# CardTrader Scraper - TCG Card Marketplace Prices (`lulzasaur/cardtrader-scraper`) Actor

Scrape CardTrader.com, the European TCG marketplace, for card prices across Magic, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, One Piece and more. Get card name, game, set, rarity, foil, lowest price (native + EUR), seller count, condition, stock, image and URL for any search.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/cardtrader-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 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

## CardTrader Scraper - TCG Marketplace Prices (Magic, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh)

Scrape **CardTrader** ([cardtrader.com](https://www.cardtrader.com)), one of the largest European trading-card-game marketplaces, aggregating thousands of sellers across **Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Flesh and Blood, Digimon, Dragon Ball Super** and more. For any card search you get the **lowest live price**, **seller count**, condition, rarity, foil status, total stock, image and product URL.

### What it does

- Searches CardTrader's blueprint catalog for a given game by card name.
- For each matching printing, pulls the live marketplace listings and aggregates them into one row.
- Reports the **lowest price** in the site's native currency **and converted to EUR** (using CardTrader's live currency rates), plus how many sellers stock it and total available quantity.

### Output fields

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `name` | Card name |
| `game` | Game (e.g. Magic: the Gathering) |
| `set` / `setCode` | Expansion name and code |
| `rarity` | Card rarity |
| `collectorNumber` | Collector number |
| `language` | Card language |
| `foil` | Whether this printing is foil |
| `foilAvailable` | Whether any foil listing exists |
| `lowestPrice` / `currency` | Lowest listing price in native currency |
| `lowestPriceEur` | Lowest price converted to EUR |
| `lowestCondition` | Condition of the cheapest listing |
| `sellerCount` | Distinct sellers on the loaded listings page |
| `listingCount` | Total number of listings for the card |
| `totalStock` | Total quantity available across loaded listings |
| `marketPriceUsd` | CardTrader reference/market price (USD) when available |
| `imageUrl` | Card image |
| `url` | CardTrader product page |

### Input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["ragavan"],
  "game": "magic",
  "maxCards": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}
```

- **searchQueries** — one or more card names to search.
- **game** — which TCG to search (`magic`, `pokemon`, `yu-gi-oh`, `one-piece`, `flesh-and-blood`, `digimon`, `dragon-ball-super`, `cardfight-vanguard`). Search is per-game.
- **gameId** — advanced numeric CardTrader `game_id` override for games not in the dropdown.
- **maxCards** — max matching printings to price per query.
- **proxyConfiguration** — usually not needed; enable Apify Proxy only if you hit intermittent challenges.

### Notes

CardTrader shows prices in the viewer's currency (geo-dependent); the `lowestPriceEur` field always gives a EUR figure regardless. Data is read from CardTrader's own JSON endpoints, so it is fast and reliable.

# Actor input Schema

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

Card names to search on CardTrader (e.g. 'ragavan', 'charizard', 'black lotus'). Each query returns matching printings in the selected game with lowest price, seller count and stock.

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

Which trading card game to search. Search is per-game. Use 'gameId' below to target a game not listed here.

## `gameId` (type: `integer`):

Optional numeric CardTrader game\_id override. If set, takes precedence over the Game dropdown. Magic=1, Yu-Gi-Oh=4, Pokemon=5, Flesh and Blood=6, Digimon=8, Dragon Ball Super=9, Vanguard=10, One Piece=15.

## `maxCards` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of matching card printings to fetch marketplace prices for, per search query. Each card is one extra request.

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

Proxy settings. CardTrader serves its JSON endpoints to a plain browser fingerprint without a proxy in most cases. Enable Apify Proxy only if you hit intermittent Cloudflare challenges.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "ragavan"
  ],
  "game": "magic",
  "maxCards": 20,
  "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/cardtrader-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/cardtrader-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/cardtrader-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/G35ukDTUgDh2yAfuc/builds/aeiGsnMRdVcZLfxgM/openapi.json