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.

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AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try
1 published contract 2 Agent Skills
CardsPricingSportsCollectiblesTrading

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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.

Hobby 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.

PlanPrice
Free tier Free tier

Plan details, limits and sources →

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

47 classes · 163 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral 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

78 rules · 64 error-severity 10 warn-severity 4 info-severity

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 6

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

BulkManifest

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MarketIndexHistory

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MarketIndex

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MarketSummary

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ScanResponse

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Usage

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Hobby Card Index Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Hobby Card Index Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Hobby Card Index Agentic Access

31 operations · 9 acting

31 operations · 9 acting

AGENTIC

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)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: hobbycardindex-com
name: Hobby Card Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://hobbycardindex.com/og-image.png?v=3
description: 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.
url: https://artifacts.apis.io/hobbycardindex-com/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:mcp-registry
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-11-11 (modular-v1; was harvest)
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-11-11'
modified: '2026-11-11'
tags:
- Cards
- Pricing
- Sports
- Collectibles
- Trading
tags_raw:
- Card
- Pricing
- Sports
- Collectibles
- Trading
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/hobbycardindex-com-agentic-access.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/hobbycardindex-com-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/hobbycardindex-com-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/hobbycardindex-com-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/hobbycardindex-com-vocabulary.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/hobbycardindex-com-data-model.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/hobbycardindex-com-problem-types.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/hobbycardindex-com-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/hobbycardindex-com-llms.txt
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/hobbycardindex-com-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/hobbycardindex-com-vendors.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://hobbycardindex.com/about/security/
- type: Roadmap
  url: https://hobbycardindex.com/roadmap/
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://hobbycardindex.com/newsroom
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/hobbycardindex-com-authentication.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/hobbycardindex-com-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://hobbycardindex.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://hobbycardindex.com/developers
- type: APIReference
  url: https://hobbycardindex.com/developers
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://hobbycardindex.com/guides/
- type: Support
  url: https://hobbycardindex.com/help-center/
- type: Blog
  url: https://hobbycardindex.com/blog/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://hobbycardindex.com/privacy/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://hobbycardindex.com/terms/
apis:
- aid: hobbycardindex-com:hobbycardindex-com-bulk-files-api
  name: Hobby Card Index bulk files API
  description: Daily per-category price files.
  humanURL: https://hobbycardindex.com/developers
  baseURL: https://hobbycardindex.com
  tags:
  - Bulk Files
  tags_raw:
  - bulk files
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hobbycardindex-com-bulk-files-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-usage-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-scan-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-summary-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-bulk-manifest-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-history-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-schema.json
- aid: hobbycardindex-com:hobbycardindex-com-catalog-api
  name: Hobby Card Index Catalog API
  description: Sets and the ids the other endpoints take.
  humanURL: https://hobbycardindex.com/developers
  baseURL: https://hobbycardindex.com
  tags:
  - Catalog
  tags_raw:
  - catalog
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hobbycardindex-com-catalog-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-usage-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-scan-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-summary-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-bulk-manifest-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-history-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-schema.json
- aid: hobbycardindex-com:hobbycardindex-com-collection-api
  name: Hobby Card Index Collection API
  description: The key owner's own collection.
  humanURL: https://hobbycardindex.com/developers
  baseURL: https://hobbycardindex.com
  tags:
  - Collection
  tags_raw:
  - collection
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hobbycardindex-com-collection-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-usage-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-scan-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-summary-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-bulk-manifest-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-history-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-schema.json
- aid: hobbycardindex-com:hobbycardindex-com-market-api
  name: Hobby Card Index Market API
  description: Market movers, category statistics, the market indexes and the market summary.
  humanURL: https://hobbycardindex.com/developers
  baseURL: https://hobbycardindex.com
  tags:
  - Markets
  tags_raw:
  - market
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hobbycardindex-com-market-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-usage-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-scan-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-summary-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-bulk-manifest-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-history-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-schema.json
- aid: hobbycardindex-com:hobbycardindex-com-mcp-api
  name: Hobby Card Index MCP API
  description: The Model Context Protocol server for AI assistants.
  humanURL: https://hobbycardindex.com/developers
  baseURL: https://hobbycardindex.com
  tags:
  - MCP
  tags_raw:
  - mcp
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hobbycardindex-com-mcp-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-usage-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-scan-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-summary-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-bulk-manifest-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-history-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-schema.json
- aid: hobbycardindex-com:hobbycardindex-com-prices-api
  name: Hobby Card Index Prices API
  description: Current prices by grade, search, and daily price history.
  humanURL: https://hobbycardindex.com/developers
  baseURL: https://hobbycardindex.com
  tags:
  - Prices
  tags_raw:
  - prices
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hobbycardindex-com-prices-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-usage-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-scan-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-summary-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-bulk-manifest-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-history-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-schema.json
- aid: hobbycardindex-com:hobbycardindex-com-sales-api
  name: Hobby Card Index Sales API
  description: Verified sold-sale records and active listings.
  humanURL: https://hobbycardindex.com/developers
  baseURL: https://hobbycardindex.com
  tags:
  - Sales
  tags_raw:
  - sales
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hobbycardindex-com-sales-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-usage-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-scan-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-summary-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-bulk-manifest-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-history-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-schema.json
- aid: hobbycardindex-com:hobbycardindex-com-scan-api
  name: Hobby Card Index Scan API
  description: Card identification from a photo (commercial plans).
  humanURL: https://hobbycardindex.com/developers
  baseURL: https://hobbycardindex.com
  tags:
  - Scans
  tags_raw:
  - scan
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hobbycardindex-com-scan-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-usage-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-scan-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-summary-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-bulk-manifest-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-history-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-schema.json
- aid: hobbycardindex-com:hobbycardindex-com-slabs-and-certs-api
  name: Hobby Card Index slabs and certs API
  description: Cert lookups and population reports.
  humanURL: https://hobbycardindex.com/developers
  baseURL: https://hobbycardindex.com
  tags:
  - slabs and certs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hobbycardindex-com-slabs-and-certs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-usage-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-scan-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-summary-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-bulk-manifest-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-history-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-schema.json
- aid: hobbycardindex-com:hobbycardindex-com-usage-api
  name: Hobby Card Index Usage API
  description: The key's plan, limits and usage.
  humanURL: https://hobbycardindex.com/developers
  baseURL: https://hobbycardindex.com
  tags:
  - Usage
  tags_raw:
  - usage
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hobbycardindex-com-usage-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-usage-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-scan-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-summary-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-bulk-manifest-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-history-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-schema.json
- aid: hobbycardindex-com:hobbycardindex-com-watch-list-and-webhooks-api
  name: Hobby Card Index watch list and webhooks API
  description: Follow cards, sets or categories and get the daily price changes.
  humanURL: https://hobbycardindex.com/developers
  baseURL: https://hobbycardindex.com
  tags:
  - watch list and webhooks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hobbycardindex-com-watch-list-and-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-usage-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-scan-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-summary-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-bulk-manifest-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-history-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hobbycardindex-com-market-index-schema.json
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-11-11'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 24
  pass: modular-v1
  engine: identity=local,contract=local,surfaces=local,docs=local,regulatory=local

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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