# ABU Games Scraper - MTG Prices & Buylist (`lulzasaur/abugames-scraper`) Actor

Scrape ABU Games (abugames.com) for Magic: The Gathering singles and other TCG. Get retail sell price per condition (MINT/NM/SP/PLD/HP), buylist cash & store-credit prices, stock, buy quantity wanted, set, rarity, foil, language, card number, type, mana cost, image and URL from the store search API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/abugames-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## ABU Games Scraper - MTG Prices & Buylist

Scrape [ABU Games](https://abugames.com) for Magic: The Gathering singles (and other tabletop game products). ABU Games is one of the few retailers that publishes **both** a retail sell price and a **buylist** (sell-to-them) price for every card, per condition — a distinct arbitrage/buylist signal you can't get from most stores.

### What you get

For every card printing / condition SKU that matches your search:

- **name** — card name (e.g. "Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer (Serial Numbered) - FOIL")
- **setName** — Magic edition / set
- **rarity** — Common / Uncommon / Rare / Mythic Rare, etc.
- **condition** — MINT / NM / SP / PLD / HP
- **foil** / **cardStyle** — foil flag and style (Normal / Foil / Etched, etc.)
- **language** — English, Japanese, Chinese Simplified, …
- **retailPrice** — the price ABU Games sells the card for
- **buylistCashPrice** — what ABU Games pays you in cash
- **buylistCreditPrice** — what ABU Games pays you in store credit
- **buylistQuantityWanted** — how many copies they currently want to buy
- **quantity** / **inStock** — stock available
- **cardNumber, cardType, color, manaCost, artist**
- **image** — product image URL
- **url** — link to the product page
- **searchQuery, source, scrapedAt**

Each record is one condition of one printing, so you can compare NM vs SP vs HP pricing and cash vs credit buylist offers directly.

### Input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["ragavan", "black lotus"],
  "category": "Magic the Gathering Singles",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "onlyInStock": false,
  "onlyWithBuylist": false
}
```

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `searchQueries` | Card names to search. |
| `category` | Product category (`Magic the Gathering Singles`, `Magic the Gathering Tokens`, `Magic the Gathering Sealed Product`, `Table Top Games`, `Gaming Supplies`, `Specialty Items`, or `all`). |
| `maxItems` | Max records per query (default 100). |
| `onlyInStock` | Only return records with stock available. |
| `onlyWithBuylist` | Only return records with a buylist cash/credit price. |

### Example use cases

- **Buylist arbitrage** — find cards where ABU's buylist cash price beats another store's sell price.
- **Collection valuation** — get cash-out and store-credit values for your cards by condition.
- **Price monitoring** — track retail and buylist movement over time.

Data comes from ABU Games' public search index. Please use responsibly and respect their Terms of Service.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Card names to search on ABU Games (e.g. 'ragavan', 'black lotus', 'sol ring'). Each query returns matching singles with retail sell price and buylist prices per condition.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Product category to search. Use 'all' to search everything ABU Games sells.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of records (condition/printing SKUs) to return per search query. Each card printing has one record per condition.

## `onlyInStock` (type: `boolean`):

Only return records that currently have stock available for purchase.

## `onlyWithBuylist` (type: `boolean`):

Only return records where ABU Games lists a buylist (sell-to-them) cash or store-credit price.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. ABU Games' search API is open and usually works without a proxy; enable Apify Proxy only if you hit rate limits.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "ragavan"
  ],
  "category": "Magic the Gathering Singles",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "onlyInStock": false,
  "onlyWithBuylist": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "ragavan"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/abugames-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchQueries": ["ragavan"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/abugames-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "ragavan"
  ]
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/abugames-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=lulzasaur/abugames-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/JDUNA5qrxwhc6cvcL/builds/AYW0R8eiLS7rN42Zp/openapi.json