curl --request GET \
--url https://api.gemrate.com/v1/cards/search/simple \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.gemrate.com/v1/cards/search/simple"
headers = {"x-api-key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.gemrate.com/v1/cards/search/simple', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.gemrate.com/v1/cards/search/simple",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.gemrate.com/v1/cards/search/simple"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.gemrate.com/v1/cards/search/simple")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.gemrate.com/v1/cards/search/simple")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"query": "1986 fleer jordan",
"page": 1,
"page_size": 10,
"has_more": true,
"results": [
{
"description": "1986 Fleer Michael Jordan 57",
"universal_gemrate_id": "25b4432f12a5d6ec29a6f00490200416d5dfa242",
"gemrate_id": "25b4432f12a5d6ec29a6f00490200416d5dfa242",
"is_universal_match": true,
"gemrate_url": "https://gemrate.com/card/25b4432f12a5d6ec29a6f00490200416d5dfa242",
"parsed_description": {
"category": "Basketball",
"year": "1986",
"set_name": "Fleer",
"name": "Michael Jordan",
"card_number": "57",
"parallel": null,
"subset": null
},
"total_population": 30810,
"gem_total": 340,
"gem_rate": 0.011035,
"graders_included": [
"psa",
"beckett",
"sgc",
"cgc"
]
}
]
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_grader",
"message": "Unknown grader 'foo'."
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_api_key",
"message": "The API key is missing, disabled, or invalid. Pass a valid key in the x-api-key header."
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "forbidden",
"message": "Your key does not have access to this resource."
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "quota_exceeded",
"message": "You have exceeded your quota for this resource."
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "internal_error",
"message": "Something went wrong."
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}
}Search (Simple)
Full-text search across cards, ordered by relevance. This is the same search that powers gemrate.com, so a query returns the same cards in the same order here as it does on the site.
Results are one entry per card — never one per grading company — and carry the card’s cross-grader totals. Follow gemrate_id to GET /v1/cards/{gemrate_id}/population for the per-grade breakdown.
GET /v1/cards/search/structured returns matches grouped by grading company instead.curl --request GET \
--url https://api.gemrate.com/v1/cards/search/simple \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.gemrate.com/v1/cards/search/simple"
headers = {"x-api-key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.gemrate.com/v1/cards/search/simple', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.gemrate.com/v1/cards/search/simple",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.gemrate.com/v1/cards/search/simple"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.gemrate.com/v1/cards/search/simple")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.gemrate.com/v1/cards/search/simple")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"query": "1986 fleer jordan",
"page": 1,
"page_size": 10,
"has_more": true,
"results": [
{
"description": "1986 Fleer Michael Jordan 57",
"universal_gemrate_id": "25b4432f12a5d6ec29a6f00490200416d5dfa242",
"gemrate_id": "25b4432f12a5d6ec29a6f00490200416d5dfa242",
"is_universal_match": true,
"gemrate_url": "https://gemrate.com/card/25b4432f12a5d6ec29a6f00490200416d5dfa242",
"parsed_description": {
"category": "Basketball",
"year": "1986",
"set_name": "Fleer",
"name": "Michael Jordan",
"card_number": "57",
"parallel": null,
"subset": null
},
"total_population": 30810,
"gem_total": 340,
"gem_rate": 0.011035,
"graders_included": [
"psa",
"beckett",
"sgc",
"cgc"
]
}
]
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_grader",
"message": "Unknown grader 'foo'."
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "invalid_api_key",
"message": "The API key is missing, disabled, or invalid. Pass a valid key in the x-api-key header."
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "forbidden",
"message": "Your key does not have access to this resource."
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "quota_exceeded",
"message": "You have exceeded your quota for this resource."
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "internal_error",
"message": "Something went wrong."
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}
}Authorizations
Query Parameters
The search text — a player, set, year, parallel, card number, or any combination. Must be 1–200 characters.
200"1986 fleer jordan"
Which page of results to return, 1-based. Pages are always 10 cards — there is no page-size parameter, so the next 10 results are the next call. Capped at page 10 (100 cards deep); beyond that, narrow the query.
1 <= x <= 10Response
One page of matching cards, most relevant first (possibly empty).