Comic collector is a freetotry cataloging software developed by for windows that features simple yet efficient tools and functionalities. In a nutshell, the comic vine api may be welldesigned and have a great database behind it, but. For most fans, his most notable works include his run on the uncanny xmen with chris claremont and terry austin, his amazing run on the fantastic four and his relaunch of superman in 1986. Comic book database software, catalog your comic collection. The comiclist database and archive comiclist was founded jan. The app offers filters, sorting, and simple management of. Use this free, interactive site to look up your favorite characters, artists, writers, or comic book series. The comic book upc database is a free, user contributed database of comic book upc codes. Unfortunately, since its a corporatelyowned service, the community that uses it has no control over the amount of resources provided to maintain it or ensure its continued. The api follows the organization that comic vine users are accustomed to, with categories such as characters, concepts, locations, powers, and objects. All the user has to do is scan or enter the upc code of the comic book they wish to add.
They have a long and complex prehistory in earlier japanese art. Would love to organize my comics and be able to arrange them alphabetically, by publisher, by year, maybe even by price or value. We monitor the fire hose of online comic book sales across various marketplaces and report on the sales of cgc and cbcs graded books in our comics price guide. All i want to be able to do is scan in a books upc barcode using a typical scanner which just types the numbers of the barcode into a field and then use it to look up data about the book. This api has all the heros and villans information in their database. Comic book access database comics general cgc comic.
Its goal is to contain data for every comic book ever published in every country around the planet. This api call provides all powerstats for the given character. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use to track and manage your comic collection. The anime news network encyclopedia api returns key encyclopedia data in xml format endpoints include animemanga details, which returns information about a specific anime or manga entry, and reports, which returns one of the encyclopedias optional reports full list available at. As promised in yesterdays post, this one will detail the scripts and macros i used to build my database of comic books. A collective list of free apis for use in software and web development. If you are unsure what the title is, look at the indicia small block of. Click here to learn more about the comicbase software. And it wasnt hard to use the airtable api to upload the cover images into the covers table. Marvel fans are debating who would win in fight between killmonger and loki loki jamie jirak 05032020 12. Especially when compared with the next api i considered, comic vine. Links to mentions of the grand comics database in the press and other media.
The gcd project is cataloging information on creator credits, story details, reprints, and other information useful to the comic book reader, comic collector, fan, and scholar. I know were not supposed to be negative on here, but this is a cut and dry comic book guy situation. Oct 22, 20 the api allows requesting information on one or more books using isbns, oclc numbers, lccns and olids open library ids. These apis provide full access to our structuredwiki content data in xml and. Marvel comics database wikibased resources similar to the dc comics database. Google books is our effort to make book content more discoverable on the web. Join a welcoming and vibrant comics and action figures community at the forums and blog. Marvel opens massive comic book images archive and.
At the core of the api is a url format that allows developers to construct urls requesting information on one or more books and send the requests to the open library using the tag. The marvel comics api allows developers everywhere to access information about marvels vast library of comicsfrom whats coming up, to 70 years ago. The gcd is a 501c3 nonprofit organization incorporated in. It is a somewhat experimental query builder and has known oddities and limitations, see below for more information. Comic book manager is a complete comic book management database system. I have just got my barcode scanner installed and i am barcoding my collection. Using marvels newly launched api, developers can build applications that obtain and display information about its content that. All of our data is user driven so correct it as need and. The comicbases free edition is the simplest way to track collections of up to 500 comics and includes data on over 860,000 comic listings. In a nutshell, the comic vine api may be welldesigned and have a great database behind it, but its documentation blows. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use to track and manage your.
The shortboxed comics api is a simple and free api to help retrieve and query new comic book day data in json. The superhero api, is a quantified and programatically accessible data source of all superheroes from both the comic universe. Here are the single issues with the highest number of variant covers to date. Is there a good comic book organiserdatabase app for. Contribute to ccheng26comicdb development by creating an account on github. The grand comics database gcd is a nonprofit, internetbased organization of international volunteers dedicated to building an open database covering all printed comics throughout the world. The gcd is building the most comprehensive comics database. No narrative description of the purpose of the calls, no. Weve taken all the stuff and put it together in a form that is easier to consume with software. Dozens more features for you to discover completely free. This api lets you access and search comic vines listing of comic books, characters, creators and publishers.
Comic book realm use our database to track your comic. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres. By delivering the weekly list of new releases, along with news concerning current and future products available in local and online comic book shops, we enable consumers to meet. Feel free to let us know how youre using the api as wed love to promote it. Classics illustrated is an american comic book magazine series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as les miserables, moby dick, hamlet, and the iliad. The comic book collection database cbcd is available free of charge for personal, individual, nonprofit use. Covers the contents of marvel comics published since 1939, including cover images, story synopses, credits, etc. Locate the book in the list of books you might need to change the drop list to go to another page. Comic book collector database, inventory, manager for ios. Entry screens publishers, series, titles, issues, writers, colorers, inkers, pencilers. The grand comics database gcd is an internetbased project to build a database of comic book information through user contributions. I am also reading in the upc codes and cgc certification numbers with the scanner. The marvel developer portal gives marvel fans, partners and other technologists access to an array of powerful apis, documentation, and other tools to interact with marvels systems.
It was my first time working with an api, and i used the comicvine api, already linked. The restful api delivers json formatted information about creators, characters, series, storylines, individual issues, and crossover events. It automatically downloads cover arts, issue details. The database is presented in its original form and no attempt has been made to lock or in any way obstruct any changes, additions or adjustments that an individual user chooses to implement for hisher own use. You basically just enter in your comic book name, issue, publisher, what box number its in or letter, etc. Unfortunately, since its a corporatelyowned service, the community that uses it has no control over the amount of resources provided to maintain it or. Whether you are an avid comic collector, a repeat offender one who once collected but fell by the wayside, are new to the industry, or someone who came across some old comics, welcome to the world of comics. So, you can easily access the data with their public api with their access token. Comicbase, the worlds leading comic book management software program, is now available at its most affordable price everfree. Free online comic book and action figures database to. I made an application once that allowed users to log in and keep a digital stock take of their comic book collection.
I intend to start a new personal project and i would like to know if one of you does know a good comics books. Metron is a communitybased site whose goal is to build an open database with a rest api for comics. Currently the only comic book database the provides a rest api for users is comic vine. This shareware is designed to help users catalog their comic book collection easily by simply scanning the comics barcode or search s online database.
Comic book pricing guide use our database to track your. Serchay, article in library journal, october 1, 1999. The anilist anime database api allows developers to create apps based on discovering and sharing anime and manga interests popular endpoints include createanimelistentry and createmangalistentry, which provide lists of anime and manga. Apr 15, 2015 this database is sorely lacking, and the search function is meh. Anyway, if i had a database of upc codes, i could use.
Which was unfortunate, because the marvels documentation and api seemed pretty decent. Then we made an api so you can consume it in a hassle free manner. While it does a nice job of managing your comic database, it does leave a bit to be desired in terms of updating values as the market changes. Comic book cataloging and collection software use our web service to retrieve comic book title and issue information when users add issues to their collection. In the example above carnage part one is not part of the title. The apiwhich will include comic book artwork, character histories, creator insights, and expanded storieswill grant members access to an expansive database of marvels library of 75 years. John byrne has been a penciller, inker and writer for almost every major u. Code issues 5 pull requests 76 projects 0 security insights. For each sale discovered, we match it to the specific comic in our massive database which also includes variant covers and printings. Zapkapow comics comic book price guide and collection. Credit where credit is due, by will alred, june 4, 1999 comic book resources on the web, by david s. Synchronize your comic data between the desktop software, mobile apps and the connect webapp.
Top 10 apis to build game and comics websites public apis. Looking for a list of comics with art by kevin nowlan or with covers by alan davis. Everything was looking good until i opened the airtable app on my phone some time after i thought i was done and noticed a red badge on top of the icon for my comic book database. Manga are comics created in japan, or by japanese creators in the japanese language, conforming to a style developed in japan in the late 19th century. Does any have or know where i can obtain a database of upc codes for comic books. The data was extracted from the comicvine api and the fivethirtyeight comic characters dataset.
Anilist anime api is used by more than 100,000 users to track, record and share thoughts on anime and manga. Is there a good comic book organiserdatabase app for android. The apiwhich will include comic book artwork, character histories, creator insights, and expanded storieswill grant members access to an expansive database of. Comic book and action figures database to organize your collection online for free with full item details, images, and current market values.
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