---
title: "Search Alt's reference card-design catalog"
method: GET
path: "/alt/card-search"
tags: ["Alt"]
---

# Search Alt's reference card-design catalog

`GET /alt/card-search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/alt/card-search`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Searches Alt's reference card-design catalog -- a canonical catalog of card designs (one entry per year/brand/subject/card-number/variety combination), separate from live listings or sales. Useful for finding a card design's asset_id (to feed into alt-asset for a population report and recent sales) without already having a live listing or sale that references it.

## Query parameters

- `q` string
- `page` integer
- `per_page` integer

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- AltCardSearchResponseDoc
  - `code` integer
  - `data` AltCardSearchResponse
    - `page` integer
    - `per_page` integer
    - `query` string
    - `results` AltCardSearchResult[]
      - `asset_id` string
      - `brand` string
      - `card_number` string
      - `category` string
      - `external_transaction_count` integer
      - `name` string
      - `pop` integer
      - `subject` string
      - `variety` string
      - `year` integer
    - `total` integer
  - `msg` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `500`: Internal Server Error
- `503`: Service Unavailable

---

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