lexaloffle.com APIwww.lexaloffle.com ↗
Access PICO-8 cartridge listings from the Lexaloffle BBS. Get titles, authors, tags, likes, dates, and cart PNG URLs via 3 structured endpoints.
curl -X GET 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/7feda12b-58d0-4529-be4c-8f739b343709/list_carts?page=1&limit=2' \ -H 'X-API-Key: $PARSE_API_KEY'
List PICO-8 carts sorted by newest first (date added). Returns up to 30 carts per page with metadata including title, author, tags, dates, likes, cart PNG URL, and thumbnail URL.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| page | integer | Page number (1-indexed) |
| limit | integer | Max carts to return per page (max 30) |
{
"type": "object",
"fields": {
"page": "integer, current page number",
"carts": "array of cart objects with pid, tid, title, display_name, author, author_uid, date_created, date_modified, tags, likes, post_count, slug, thumb_url, cart_png_url, has_cc4_license, detail_url",
"carts_on_page": "integer, number of carts returned on this page",
"has_next_page": "boolean, whether more pages are available"
},
"sample": {
"data": {
"page": 1,
"carts": [
{
"pid": "189268",
"tid": 156720,
"slug": "hesifupuf-1",
"tags": [
"platformer",
"metroidbrainia"
],
"likes": 0,
"title": "loopender",
"author": "mazamachi",
"thumb_url": "https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/thumbs/pico8_hesifupuf-1.png",
"author_uid": 146976,
"detail_url": "https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=189268#p",
"post_count": 1,
"cart_png_url": "https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/cposts/he/hesifupuf-1.p8.png",
"date_created": "2026-05-07 06:04:50",
"display_name": "LOOPENDER",
"date_modified": "2026-05-07 06:14:02",
"has_cc4_license": true
}
],
"carts_on_page": 3,
"has_next_page": true
},
"status": "success"
}
}About the lexaloffle.com API
The Lexaloffle API provides 3 endpoints for accessing PICO-8 cartridge data from the Lexaloffle BBS community catalog. Use list_carts to retrieve paginated listings with metadata like title, author, tags, likes count, and cart PNG URLs, get_cart_details to fetch full details for a specific cart by its post ID, or collect_new_cart_ids to incrementally gather carts added since your last sync.
Cart Listings and Pagination
The list_carts endpoint returns up to 30 carts per page, sorted newest first. Each cart object includes fields like pid, tid, title, display_name, author, author_uid, date_created, date_modified, tags, likes, and post_count. Use the page and limit parameters to walk through the full catalog. The has_next_page boolean tells you whether additional pages exist without requiring a separate count query.
Individual Cart Details
get_cart_details accepts a single required pid parameter (the cart post ID, e.g. '188412') and returns a fuller record including slug, license (e.g. 'CC4-BY-NC-SA'), detail_url, and thread_url. Note that legacy carts created before 2016 may return empty title fields and numeric slugs rather than human-readable ones — check for this when processing older entries.
Incremental Collection
collect_new_cart_ids is designed for keeping a local dataset current. Pass a comma-separated list of previously collected PIDs via the known_ids parameter; scanning halts the moment any of those IDs appears in the results. The response includes new_carts, pages_scanned, new_cart_count, and a stopped_at_known_id boolean indicating whether the stop was triggered by a known ID or by the max_pages ceiling. The start_page parameter lets you resume mid-catalog if needed.
- Build a searchable PICO-8 game directory indexed by tags, author, and date
- Track newly published PICO-8 carts using
collect_new_cart_idswith a known_ids checkpoint - Display cart thumbnails and PNG download links in a third-party game browser
- Analyze community engagement by aggregating
likesandpost_countacross the catalog - Monitor a specific author's publishing activity using the
authorandauthor_uidfields - Maintain an archive of PICO-8 cart metadata including license types and creation dates
- Detect legacy vs. modern carts by checking for empty title fields or numeric slugs in
get_cart_details
| Tier | Price | Credits/month | Rate limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 100 | 5 req/min |
| Hobby | $30/mo | 1,000 | 20 req/min |
| Developer | $100/mo | 5,000 | 250 req/min |
One credit = one API call regardless of which marketplace API you call. Exceeding the rate limit returns a 429 response. Authenticate with the X-API-Key header.
Does Lexaloffle offer an official developer API for BBS data?+
What does `get_cart_details` return that `list_carts` does not?+
get_cart_details adds license, slug, detail_url, and thread_url fields that are absent from the list response. It requires a specific pid rather than browsing by page, so it's most useful when you already have a cart's post ID from a prior listing call.Are there quirks with older PICO-8 carts in the data?+
title field and a numeric value rather than a readable string for the slug field. Code consuming get_cart_details should handle both cases rather than assuming those fields are always populated.Does the API expose cart source code or game play data?+
Can I filter `list_carts` by tag or author?+
list_carts endpoint currently accepts only page and limit parameters and returns carts sorted by newest first. Tag or author filtering is not exposed. You can fork this API on Parse and revise it to add filtered listing parameters.