This gist shows your how to prepare a request to the AliExpress Affiliate API, including how to sign your request.
For more info, check out the accompanying blogpost: https://vandevliet.me/how-to-make-aliexpress-affiliate-api-call/
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Making an API call to the AliExpress Affiliate API. Explains how to sign the request and create the correct hash.
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| import crypto from "crypto"; | |
| import dayjs from "dayjs"; | |
| import utc from "dayjs/plugin/utc"; | |
| import timezone from "dayjs/plugin/timezone"; | |
| dayjs.extend(utc); | |
| dayjs.extend(timezone); | |
| const API_URL = "http://gw.api.taobao.com/router/rest"; | |
| const API_SECRET = "FIND THIS IN THE AE CONSOLE"; | |
| const API_KEY = "FIND THIS IN THE AE CONSOLE"; | |
| const hash = (method, s, format) => { | |
| const sum = crypto.createHash(method); | |
| const isBuffer = Buffer.isBuffer(s); | |
| if (!isBuffer && typeof s === "object") { | |
| s = JSON.stringify(sortObject(s)); | |
| } | |
| sum.update(s, "utf8"); | |
| return sum.digest(format || "hex"); | |
| }; | |
| const sortObject = (obj) => { | |
| return Object.keys(obj) | |
| .sort() | |
| .reduce(function (result, key) { | |
| result[key] = obj[key]; | |
| return result; | |
| }, {}); | |
| }; | |
| const signRequest = (parameters) => { | |
| const sortedParams = sortObject(parameters); | |
| const sortedString = Object.keys(sortedParams).reduce((acc, objKey) => { | |
| return `${acc}${objKey}${sortedParams[objKey]}`; | |
| }, ""); | |
| const bookstandString = `${API_SECRET}${sortedString}${API_SECRET}`; | |
| const signedString = hash("md5", bookstandString, "hex"); | |
| return signedString.toUpperCase(); | |
| }; | |
| export const getProductById = async (productId: string) => { | |
| const timestamp = dayjs().tz("Asia/Shanghai").format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss"); | |
| const payload = { | |
| method: "aliexpress.affiliate.productdetail.get", | |
| app_key: API_KEY, | |
| sign_method: "md5", | |
| timestamp, | |
| format: "json", | |
| v: "2.0", | |
| product_ids: productId, | |
| target_currency: "USD", | |
| target_language: "EN", | |
| }; | |
| const sign = signRequest(payload); | |
| const allParams = { | |
| ...payload, | |
| sign, | |
| }; | |
| const res = await fetch(API_URL, { | |
| method: "POST", | |
| headers: { | |
| "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8", | |
| }, | |
| body: new URLSearchParams(allParams), | |
| }); | |
| return await res.json() | |
| } |
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