sf_price_fetcher

Simple Python API to pull pricing information from scryfall.com.

Provides caching of prices via an sqlite3 database.

NOTE that currently (as of v.0.1), the cache expiry time is set to 1 week. This will change and become configurable in future versions.

Usage

Typical usage is quite straightforward:

>>> from sf_price_fetcher import fetcher
>>> fetcher.get('mox amber')
'29.98'

sf_price_fetcher returns the lowest USD price for any printing of that card which is not from a promotional set.

CLI

sf_price_fetcher also includes a command-line interface. For syntax information:

$ python -m sf_price_fetcher --help
usage: __main__.py [-h] [-c] [-s] card_name

Card price fetcher for scryfall.com

positional arguments:
  card_name

optional arguments:
  -h, --help    show this help message and exit
  -c, --card    Print full card data instead of just the price.
  -s, --search  Search for the card name and return all unique printings.

Usage examples:

$ python -m sf_price_fetcher faerie\ vandal
faerie vandal: $0.07
$ python -m sf_price_fetcher "black lotus"
black lotus: $8499.99

The -c and -s options are primarily used for debugging. They output the full JSON data pulled from scryfall.

$ python -m sf_price_fetcher -c 'blacker lotus' | head
{'object': 'card',
 'id': '4c85d097-e87b-41ee-93c6-0e54ec41b174',
 'oracle_id': '41dd29b9-f08d-4ccc-8dc0-da11d2d456e9',
 'multiverse_ids': [9764],
 'tcgplayer_id': 830,
 'cardmarket_id': 11870,
 'name': 'Blacker Lotus',
 'lang': 'en',
 'released_at': '1998-08-11',
 'uri': 'https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4c85d097-e87b-41ee-93c6-0e54ec41b174',