Publishing my free StockX API

In the middle of 2023, I was rejected by the StockX Developer Program. My goal at that time was to build “The SB Dunk Database,” a website that lists every SB Dunk existing up to that point, with selling stats and the global evolution of the market. I was also attempting to create a curated database, with some data sourced from the Nike.com website, and descriptions of some shoes from NikeSB.com, etc.

However, I got rejected, as StockX doesn’t seem to encourage this type of application.

I also need to mention that, during this time, I was tinkering with the StockX API only to obtain around 800 products — the number of SB Dunk models in existence. However, I prefer when things work correctly and are not limited. After searching for a while, I found a way to access the StockX product database, comprising around 150,000 products with variants. Because the method I found is relatively inexpensive to use, I decided to make it free.

Unfortunately, this is not a highly curated database, so you won’t find a lot of details on the products. Nevertheless, you still have access to:

• Product title, description, photo, category, GTIN, release price, brand, tags, etc.
• Product variants (size with the actual market price)
• Product ID, compatible with StockX internal ones, meaning that if you have a way to scrape more information, the ID will work.

An essential thing to mention is that the data is indexed using Meilisearch, so every field can be searched, and it’s also super fast. Most requests take less than 50ms.

You can discover the API at https://sneakersapi.dev. Alternatively, you can also access it through RapidAPI; the link is here.