AliExpress: product images do not load in search results Topic is solved

[ajgelado]

In AliExpress.com, the first twelve products in the search result page don't show any image. If you hover the pointer over any of those products, the secondary images (loaded by demand) show just fine. Also, if you scroll down, at some point the products start showing pictures by default (when they load on demand, too). It also affects other pages, such as the category pages, or the "Today's deals" section of the main page.

The console doesn't seem to show anything helpful. It just shows a "TypeError: t.slice is not a function" message two or three times, but the error also shows up on pages which load images correctly (i.e., product pages).

Steps to reproduce:

1) Open AliExpress.com.
--> In the main page, the "Today's deals" do not show product images.
2) Search something.
--> In the search results page, the first twelve results show no product images.
3) Scroll down.
--> After the thirteen result, product images start showing correctly.

This problem happens in all of my computers in different networks, and is reproducible both in a private window and with a clean profile.

If I can do anything (i.e., providing additional troubleshooting information or test a different useragent), please let me know.

[adoxa]

It wants avif, which the browser doesn't support (and probably won't), so it switches to webp, but the already-loaded images aren't updated. Here's a Modify HTTP Response filter to load webp directly.

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[["www.aliexpress.com",["/^[^.]*$|\\.html/",["/jpg_\\.avif/g","jpg_.webp"]]]]

[ajgelado]

Thank you very much! It works flawlessly. It even works in SeaMonkey, which was showing the same problem.

[back2themoon]

It wants avif, which the browser doesn't support (and probably won't)

I think something similar occurs here?

https://thepressproject.gr/starmer-o-po ... in-eirini/

Tried appending a new filter (with the correct format and URL changes - same as above otherwise) but it doesn't seem to apply in this case. Perhaps something is different.

[adoxa]

AFAICT they only have avif; you'd have to actually convert them.

[back2themoon]

Oh, great... Thanks for the info.