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Sandbox (hio_test_*) product search returns fixture rows for contract testing—not live 1688/Taobao keyword relevance. Spot sbc_ ids, then retest on hio_live_* with channel auth.
Read guide →HTTP 429 QUOTA_EXCEEDED usually means daily billable units are exhausted—often because every storefront page view hits Product APIs live. Cache first; distinguish rate limits from daily quota.
Production product and image search return CHANNEL_NOT_AUTHORIZED until your app authorizes 1688 or Taobao in the portal. API key alone is not enough.
Guides, tutorials and platform updates from the HioBuy team.
New open-source Python example that plugs live 1688 and Taobao product tools into Anthropic's commerce-agents blueprint via HIOBuy Agent API or MCP — clone, set Live keys, run locally.
Search and detail return an opaque id. Order lines must use that id — not the numeric marketplace item_id. How 1688, Taobao, and Weidian identifiers map from catalog to procurement.
If you already have a site, the missing piece is live Taobao and 1688 catalog data on your own frontend — search, image search, paste a link, SKU detail — without scraping. Walk through HIOBuy’s open-source Next.js starter and the four Product API calls it actually makes.
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