Pokemon Tcg Plans Pricing
The Pokémon TCG API is completely free - there is no paid tier. Access differs only by rate limit. Anonymous requests (no API key) are limited to 1,000 requests/day with a maximum of 30 requests/minute. Signing up for a free API key at the Pokémon TCG Developer Portal (dev.pokemontcg.io) and sending it in the X-Api-Key header raises the default limit to 20,000 requests/day, and higher limits can be arranged by contacting the maintainer via Discord or email. The project is a community effort by Andrew Backes, sustained by voluntary Patreon and Ko-fi donations rather than by charging for access.
Pokemon Tcg Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for Pokémon TCG API on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Plans specification.
It defines 3 plans, covering free tiers, with named plans including Anonymous (No API Key), Free API Key, Elevated Limits (By Request).
Tagged areas include Pokemon, Trading Cards, TCG, Gaming, and Free.
Plans
Use the full API without signing up. All endpoints (cards, sets, types, subtypes, supertypes, rarities) are available, with drastically reduced rate limits.
- Card Search and Retrieval
- Set Search and Retrieval
- Types, Subtypes, Supertypes, Rarities
- TCGplayer and Cardmarket Prices
- Hi-Res Card Images
Sign up at the Pokémon TCG Developer Portal (dev.pokemontcg.io) for a free API key, sent in the X-Api-Key header. Same endpoints as anonymous access, with a much higher default rate limit.
- Everything in Anonymous
- 20x Higher Daily Limit
- Key Regeneration at Any Time
Developers who need more than the default 20,000 requests/day can contact the maintainer via Discord or email to discuss a higher limit. No charge is published; supporting the project via Patreon or Ko-fi is encouraged.
- Custom Rate Limits
- Direct Contact with Maintainer
Sources
- https://pokemontcg.io
- https://docs.pokemontcg.io/getting-started/authentication
- https://docs.pokemontcg.io/getting-started/rate-limits
- https://dev.pokemontcg.io
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