# Cardmarket Pokémon Trend Scraper (`scrap_them_all/cardmarket-pokemon-trend-scraper`) Actor Scrape Cardmarket Pokémon Weekly Top Cards and Best Bargains. Get card name, expansion, current price, price change, rarity and product URL. - **URL**: https://apify.com/scrap\_them\_all/cardmarket-pokemon-trend-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [scrap\_them\_all](https://apify.com/scrap_them_all) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.00 / 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.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.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/platform/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 ## Cardmarket Pokémon Trend Scraper ### What does Cardmarket Pokémon Trend Scraper do? This Actor scrapes **trending Pokémon TCG cards** from [Cardmarket](https://www.cardmarket.com/en/Pokemon) — Europe's largest trading-card marketplace. It supports both the **Weekly Top Cards** ranking (the most-sold singles of the week) and the **Best Bargains** list (cards currently priced below their long-term trend). Each result includes the card name, expansion, current EUR price and a direct product URL. Run it once from the Apify Console to try it, or call it from the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2) on any schedule, route the dataset into your warehouse, BI tool, or webhook — and let Apify rotate **residential proxies** and retry failed requests automatically so you never have to babysit a Cloudflare-protected site. ### Why use Cardmarket Pokémon Trend Scraper? - **Spot price spikes early** — react to which Pokémon singles are pumping this week before your competitors do. - **Source bargains** — surface cards trading well under their historical trend for arbitrage or personal collection. - **Power dashboards & alerts** — pipe structured JSON into Google Sheets, Airtable, Slack or your own backend. - **No bot-detection headaches** — Apify's residential proxy network handles Cardmarket's Cloudflare challenge for you. - **Stable schema** — built specifically for Cardmarket's trend pages, not a generic crawler. ### How to use Cardmarket Pokémon Trend Scraper 1. Click **Try for free** on this Actor's page. 2. Pick **Weekly Top Cards** or **Best Bargains** in the *Page to scrape* dropdown. 3. (Optional) Choose a *Site language* and lower *Max results* to test cheaply. 4. Click **Start** — your first run is on the free tier. 5. Open the **Output** tab to download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML. To automate it, hit **Schedule** or call the [Run actor](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2#/reference/actors/run-collection/run-actor) API endpoint. ### Input Configure the run from the Apify Console **Input** tab. All fields have sensible defaults — only `mode` is required. | Field | Type | Default | Description | | -------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `mode` | enum | `weekly-top-cards` | `weekly-top-cards` or `best-bargains` | | `language` | enum | `en` | Cardmarket UI language (`en`, `fr`, `de`, `es`, `it`) | | `maxResults` | integer | `100` | Cap on number of cards returned (1–500) | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | Apify Proxy, `RESIDENTIAL` group | Proxy settings — residential strongly recommended (Cloudflare-protected) | | `debugSaveHtml` | boolean | `false` | Save raw HTML to KV store under `PAGE_HTML` for selector debugging | Example input JSON: ```json { "mode": "weekly-top-cards", "language": "en", "maxResults": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] } } ```` ### Output Each item pushed to the dataset: ```json { "rank": 1, "cardName": "Poké Pad (POR 081)", "expansion": "Perfect Order", "expansionUrl": "https://www.cardmarket.com/en/Pokemon/Expansions/Perfect-Order", "currentPriceEur": 0.02, "imageUrl": "https://product-images.s3.cardmarket.com/51/POR/877498/877498.jpg", "productId": 877498, "url": "https://www.cardmarket.com/en/Pokemon/Products/Singles/Perfect-Order/Poke-Pad-V1-POR081", "scrapedAt": "2026-05-07T18:30:00.000Z", "sourceMode": "weekly-top-cards", "game": "Pokemon" } ``` You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel from the **Output** tab. ### Data table | Field | Type | Description | | ----------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | `rank` | number | Position on the trend page (1-indexed) | | `cardName` | string | Full card title as listed by Cardmarket (incl. set number) | | `expansion` | string | Set / expansion the card belongs to | | `expansionUrl` | string | Absolute URL to the expansion's Cardmarket page | | `currentPriceEur` | number | Current price in EUR | | `imageUrl` | string | Direct CDN URL to the card thumbnail (see *Image hotlinking* below) | | `productId` | number | Cardmarket internal numeric product ID (stable join key) | | `url` | string | Direct URL to the card's product page | | `scrapedAt` | string | ISO 8601 timestamp of when the row was extracted | | `sourceMode` | string | Which trend page the row came from | | `game` | string | Always `Pokemon` for this Actor | #### Image hotlinking — important Cardmarket's image CDN (`product-images.s3.cardmarket.com`) is fronted by CloudFront with **hotlink protection**. Loading the `imageUrl` directly in a browser tab returns **HTTP 403**. The image only resolves when the request includes a `Referer` header set to a Cardmarket domain. This means: - ✅ **Server-side fetching** (curl, requests, fetch in Node, ETL pipelines): add `Referer: https://www.cardmarket.com/` to your HTTP request. - ✅ **Make / Zapier / n8n HTTP modules**: add a `Referer` header to the call. - ❌ **Direct embed in Notion, Airtable image columns, browser tab**: will show a 403 / broken image. If you need an embed-friendly URL, fetch the image yourself once and host it on your own CDN. A `downloadImages` opt-in (which would upload each thumbnail to the run's key-value store) can be added on request. ### How much does it cost to scrape Cardmarket Pokémon trends? Pricing follows the **Pay-Per-Event (PPE)** model: you pay a flat fee per result, no platform compute fees. A typical run of 100 cards costs around **$0.10**. The first **$5/month of platform usage on the free tier** typically covers thousands of free results before you need a paid plan. Residential proxy traffic is included in the per-result event price. ### Tips and advanced options - Use `maxResults: 25` for a cheap smoke-test before scheduling a 500-row daily run. - If you're storing results in your own DB, key on `url` — it is the most stable identifier across runs. - Need other TCGs? Sister Actors are coming for **Magic: The Gathering**, **Disney Lorcana**, **Flesh and Blood** and **Dragon Ball Super Card Game** — same schema. - For one-off ad-hoc analysis, set `language` to match the localized expansion names you need. ### FAQ, disclaimers and support **Is scraping Cardmarket legal?** This Actor extracts only publicly visible price and product information; it does not bypass authentication, abuse private endpoints, or store personal data. You are responsible for complying with Cardmarket's [Terms of Service](https://www.cardmarket.com/en/Magic/AboutUs/TermsAndConditions) and any applicable laws (GDPR, copyright, etc.) in your jurisdiction. **My run got blocked / returned 0 rows.** Cardmarket sits behind Cloudflare's managed challenge. Make sure `proxyConfiguration` uses the `RESIDENTIAL` group (the default). If issues persist, enable `debugSaveHtml: true` and inspect the dump in the key-value store. **Can I get a custom variant?** Yes — use the **Issues** tab on this Actor's page to request a custom solution (e.g. specific expansions, filtered rarities, deeper crawl into product pages, image embedding, alternative output schema). **Found a bug or extracted 0 rows on a real run?** Report it via the **Issues** tab and include the run URL — selectors get patched fast. # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): Which Cardmarket trend page to scrape. ## `language` (type: `string`): Cardmarket interface language. Affects URL prefix and label parsing. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of cards to extract from the page. Cardmarket trend pages typically list 50–100 entries. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Cardmarket sits behind Cloudflare. Residential proxies strongly recommended. ## `debugSaveHtml` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, the raw HTML response is saved to the key-value store under 'PAGE\_HTML' before parsing. Useful when validating selectors. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "weekly-top-cards", "language": "en", "maxResults": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] }, "debugSaveHtml": 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 = { "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("scrap_them_all/cardmarket-pokemon-trend-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 = { "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], } } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("scrap_them_all/cardmarket-pokemon-trend-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 '{ "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }' | apify call scrap_them_all/cardmarket-pokemon-trend-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrap_them_all/cardmarket-pokemon-trend-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Cardmarket Pokémon Trend Scraper", "description": "Scrape Cardmarket Pokémon Weekly Top Cards and Best Bargains. Get card name, expansion, current price, price change, rarity and product URL.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "HEPNcdQqPc6BG0T5Z" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/scrap_them_all~cardmarket-pokemon-trend-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrap_them_all-cardmarket-pokemon-trend-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/scrap_them_all~cardmarket-pokemon-trend-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-scrap_them_all-cardmarket-pokemon-trend-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/scrap_them_all~cardmarket-pokemon-trend-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-scrap_them_all-cardmarket-pokemon-trend-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": [ "mode", "proxyConfiguration" ], "properties": { "mode": { "title": "Page to scrape", "enum": [ "weekly-top-cards", "best-bargains" ], "type": "string", "description": "Which Cardmarket trend page to scrape.", "default": "weekly-top-cards" }, "language": { "title": "Site language", "enum": [ "en", "fr", "de", "es", "it" ], "type": "string", "description": "Cardmarket interface language. Affects URL prefix and label parsing.", "default": "en" }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of cards to extract from the page. Cardmarket trend pages typically list 50–100 entries.", "default": 100 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Cardmarket sits behind Cloudflare. Residential proxies strongly recommended.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }, "debugSaveHtml": { "title": "Save raw HTML for debugging", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, the raw HTML response is saved to the key-value store under 'PAGE_HTML' before parsing. Useful when validating selectors.", "default": 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 } } } } } } } } } } ```