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Try the Whatnot browse API

Returns the live and upcoming shows currently listed under a Whatnot category: seller, title, status, start time, thumbnail, and tags.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 24 shows; 7 fields had a value in every checked item and 1 varied between items.

Observed request: GET /whatnot/browse?category=trading_card_games
Fields with a value in every checked item: id, url, title, seller_username, status, start_time_ms, thumbnail_url

Sample value profiles: start_time_ms: 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13; title: “🇺🇸 30TH CELEBRATION CHARACTER BREAKS!” and 23 other values; url: whatnot.com.

Request: GET /whatnot/browse
Cost: 3 credits/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%, median 3.49 s
Monitored request: GET /whatnot/browse?category=trading_card_games

Whatnot browse API documentation Whatnot platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/whatnot/browse?category=trading_card_games' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
category	string	Yes	trading_card_games	Whatnot category slug. See GET /whatnot/categories for the full list.

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "category": "trading_card_games",
    "shows": [
      {
        "id": "6ddb7fd2-43bb-44e0-8ee8-6656e82fa26a",
        "url": "https://www.whatnot.com/live/6ddb7fd2-43bb-44e0-8ee8-6656e82fa26a",
        "title": "$100k Late Night Slab Show",
        "seller_username": "legacy_auction_house",
        "status": "PLAYING",
        "start_time_ms": 1785996739803,
        "thumbnail_url": "https://images.whatnot.com/...",
        "tags": [
          "Sudden Death",
          "Graded Cards",
          "Pokémon"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

More Whatnot endpoints

Get Whatnot's category list Get a Whatnot live show's current shop feed Get a Whatnot seller profile and shows

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GET /whatnot/browse

Browse Whatnot live shows by category

Returns the live and upcoming shows currently listed under a Whatnot category: seller, title, status, start time, thumbnail, and tags.

Response behavior

- `id` is a show's live-stream id — pass it directly as the `id` path parameter to [`/whatnot/live/{id}`](whatnot-live.md) for that show's current shop feed. - `status` reflects Whatnot's own show state: `PLAYING` (currently live) or `CREATED` (scheduled, not yet started — a show that hasn't started yet still appears in the list with a future `start_time_ms` and a `CREATED` status). An ended-show state almost certainly also exists but was not observed in live testing — ended shows drop out of Whatnot's own Browse/ category feeds essentially immediately. - An unrecognized `category` returns `404`. - A missing `category` returns `400` before any upstream request is made.

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Try the Whatnot browse API

Returns the live and upcoming shows currently listed under a Whatnot category: seller, title, status, start time, thumbnail, and tags.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 24 shows; 7 fields had a value in every checked item and 1 varied between items.

Observed request: GET /whatnot/browse?category=trading_card_games
Fields with a value in every checked item: id, url, title, seller_username, status, start_time_ms, thumbnail_url

Sample value profiles: start_time_ms: 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13; title: “🇺🇸 30TH CELEBRATION CHARACTER BREAKS!” and 23 other values; url: whatnot.com.

Request: GET /whatnot/browse
Cost: 3 credits/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%, median 3.49 s
Monitored request: GET /whatnot/browse?category=trading_card_games

Whatnot browse API documentation Whatnot platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/whatnot/browse?category=trading_card_games' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
category	string	Yes	trading_card_games	Whatnot category slug. See GET /whatnot/categories for the full list.

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "category": "trading_card_games",
    "shows": [
      {
        "id": "6ddb7fd2-43bb-44e0-8ee8-6656e82fa26a",
        "url": "https://www.whatnot.com/live/6ddb7fd2-43bb-44e0-8ee8-6656e82fa26a",
        "title": "$100k Late Night Slab Show",
        "seller_username": "legacy_auction_house",
        "status": "PLAYING",
        "start_time_ms": 1785996739803,
        "thumbnail_url": "https://images.whatnot.com/...",
        "tags": [
          "Sudden Death",
          "Graded Cards",
          "Pokémon"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}