AliExpress and Temu data from one API
Sourcing research compares these two constantly, and the difference that matters is rarely the sticker price — it is shipping and the variant you can actually get. AliExpress exposes shipping as its own endpoint here.
AliExpress runs an affiliate and dropshipping API tied to an approved account and a commission relationship; Temu publishes none. Neither is a plain read of the catalogue.
Coverage
What the two engines give you
- AliExpress
- search, product_detail, reviews, similar, description, shipping, store_info
- Temu
- search, product/detail
- Shipping
- AliExpress returns shipping rates per destination
- Stores
- AliExpress exposes the store behind a listing
Worked example
Compare landed cost, not sticker price
The shipping call is what makes this comparison honest.
- 1
POST /aliexpress/v1/searchcandidates for the product
- 2
POST /aliexpress/v1/product_detailvariant prices and the SKU set
- 3
POST /aliexpress/v1/shippingrates to the destination country
- 4
POST /temu/v1/product/detailthe comparable Temu record
A landed AliExpress cost against a Temu price, rather than two sticker prices.
Before you join them
Where the two sources genuinely differ
| aliexpress | temu | |
|---|---|---|
| Depth | 8 actions | 2 actions |
| Shipping | its own endpoint, per destination | not exposed |
| Store | store_info behind the listing | not exposed |
| Paging | pages normally | search returns one page of 40 rows at source |