Products seem to have 2 distinct id's

Question

Hello,

Can you please explain why Aliexpress products seem to have 2 id's?

For example I can get the product id from a product detail url and do a query with your api. Your api will return the product but the "productId" property has a different id.

Interesting enough if I construct a url with the id from your api it will(in certain circumstances)correctly redirect me to the url with the 1st id.

Does the desktop site and the mobile site have different id's for the same product?

Thank you!

Rene Meuselwitz · Answer

Hi,

the dektop and mobil app have in general the same ids. however, it is possible that one id gets rerouted to a different id for technical reasons.

Thank you

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Products seem to have 2 distinct id's