cardshowdata 4.0.1

Official Python SDK for the CardShowData TCG pricing API

CardShowData Python SDK

Official Python client for the CardShowData TCG pricing API.

Install

pip install cardshowdata

Quick Start

from cardshowdata import CardShowData

client = CardShowData(api_key="csd_live_...")

# Get a card by pretty ID
card = client.cards.get("pk_bs_004_holofoil")
print(card.name)  # "Charizard"
print(card.image)  # "https://images.cardshowdata.com/..."

# Search cards
page = client.cards.search(tcg="pk", q="name:charizard")
for card in page.data:
    print(f"{card.name} — {card.expansion.name}")

# v4 pricing — variants[].raw[] keyed by (condition, currency)
price = client.pricing.get("aaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd")
for variant in price.variants:
    for row in variant.raw:                       # row = RawPriceRow
        print(row.condition, row.currency,        # "NM" "USD"
              row.reference_prices.market_cents)  # 12500
        # Per-vertical recommended sell prices
        if row.recommended_sell.online:
            print("online:", row.recommended_sell.online.price_cents)
        if row.recommended_sell.show:
            print("show:", row.recommended_sell.show.price_cents)
        if row.recommended_sell.lcs:
            print("lcs:", row.recommended_sell.lcs.price_cents)

# Per-grader graded data (population, listings, recent sales)
for grader_slug, block in price.variants[0].graded.items():
    if block.population:
        print(grader_slug, "total pop:", block.population.total)

# Bulk pricing
prices = client.pricing.bulk(["uuid1", "uuid2", "uuid3"])

# Browse the catalog
tcgs = client.catalog.list_tcgs()
sets = client.catalog.list_sets("pk")

Async

from cardshowdata import AsyncCardShowData

async with AsyncCardShowData(api_key="csd_live_...") as client:
    card = await client.cards.get("pk_bs_004_holofoil")
    async for product in client.catalog.list_products_all("pk"):
        print(product.product_name)

Auto-Pagination

Endpoints with pagination have _all() methods that automatically fetch every page:

# Offset-paginated (cards)
for card in client.cards.search_all(tcg="pk", q="name:pikachu"):
    print(card.name)

# Cursor-paginated (catalog products, pricing changes)
for product in client.catalog.list_products_all("pk"):
    print(product.pretty_id)

for change in client.pricing.changes_all(since="2026-04-01T00:00:00Z"):
    print(f"{change.pretty_id}: {change.pct_change}%")

Resources

Resource	Methods
client.cards	get(), search(), search_all(), list_by_expansion(), get_ebay_sales()
client.pricing	get(), bulk(), history(), changes(), changes_all()
client.catalog	list_tcgs(), list_sets(), get_taxonomy(), list_products(), list_products_all(), export_csv(), resolve(), search()
client.grading	get(), history(), changes(), changes_all()
client.lifecycle	get()
client.usage	get()
client.sales	submit(), submit_batch(), submit_csv()
client.feedback	submit()
client.onboarding	quickstart()

Error Handling

from cardshowdata import NotFoundError, RateLimitError

try:
    card = client.cards.get("nonexistent")
except NotFoundError:
    print("Card not found")
except RateLimitError as e:
    print(f"Rate limited — retry after {e.retry_after}s")

Errors: AuthenticationError (401), PermissionError (403), NotFoundError (404), RateLimitError (429), ApiError (5xx).

Configuration

client = CardShowData(
    api_key="csd_live_...",                        # or set CSD_API_KEY env var
    base_url="https://api.cardshowdata.com",       # default
    timeout=30,                                     # seconds
    max_retries=3,                                  # auto-retry on 429/5xx
)

Rate limit info is available after any request:

print(client.rate_limit.remaining)  # requests left this minute

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• httpx 0.27+