# Blowout Cards Scraper - Sealed Boxes & Cases (`lulzasaur/blowoutcards-scraper`) Actor

Scrape sports card and TCG product listings from BlowoutCards.com. Get title, category, price, sale price, availability, image, and product URL. Search by keyword like 'baseball' or 'pokemon' — paginated to Max Results.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/blowoutcards-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, 1 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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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

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# README

## Blowout Cards Scraper

Scrape sports card and trading card (TCG) product listings from [BlowoutCards.com](https://www.blowoutcards.com) — one of the largest retailers of sealed boxes, cases, and packs for baseball, basketball, football, hockey, Pokémon, and more.

### What it does

Given one or more search keywords, this Actor searches BlowoutCards.com and extracts every matching product across all result pages, up to your **Max Results** limit.

For each product you get:

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `title` | Product name |
| `category` | Sport / TCG line inferred from the title (Baseball, Basketball, Pokemon, …) |
| `price` | Current selling price (numeric, USD) |
| `listPrice` | Original / MSRP price when the item is on sale |
| `onSale` | `true` when a special/sale price is shown |
| `priceText` | Raw price string as displayed |
| `availability` | `In Stock`, `Out of Stock`, or `Unknown` |
| `image` | Product image URL |
| `url` | Product page URL |
| `itemId` | Blowout catalog product ID |
| `searchQuery` | The query that returned this item |
| `scrapedAt` | ISO timestamp |

### Input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["baseball", "pokemon"],
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

- **searchQueries** — keywords to search (e.g. `baseball`, `pokemon`, `2025 topps`). Each is paginated fully.
- **maxResults** — cap across all queries. Use `0` for unlimited.
- **proxyConfiguration** — leave disabled (default). The Actor warms Imperva/Incapsula session cookies from the homepage; the Apify platform IP passes the challenge without a proxy.

### Output

Results are pushed to the default dataset. Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, or via the API.

```json
{
  "itemId": "19351",
  "title": "2025 Topps Series 2 Baseball Blaster 40 Box Case",
  "category": "Baseball",
  "price": 1149.99,
  "listPrice": 1799.95,
  "onSale": true,
  "currency": "USD",
  "priceText": "$1,149.99",
  "availability": "In Stock",
  "image": "https://www.blowoutcards.com/media/catalog/product/...",
  "url": "https://www.blowoutcards.com/2025-topps-series-2-baseball-blaster-40-box-case.html",
  "searchQuery": "baseball",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Use cases

- Track sealed box/case prices and sales for arbitrage or investing
- Monitor stock availability of hot releases
- Build price comparison tools across card retailers
- Feed collectibles pricing datasets

Not affiliated with or endorsed by Blowout Cards. Respect their terms of service.

# Actor input Schema

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

One or more keywords to search BlowoutCards.com product listings (e.g. 'baseball', 'pokemon', '2025 topps'). Each query is paginated through its full result set up to Max Results.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of product listings to scrape across all queries. Set to 0 for unlimited (all available results). Default is 50.

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

Proxy settings. Blowout Cards is behind Imperva/Incapsula and works best WITHOUT a proxy (the default): the Actor warms Incapsula session cookies from the homepage using the Apify platform IP plus realistic browser fingerprinting. Enabling proxies can re-trigger the challenge. Only enable a proxy if you specifically need it.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "baseball"
  ],
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (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": [
        "baseball"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/blowoutcards-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": ["baseball"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/blowoutcards-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": [
    "baseball"
  ]
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/blowoutcards-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/waJ4GFPcKPXhSH0xl/builds/Yx7V3cVMxeTnVlSuW/openapi.json