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When you try to get an image from the API you might mostly get an url ending without any extension like below.

https://assets.tcgdex.net/en/swsh/swsh3/136

That’s normal.

We allows you to customise the extension and quality (for Cards) of the image you want.

For cards the url can be reconstructed as such

Terminal window
https://assets.tcgdex.net/en/swsh/swsh3/136/{quality}.{extension}

with {quality} being replaced by high or low

and {extension} being replaced by png, webp or jpg

see details below

Some of the SDKs have helpers to easily reconstruct them

on a Card object

  // get the final url
  val url = card.getImageUrl("high", "webp")
  // you can even get the image directly
  val image = card.getImage("high", "webp")

on a Set object

  // get the final url
  val symbolURL = set.getSymbolUrl("webp")
  // get the symbol image buffer directly
  val symbol = set.getSymbol("webp")


  // get the final url
  val logoURL = set.getLogoUrl("webp")
  // get the logo image buffer directly
  val logo = set.getLogo("webp")

Extension

Section titled “Extension”

Every assets are available with three extensions :

  • png: card with Transparent background
  • jpg: card with Black background (not Recommended)
  • webp: Modern format that is more compact than png/jpg with a transparent background (Recommended)

Quality

Section titled “Quality”

Every assets are available with three extensions :

  • high: get the image in a 600x825 format
  • low: get the image in a 245x337 format