# cgc-cards-cert — CGC Cards certificate verification

Verifies CGC Cards (TCG / sports / non-sports) cert numbers against `https://www.cgccards.com/certlookup/<cert>/`
(Firecrawl render of the Cloudflare-challenged public page). One request per known cert.

- `certUrl(cert)` / `certFromUrl(url)` (also accepts the QR form `/CERTLOOKUP/<cert>/0_0/`).
- Output: `catalog_item` (card name, game/sport, set, number, year, language, grade, grade date, holder images,
  `identifiers.cgc_cert`); `population_report` only when CGC shows a number (many cards read "Coming Soon!").
- Category: franchise/sport detected from game + set + name (`pokemon`, `magic_the_gathering`, …), sports brands →
  `sports_cards`, otherwise `trading_cards` with lower confidence.
- Fixtures: `data/fixtures/cgc-cards-cert/` (certs published on a public collector forum) — rebuild with
  `capture.ts cgc-cards-cert lances-charizard=4340250003 not-found=9999999999`.