Pokémon TCG API

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Overview

The Pokémon TCG API provides detailed data on Pokémon Trading Card Game cards, sets, and prices, making it easy to build deck builders or card collection apps. You can search cards by name, set, type, and many other attributes. A free API key gives you higher rate limits, but basic requests work without one.

Beginner Tip

Register for a free API key at pokemontcg.io to get a higher rate limit of 20,000 requests per day instead of the default 1,000. Include your key as X-Api-Key in the request headers.

Available Data

The kind of data this API exposes, based on its documentation. We could not call the endpoint to confirm the exact field names.

Use case: Integrate pokémon tcg information data into web and mobile applications

Pokémon TCG data via REST API

Example Response

Illustrative shape only — we were not able to call this endpoint (it requires credentials or exposes no public sample URL), so the fields below show the kind of data this API returns rather than a recorded response.

JSON Response · Illustrative

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "Pokémon TCG",
  "data": "Pokémon TCG Information",
  "source": "Pokémon TCG"
}

Field Reference

data Array of card objects matching the search query

data[].id Unique card identifier in the format set-number (e.g., "base1-4")

data[].name Name of the Pokémon or trainer on the card

data[].supertype High-level card category: Pokémon, Trainer, or Energy

data[].tcgplayer.prices Market price data from TCGPlayer including low, mid, high, and market values in USD

totalCount Total number of cards matching the query across all pages

Implementation Example

Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.

Request

const url = "https://api.pokemontcg.io/v2/cards?q=name:Charizard&pageSize=5";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

What Can You Build?

Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.

Common Errors & Troubleshooting

Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.

429 Too Many Requests Exceeded the rate limit for unauthenticated requests (1,000/day)

✓ Register for a free API key at pokemontcg.io and include it in the X-Api-Key header to get 20,000 requests per day

Empty data array in response The search query did not match any cards in the database

✓ Check your query syntax — use q=name:Charizard (no quotes needed for single words) and verify the set or card name spelling

400 Bad Request Invalid search query syntax in the q parameter

✓ Review the search syntax in the API docs; use field:value pairs like "name:Pikachu types:Lightning" and avoid special characters without encoding

Metadata Score Breakdown

Estimated from metadata — endpoint not independently tested

This score is estimated from observable metadata — HTTPS support, authentication model, declared CORS, and documentation reachability — because the API requires authentication or exposes no publicly testable endpoint. The five-signal breakdown is only shown for live-tested APIs.

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