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API & Data Access

Read-only, JSON GET endpoints over the same market data that powers the terminal. Requests need a key, issued to an account whose API access application has been approved.

API access

API access is by application, reviewed by hand — not open self-serve signup. Keys are personal to the account they are issued to, revocable, and metered per plan.

Authentication

  • Send Authorization: Bearer <key> on every request. X-API-Key is accepted too.
  • A missing, malformed or revoked key is a 401 with the shared error envelope. Revocation takes effect on the next request.
  • A key is personal to the account it was issued to. Do not share, resell or pool keys — see the Terms of Use.
  • Rate limits are published in /llms.txt. Over a limit is a 429 with Retry-After, never a ban.

Response envelope

  • asOf — an ISO 8601 timestamp of when the payload was computed. A cached response still reports the moment it was built, not the moment it was served.
  • dataMode — LIVE for real provider data.
  • Money fields are always integer minor-unit amounts (cents) paired with acurrency field — never a floating-point dollar amount.
  • A null field is a genuine coverage gap (unknown, insufficient data, illiquid) — never an interpolated or fabricated value.
  • Errors share one envelope: { error: { code, message, details? } }.

Endpoints

EndpointParamsDescription
GET /api/wallfilter, era, set, ptype, ctype, rarity, q, limit, sort, cursor (keyset), fields=tileThe filterable market wall grid of card/product tiles.sort: volume_desc (default — 30-day traded dollars, high to low), volume_asc, price_desc, price_asc, newest, oldest (set release date), change_24h_desc, change_24h_asc, change_7d_desc, change_30d_desc. Rows with no value for the chosen column sort last in both directions; ties break on the default order. A cursor belongs to the sort that produced it — replaying it under another, or asking for an unknown sort, is a 400.
GET /api/wall/tile/{instrument}instrument (path, URL-encoded)One wall tile’s detail half: rarity, era, market type, 7d change, 30d dollar volume, confidence, sparkline and score drivers.
GET /api/terminal/{instrument}instrument (path, URL-encoded)Full terminal snapshot for one instrument: price series, indicators, order-book depth, fair value, recommendation, population, provenance.
GET /api/screenerpreset (UNDERVALUED | ACCUMULATION | TIGHT_SUPPLY | HIGH_LIQUIDITY), limitCross-sectional screener rows for one preset.
GET /api/indices—The hosted POKE3 / POKE5 index snapshots.
GET /api/quotesinstruments (comma-separated, max 200)Compact watchlist quote rows for a set of instruments, plus the hosted indices.
GET /api/searchqCard/set/era/card-store/card-show matches for the omni-search palette.
GET /api/market-eventskind=RECORD_SALE (required), since (ISO 8601), limit (1-50, default 20)Notable PSA graded-card sales (a new record, a first sale past a milestone, or a multiple of the card’s own median), newest first.
GET /api/card-storescountry (required, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2), region, locality, game, pagePaged card stores/vendors in one geography, worldwide (US seeded first).
GET /api/card-stores/{slug}slug (path)One store or vendor’s public profile — hours, programs, location.
GET /api/card-stores/{slug}/reviewsslug (path), pageA store’s published reviews, paged, with the rating aggregate.
GET /api/card-showscountry (required, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2), region, locality, game, window (upcoming | this-weekend), pagePaged card show editions in one geography and time window, worldwide.
GET /api/card-shows/{series}series (path)One show series’ public detail plus its full edition history.
GET /api/card-shows/{series}/{edition}series (path), edition (path)One dated show edition: venue, admission, vendor list and booth numbers.
GET /api/card-shows/booth-finderedition (required), q"Your card is at booth 12" — vendors at one edition matching a card or vendor name.

Machine-readable references

  • /api/openapi.json — the full OpenAPI 3.1 document for these endpoints.
  • /llms.txt — a plain-language orientation for LLM crawlers and agents.