# 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 ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ 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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # 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 " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "ABU Games Scraper - MTG Prices & Buylist", "description": "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.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "AYW0R8eiLS7rN42Zp" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/lulzasaur~abugames-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-lulzasaur-abugames-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/lulzasaur~abugames-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-lulzasaur-abugames-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/lulzasaur~abugames-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-lulzasaur-abugames-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "searchQueries" ], "properties": { "searchQueries": { "title": "Search Queries", "type": "array", "description": "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.", "default": [ "ragavan" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "category": { "title": "Category", "enum": [ "Magic the Gathering Singles", "Magic the Gathering Tokens", "Magic the Gathering Sealed Product", "Table Top Games", "Gaming Supplies", "Specialty Items", "all" ], "type": "string", "description": "Product category to search. Use 'all' to search everything ABU Games sells.", "default": "Magic the Gathering Singles" }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items per Query", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of records (condition/printing SKUs) to return per search query. Each card printing has one record per condition.", "default": 100 }, "onlyInStock": { "title": "Only In Stock", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only return records that currently have stock available for purchase.", "default": false }, "onlyWithBuylist": { "title": "Only With Buylist Price", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only return records where ABU Games lists a buylist (sell-to-them) cash or store-credit price.", "default": false }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings. ABU Games' search API is open and usually works without a proxy; enable Apify Proxy only if you hit rate limits.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": false } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```