pkmnprices

Python client for the Pkmn Prices API. Pokemon TCG card pricing from TCGPlayer, Cardmarket, and eBay.

Sync and async clients, both built on httpx. Typed responses, typed errors, and iterators that page through results for you. Python 3.10+.

Install

pip install pkmnprices

Usage

from pkmnprices import PkmnPrices

client = PkmnPrices("pk_your_key_here")

page = client.cards.list(name="charizard", per_page=10)

card = client.cards.get(page.data[0].id)
for price in card.prices:
    symbol = "€" if price.currency == "EUR" else "$"
    print(f"{price.source}: {symbol}{price.market_price}")

client.close()

The client is also a context manager:

with PkmnPrices("pk_...") as client:
    health = client.health()

Async

import asyncio
from pkmnprices import AsyncPkmnPrices

async def main():
    async with AsyncPkmnPrices("pk_...") as client:
        page = await client.cards.list(name="charizard")
        async for card in client.cards.iterate(name="charizard"):
            print(card.name)

asyncio.run(main())

Get an API key from https://pkmnprices.com/dashboard.

Options

PkmnPrices(
    "pk_...",         # API key, sent as the x-api-key header
    max_retries=2,    # retries on 429 rate limits and 5xx/network errors
    timeout=30.0,     # per-request timeout in seconds
)

Rate-limit 429s are retried with backoff. Credit-limit 429s (credit_limit_exceeded) are not, since they don't reset until the next day.

Pagination

List endpoints return a Page (.data, .pagination). Listing endpoints (eBay, Cardmarket, and TCGplayer) return a CursorPage. Both resources expose iterators so you don't track pages or cursors:

for card in client.cards.iterate(name="charizard"):
    print(card.name)

all_sets = client.sets.list_all(language="english")

for sale in client.cards.listings.iterate_ebay(789, graded=True, grader="PSA", grade="10"):
    print(sale.title, sale.price)

for offer in client.cards.listings.iterate_cardmarket(789, condition="Near Mint", variant="Reverse Holo"):
    print(offer.seller, offer.price, offer.language)

for offer in client.cards.listings.iterate_tcgplayer(789, condition="Near Mint"):
    print(offer.seller_name, offer.price, offer.shipping_price)

Sealed products carry the same two listing sources, under client.sealed.listings:

for offer in client.sealed.listings.iterate_tcgplayer(5678):
    print(offer.seller_name, offer.price, offer.quantity)

for sale in client.sealed.listings.iterate_ebay(5678, sort="price_desc"):
    print(sale.title, sale.price, sale.sold_at)

Sealed TCGplayer offers are normally condition "Unopened" with an empty printing, so those two filters rarely narrow anything. Sealed eBay sales are never graded, so graded, grader, and grade aren't accepted there and grader/grade come back None. The async client mirrors all of these on AsyncPkmnPrices.

Currency

Every price has a currency field. Pass currency="usd" or currency="eur" to filter, or leave it off to get everything your plan allows. EUR (Cardmarket) prices need a Pro plan; a free key asking for eur raises ForbiddenError.

card = client.cards.get(789, currency="usd")
box = client.sealed.get(5678, currency="eur")

Cardmarket current prices are condition- and printing-specific marketplace prices. Each EUR row has one market_price for its exact condition and variant; for example, a Near Mint Reverse Holofoil price is distinct from a Mint or Normal price. The retired Price Guide low, trend, and avg fields are not returned. Live Cardmarket listings are automatically restricted to the card's language.

Cardmarket Mapping

Card and sealed detail responses expose Cardmarket's stable product identifiers when a mapping is available:

card = client.cards.get(789)
print(card.cardmarket_url)
print(card.cardmarket_product_id)

box = client.sealed.get(5678)
print(box.cardmarket_url)
print(box.cardmarket_product_id)

Both fields are None until the product has been mapped.

Errors

Everything raised subclasses PkmnPricesError, which carries status, code, rate_limit, and retry_after.

from pkmnprices import ForbiddenError, NotFoundError, RateLimitError

try:
    client.cards.get(789, currency="eur")
except ForbiddenError:
    ...  # needs a higher plan
except NotFoundError:
    ...  # no such card
except RateLimitError:
    ...  # ran out of retries

Subclasses: BadRequestError (400), UnauthorizedError (401), ForbiddenError (403), NotFoundError (404), ConflictError (409), CreditLimitError and RateLimitError (429), InternalServerError (5xx), APIConnectionError (network/timeout).

License

MIT