TCGPlayer Scraper - Trading Card Prices

Apify Actor for scraping TCGPlayer marketplace trading card prices and listings. Uses TCGPlayer's search API for fast, structured data extraction without browser rendering.

Features

• Search for any trading card across Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, and dozens more games
• Filter by product line (game) to narrow results
• Extract market prices, median prices, lowest prices, and lowest-with-shipping prices
• Get card attributes: rarity, card number, energy type, set name, release date
• Optionally scrape detail pages for additional data (full description, price points, images)
• Fast API-based scraping (no browser required for search mode)

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchQueries	string[]	["charizard"]	Search terms to scrape
maxListings	integer	100	Max listings per query (0=unlimited)
productLine	string	-	Filter by game: Pokemon, Magic, YuGiOh, etc.
scrapeDetails	boolean	false	Visit each product page for extra data
proxyConfiguration	object	{}	Proxy settings (optional for API mode)

Example Input

{
    "searchQueries": ["charizard", "pikachu"],
    "maxListings": 50,
    "productLine": "Pokemon",
    "scrapeDetails": false
}

Output

Search mode (scrapeDetails: false)

{
    "productId": 42382,
    "productName": "Charizard",
    "productLineName": "Pokemon",
    "productLineId": 3,
    "setName": "Base Set",
    "setId": 2574,
    "rarityName": "Holo Rare",
    "cardNumber": "004/102",
    "energyType": ["Fire"],
    "description": "...",
    "flavorText": null,
    "releaseDate": "1999-01-09T00:00:00Z",
    "marketPrice": 497.82,
    "medianPrice": 499.99,
    "lowestPrice": 299.99,
    "lowestPriceWithShipping": 315.98,
    "totalListings": 150,
    "foilOnly": false,
    "sealed": false,
    "imageUrl": "https://tcgplayer-cdn.tcgplayer.com/product/42382_200w.jpg",
    "url": "https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/42382/pokemon-base-set-charizard",
    "totalResults": 273,
    "searchQuery": "charizard",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-03-17T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Detail mode (scrapeDetails: true)

Adds additional fields from the product page:

{
    "...all search fields above...": "...",
    "fullDescription": "Extended product description from detail page",
    "pricePoints": {
        "market price": 497.82,
        "buylist market price": 350.00
    },
    "images": ["https://tcgplayer-cdn.tcgplayer.com/product/42382_in_1000x1000.jpg"],
    "detailAttributes": {
        "Card Number / Rarity": "4/102 / Holo Rare",
        "Card Type / HP / Stage": "Fire / 120 / Stage 2"
    }
}

Supported Product Lines

Game	productLine Value
Pokemon (English)	Pokemon
Pokemon (Japanese)	Pokemon Japan
Magic: The Gathering	Magic
Yu-Gi-Oh	YuGiOh
Disney Lorcana	Lorcana
One Piece Card Game	One Piece Card Game
Flesh and Blood	Flesh And Blood
Dragon Ball Super	Dragon Ball Super CCG
Cardfight Vanguard	Cardfight Vanguard
Weiss Schwarz	Weiss Schwarz

Leave productLine empty to search across all games and product types.

How It Works

1. Sends POST requests to TCGPlayer's unauthenticated search API (mp-search-api.tcgplayer.com)
2. Paginates through results using from and size parameters (24 products per page)
3. Extracts prices, card attributes, set info, and product metadata from the JSON response
4. Constructs product URLs and image URLs from product IDs and URL slugs
5. Optionally visits product detail pages via CheerioCrawler for richer data

Quick Start

$apify run --purge

Deploy to Apify

apify login
apify push

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