Hobby Card Index
Hobby Card Index is an independently owned sports and trading card pricing and research platform covering sports cards, Pokémon, Magic, and Yu‑Gi‑Oh. It provides market‑intelligence, pricing data, and collection management tools for collectors and dealers. Founded in 2025 by Sean, the service aggregates sold‑listings, grading data, and population reports, offering transparent, non‑affiliated analytics without ties to grading services or marketplaces.
Hobby Card Index publishes 11 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including bulk files API, Catalog API, Collection API, and 8 more. Tagged areas include Cards, Pricing, Sports, Collectibles, and Trading.
The Hobby Card Index catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Hobby Card Index’s developer surface includes authentication, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, and 20 more developer resources.
Kin Score
Standards implemented 1
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 11
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Hobby Card Index bulk files API
Daily per-category price files.
Hobby Card Index Catalog API
Sets and the ids the other endpoints take.
Hobby Card Index Collection API
The key owner's own collection.
Hobby Card Index Market API
Market movers, category statistics, the market indexes and the market summary.
Hobby Card Index MCP API
The Model Context Protocol server for AI assistants.
Hobby Card Index Prices API
Current prices by grade, search, and daily price history.
Hobby Card Index Sales API
Verified sold-sale records and active listings.
Hobby Card Index Scan API
Card identification from a photo (commercial plans).
Hobby Card Index slabs and certs API
Cert lookups and population reports.
Hobby Card Index Usage API
The key's plan, limits and usage.
Hobby Card Index watch list and webhooks API
Follow cards, sets or categories and get the daily price changes.
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Agent Skills 2
Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.
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AGENT SKILLHobby Card Index API pricing
Prices published by Hobby Card Index, read 2026-11-11 from hobbycardindex.com/about/independence/. A free plan or tier is listed.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free tier | Free tier |
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Hobbycardindex Com Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.
Hobby Card Index API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 6
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
BulkManifest
JSON SCHEMAMarketIndexHistory
JSON SCHEMAMarketIndex
JSON SCHEMAMarketSummary
JSON SCHEMAScanResponse
JSON SCHEMAUsage
JSON SCHEMASecurity Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 2
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 3
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 6
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Access & Security 3
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 2
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 3
The organization behind the API
Other 2
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Hobby Card Index API — frequently asked questions
Does Hobby Card Index have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 11 APIs from Hobby Card Index, including Hobby Card Index bulk files API, Hobby Card Index Catalog API and Hobby Card Index Collection API, and 8 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Hobby Card Index API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 11 OpenAPI specifications for Hobby Card Index, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Hobby Card Index API?
Hobby Card Index uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Hobby Card Index Authentication.
How much does the Hobby Card Index API cost?
Hobby Card Index publishes its prices; its Free tier plan is Free tier as of 2026-11-11. APIs.io lists 1 pricing plan for Hobby Card Index, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the Hobby Card Index API ready for AI agents?
Hobby Card Index has a Kin Score of 44.9 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 30.5 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.
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