Get Category

GET 
/api/categories/:category

Show a single product category with full detail including children, attribute groups, attributes, parent, and root info.

Required scope: products:read

Grant this scope to your token under Settings → Developer → Personal Access Tokens.

Authentication: Requires Bearer token.

Response includes:

• products_count — total products assigned to this category and all sub-categories
• products_ids — first 10 product IDs assigned
• subcategories_count — count of all subcategories
• attribute_groups / attributes — linked attribute groups and attributes

Request

Responses

200

OK

Response Headers

Content-Type

401

Unauthenticated — the bearer token is missing, revoked, expired, or malformed. Never retry automatically; fix the credential. See the Errors guide.

403

Forbidden — the token lacks a required scope, the endpoint is not available to API tokens, or the user behind the token lacks the permission. A human must adjust the token scopes or user permissions; do not retry.

404

Not Found

Response Headers

Content-Type

429

Rate limited — platform limit is 1,000 requests/min; individual tokens may carry lower limits. Honor the Retry-After header before retrying. See the Rate Limits guide.