The Studio (web app)

The Studio is the API with a photo drop zone, for people who'd rather not write code. Sign in, open Identify a card, Binder page, Grade condition or Check for fakes in the sidebar, drop a photo (or paste one, or click to choose), and press Run.

  • Identify a card: add a second photo tilted under a light to tell holo from reverse holo. See Identify a card from a photo.
  • Binder page: one photo of a spread or a 9-pocket page; every card comes back in its place on a grid. If the cards touch, choose the grid (e.g. 3 × 3). Each card counts as one photo check. Binder results can't be shared.
  • Grade condition: add a photo of the back for a narrower range. See Card condition from photos.
  • Check for fakes: add the back; many fakes give themselves away there. See Fake check.

The same as the API

  • Same query: each run sends the same GraphQL query the CLI and MCP tools send, as your account, so the results, errors and limits are identical.
  • Same quota: a run counts as one request and one photo check against your account's daily quota (see Authentication and limits).

Your runs

  • History: runs are listed newest first, grouped by day. A running job updates by itself; a finished one opens to the full result.
  • Private by default: only you can see your photos and results.
  • Share: creates a link anyone can open, and the result appears on Explore's Community tab. Shared pages are never indexed by search engines. Stop sharing turns the link off.
  • Is this wrong?: under a result, tell us what the card really was (or which pockets are wrong, or the real grade). If you tick Let RarityDB keep this photo, here or when you upload, we keep it with your correction to test and improve accuracy. Otherwise it stays only in your history.
  • Delete: removes the run and its photos.

Why the API doesn't keep a history

API, CLI and MCP calls are stateless: the photo is analysed and not stored. Run history and sharing only exist in the Studio, so photos you send through the API never sit on our servers.

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