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The Charizard API

Every Charizard I know of (292 and counting), as JSON. English, Japanese, promos and oddities, with set, number, year, rarity, artist and card art. Build something fun with it. It’s read-only, it needs no key, and you can call it straight from the browser.

It has no prices and nothing about my own collection. It’s just the cards.

Endpoints

GET /api/v1/cards

Every Charizard, oldest first. Optional filters:

  • q: search name, variant, set and number
  • lang: EN or JP
  • era: an era id from /api/v1/eras (e.g. wotc)
  • set: exact set name (e.g. Base)
  • year: e.g. 1999
  • category: tcg, topps, sticker, uno, vending or other
  • limit (1–500, default 100) and offset for paging
curl "https://zardcollector.com/api/v1/cards?lang=JP&limit=5"

Returns { total, limit, offset, data: [card, …] }.

GET /api/v1/cards/{id}

One card. The id is the same one used in the site’s card URLs.

{
  "id": "base1-4-unlimited",
  "name": "Charizard",
  "localName": null,
  "variant": "Unlimited",
  "set": "Base",
  "number": "4",
  "year": 1999,
  "releaseDate": "1999-01-09",
  "language": "EN",
  "category": "tcg",
  "rarity": "Rare Holo",
  "artist": "Mitsuhiro Arita",
  "era": { "id": "wotc", "name": "WotC" },
  "image": { "small": "https://…-640.webp", "large": "https://…-1280.webp" },
  "url": "https://zardcollector.com/card/base1-4-unlimited"
}

GET /api/v1/eras

The eras (WotC, EX, DP and so on), each with its sets and how many Charizards are in them.

Rules

  • Up to 120 requests a minute per IP. Responses are cached for 5 minutes, so please cache them on your side too.
  • Errors come back as { "error": "…" } with a 404 or 429 status.
  • It’s a hobby project, so there are no uptime promises. Version 1 won’t change in ways that break things.
  • Card data is partly from TCGdex (MIT licence) and pokemontcg.io. Card art and names belong to Nintendo, Creatures and GAME FREAK. A link back to ZardCollector is nice but not required.

Missing a Charizard, or found a mistake? Tell me.