1688 Search API

POST

API health

24h health
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Last checked
September 26, 2026 at 18:05 (UTC)
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  • Mostly down
Health APINormal
How health is measured
  • Health = the share of calls that returned data, in percent. Empty results, failures and unknown outcomes do not count as returning data.
  • Levels: 90% and above is healthy, 70% and above is available, 40% and above is limited; anything lower is mostly down.
  • A period (the last 24 hours, one hour or one day) gets a score only once it has at least 50 calls. Periods with fewer calls show as normal: a few failures among a handful of calls do not mean the API is down.
  • Calls include real customer calls and our own daily probe calls. Request errors (wrong parameters, no balance) are excluded.
  • Average time counts only calls that completed normally: response time for sync calls, acceptance to completion for async ones.
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Search public results on 1688. Accepts these parameters: keyword, max_price, sort, min_price, and city. Returns these fields: price_max, title, price_min, and supplier_name.

Price $1.39 per 1,000 requests ($0.001389 per call). Failed calls and empty results are not charged. Synchronous. For slow jobs add "mode": "async" to the body, take the job_id and poll.

Request parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
AuthorizationheaderstringYes-Bearer followed by your API key. Create it in the console; never put it in a URL or a code repository.
platformbodystringYesalibaba1688Platform identifier, fixed value.
actionbodystringYessearchCapability identifier, fixed value.
keywordbody.paramsNot declaredYes-Specifies the search term for 1688 wholesale products (for example, insulated mugs or cardboard boxes). Use product terms rather than store names or offerIds; minimum order quantities and tier pricing return inside item details.
citybody.paramsNot declaredNo-Filters 1688 wholesale item queries by city name text. This filter does not reflect account locations, change returned seller addresses, or guarantee persistent filtering on single-product detail requests.
max_pricebody.paramsNot declaredNo-Filters wholesale items by maximum unit price as a numeric value. It operates alongside min_price to bound price ranges rather than tier order quantities, and it may not cover every SKU variant or volume discount tier.
min_pricebody.paramsNot declaredNo-Filters wholesale items by minimum unit price as a numeric value. This parameter sets item criteria rather than minimum order quantities or API spend limits, and returned tier pricing varies by order volume.
sortbody.paramsenumNo-Sorts search items by relevance (default for search), popular, price_asc, or price_desc. Sorting criteria do not guarantee exact sales figures or total transaction amounts in the payload.Allowed valuespopularprice_ascprice_descrelevance
limitbody.paramsinteger (1–100)No20

Code samples

bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "alibaba1688",
  "action": "search",
  "params": {
    "keyword": "不锈钢保温杯"
  }
}'

[OpenAPI definition (JSON)]Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.

Response example

Field preview

There is no real sample for these example parameters yet: this shows the response shape and fields from the contract, with … as placeholders. It is not the result of a real call.

json
{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "alibaba1688",
  "action": "search",
  "results": [
    {
      "id": …,
      "url": …,
      "title": …,
      "text": …,
      "price_min": …,
      "price_max": …,
      "currency": …,
      "min_order_quantity": …,
      "order_count": …,
      "repurchase_rate": …,
      "category": …,
      "city": …,
      "province": …,
      "supplier_name": …,
      "is_out_of_stock": …,
      "supports_dropship": …,
      "images": …,
      "platform": …
    }
  ],
  "count": …,
  "billing": { … },
  "quota": { … }
}

Response fields

Business data is in results. The table lists the fields a record can contain; values the source does not provide are never made up.

FieldMeaning
idThe record's unique ID on the source platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms.
urlLink to the record on the source platform.
titleTitle. null when the platform has no titles (for example text-only posts).
textBody text with HTML removed. Long text may be truncated.
price_minKeeps the platform's own meaning
price_maxKeeps the platform's own meaning
currencyCurrency code of the price (for example CNY, USD). If price is present but currency is null, do not assume a currency.
min_order_quantityKeeps the platform's own meaning
order_countKeeps the platform's own meaning
repurchase_rateKeeps the platform's own meaning
categoryCategory name in the source platform's own taxonomy, not normalized across platforms.
cityCity name in the source platform's language, not normalized.
provinceKeeps the platform's own meaning
supplier_nameKeeps the platform's own meaning
is_out_of_stockKeeps the platform's own meaning
supports_dropshipKeeps the platform's own meaning
imagesKeeps the platform's own meaning
platformSource platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok).

Errors and billing

401
Missing or invalid key. Authentication runs before parameter checks, so unauthenticated requests never see the parameter schema.
422
Wrong parameter name or value. The error lists the parameters and allowed values this capability accepts and the closest match; it happens before any charge.
402
Insufficient balance. Top up first.
429
Per-minute request limit reached. Wait for Retry-After and try again.
503
Could not complete right now. Any charge for the call goes back to your balance automatically, and the billing receipt in the response states the actual outcome, including when it is not yet known. Do not resend blindly.
200 empty
The request completed without data and is not charged (billing.reason = empty_result_refunded).