# Cardmarket Scraper - TCG Card Prices & Trends (`lulzasaur/cardmarket-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Cardmarket, Europe's largest TCG marketplace. Get card name, set/expansion, lowest price, price trend, 30/7/1-day averages, availability, rarity and URL for Magic, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh and more. Search by keyword.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/cardmarket-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 6 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 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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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Cardmarket Scraper - TCG Card Prices & Trends

Scrape live card pricing data from [Cardmarket](https://www.cardmarket.com) — **Europe's largest trading card game marketplace** for Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Lorcana, One Piece and more.

Search by card name and get structured pricing, availability and rarity data for every matching product — perfect for **price monitoring, arbitrage, collection valuation, market research, and inventory tools**.

### What it does

Given one or more search queries (card names or keywords) and a game category, this Actor returns for each matching card product:

- **Card name**
- **Set / expansion**
- **Rarity**
- **Collector number**
- **Lowest available price** ("From" price)
- **Available count** (number of listings on offer)
- **Product URL**
- **Price Trend** and **30 / 7 / 1-day average prices** (when *Scrape Detail Pages* is enabled)

Prices are captured as both the original text (e.g. `10.200,00 €`) and a parsed numeric value.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `searchQueries` | array of strings | Card names / keywords to search (e.g. `Black Lotus`, `Charizard`). |
| `game` | string | Game category: `Magic`, `Pokemon`, `YuGiOh`, `Lorcana`, `OnePiece`, `FleshAndBlood`, `Digimon`, `DragonBallSuper`, `StarWarsUnlimited`. |
| `maxResults` | integer | Max products per query. `0` = unlimited. Default `50`. |
| `scrapeDetails` | boolean | Visit each product page to capture Price Trend + average prices. Default `false`. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Proxy settings. RESIDENTIAL is used by default and strongly recommended. |

#### Example input

```json
{
    "searchQueries": ["Black Lotus", "Mox Sapphire"],
    "game": "Magic",
    "maxResults": 50,
    "scrapeDetails": true,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }
}
```

### Output

Each dataset item looks like:

```json
{
    "name": "Black Lotus",
    "expansion": "Unlimited",
    "rarity": "Rare",
    "collectorNumber": null,
    "lowestPriceText": "10.200,00 €",
    "lowestPrice": 10200,
    "priceTrendText": "11.005,15 €",
    "priceTrend": 11005.15,
    "avg30d": 12683.87,
    "avg7d": 11900,
    "avg1d": 10500,
    "availableCount": 48,
    "game": "Magic",
    "query": "Black Lotus",
    "productUrl": "https://www.cardmarket.com/en/Magic/Products/Singles/Unlimited/Black-Lotus",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-03T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

*(`priceTrend`, `avg30d`, `avg7d`, `avg1d` are only populated when `scrapeDetails` is enabled.)*

### Notes

- Cardmarket is protected by **Cloudflare**. This Actor runs a real (headful) Chromium browser through **residential proxies** to access the site reliably. Keep the residential proxy enabled.
- Prices use European formatting on the site and are parsed to numeric values in the `lowestPrice` / `priceTrend` / `avg*` fields.
- Be respectful with volume — the Actor paginates and rate-limits automatically.

### Use cases

- **Price alerts & tracking** for singles across MTG / Pokemon / Yu-Gi-Oh.
- **Arbitrage** — compare Cardmarket EU prices against other marketplaces.
- **Collection valuation** — value a want-list or inventory in bulk.
- **Market research** — trend and average price data over time.

# Actor input Schema

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

One or more card names or keywords to search on Cardmarket (e.g. 'Black Lotus', 'Charizard', 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon'). Each query is searched independently.

## `game` (type: `string`):

TCG category to search within. Choose Magic, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Lorcana, One Piece, Flesh and Blood, Digimon, Dragon Ball Super or Star Wars Unlimited.

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

Maximum number of card products to scrape per query. Set to 0 for unlimited (all matching results). Default is 50.

## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, visit each product page to also capture Price Trend and 30/7/1-day average prices. Slower and uses more compute, but richer data. If disabled, only search-result fields (name, set, lowest price, availability, rarity) are collected.

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

Proxy settings. Cardmarket is protected by Cloudflare — RESIDENTIAL proxies are strongly recommended and used by default. Do not disable the proxy.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "Black Lotus"
  ],
  "game": "Magic",
  "maxResults": 25,
  "scrapeDetails": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# 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": [
        "Black Lotus"
    ],
    "maxResults": 25
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/cardmarket-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": ["Black Lotus"],
    "maxResults": 25,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/cardmarket-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": [
    "Black Lotus"
  ],
  "maxResults": 25
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/cardmarket-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/usGhEsXnh2NVBFNZ0/builds/YA2wbHikFgJFA89kM/openapi.json