products/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keywords":["wireless earbuds"],"maxResults":200,"sortBy":"bestSelling","includeSkuDetails":true,"priceMin":10,"priceMax":80}'

In n8n

In the Apify node, change the actor to arcadium/1688-products and keep the input JSON. With an HTTP Request node:

{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "Run arcadium/1688-products",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/arcadium~1688-products/run-sync-get-dataset-items",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
        "sendBody": true,
        "specifyBody": "json",
        "jsonBody": "{\"keywords\":[\"wireless earbuds\"],\"maxResults\":200,\"sortBy\":\"bestSelling\",\"includeSkuDetails\":true,\"priceMin\":10,\"priceMax\":80}",
        "options": {
          "timeout": 300000
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {}
}

From an AI assistant (MCP)

Add the actor as a tool on Apify’s MCP server; an agent can pass the same input fields.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=arcadium/1688-products",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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