Get
/v2/Categories/{categoryId}
Security
API Key
Header parameter nameapi_token

Enter REST API key. To generate a key, go to Settings → Knowledge base portal → API tokens

Path parameters
categoryId
stringRequired

The ID of the category

Query parameters
langCode
string

If the language code is empty, the default language of the category will be taken into account.

Responses
200

Success

Success Response

This is an example for get category succes response. \n Here you can view diffrent data included with multiple article associated with a category.

{
  "data": {
    "id": "5b291e6b-fa40-4ab9-941e-f8fffc23b376",
    "name": "Category name",
    "description": null,
    "project_version_id": "46f48bc7-760f-4b07-b2d2-fce4aa8ba234",
    "order": 11,
    "parent_category_id": null,
    "hidden": false,
    "articles": [
      {
        "id": "cf8f67da-77c7-48b1-b207-70875caa2f55",
        "title": "New article 1",
        "public_version": 1,
        "latest_version": 1,
        "language_code": "en",
        "hidden": false,
        "status": 0,
        "order": 2,
        "slug": "new-article-1",
        "content_type": null,
        "translation_option": 0,
        "is_shared_article": false
      },
      {
        "id": "925b69b9-f241-4d89-9e3e-208a98dfc8eb",
        "title": "New article 2",
        "public_version": 1,
        "latest_version": 1,
        "language_code": "en",
        "hidden": false,
        "status": 0,
        "order": 2,
        "slug": "new-article-2",
        "content_type": null,
        "translation_option": 0,
        "is_shared_article": false
      }
    ],
    "child_categories": [
      {
        "id": "5b291e6b-fa40-4ab9-941e-f8fffc23b376",
        "name": "Child category name",
        "description": null,
        "project_version_id": "46f48bc7-760f-4b07-b2d2-fce4aa8ba234",
        "order": 11,
        "parent_category_id": null,
        "hidden": false,
        "articles": [
          {
            "id": "cf8f67da-77c7-48b1-b207-70875caa2f55",
            "title": "New article 3",
            "public_version": 1,
            "latest_version": 1,
            "language_code": "en",
            "hidden": false,
            "status": 0,
            "order": 2,
            "slug": "new-article-3",
            "content_type": null,
            "translation_option": 0,
            "is_shared_article": false
          },
          {
            "id": "925b69b9-f241-4d89-9e3e-208a98dfc8eb",
            "title": "New article 4",
            "public_version": 1,
            "latest_version": 1,
            "language_code": "en",
            "hidden": false,
            "status": 0,
            "order": 2,
            "slug": "new-article-4",
            "content_type": null,
            "translation_option": 0,
            "is_shared_article": false
          }
        ],
        "child_categories": [],
        "icon": null,
        "slug": "category-name",
        "language_code": null,
        "category_type": 2,
        "created_at": "2024-04-09T11:35:32Z",
        "modified_at": "2024-04-09T11:35:32Z",
        "status": null,
        "content_type": null
      }
    ],
    "icon": null,
    "slug": "category-name",
    "language_code": null,
    "category_type": 2,
    "created_at": "2024-04-09T11:35:32Z",
    "modified_at": "2024-04-09T11:35:32Z",
    "status": null,
    "content_type": null
  },
  "extension_data": null,
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "warnings": [],
  "information": []
}
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object
data
object (CategoryDataCustomer)
id
string | null

The ID of the category

name
string | null

Name of the category

description
string | null

Description of the category

project_version_id
string | null

The ID of the project version where this category is located

order
integer (int32)

The position the category inside the parent category

parent_category_id
string | null

The ID of the parent category ( null if top-level )

hidden
boolean

Indicates if the category is visible on the site ( If "false," all the child categories and articles will be hidden as well )

articles
Array of object (ArticleSimpleDataCustomer) | null

The list of articles attached to this category

object
id
string | null

The ID of the article

title
string | null

The article title

public_version
integer (int32)

The article version number(revision) that is currently published

latest_version
integer (int32)

The latest version number of this article

language_code
string | null Deprecated

The default language code

hidden
boolean

Indicates if the article is visible on the site

status
integer (int32)

The status of the article: 0 - Draft, 3 - Published

Valid values[ 0, 3 ]
order
integer (int32)

The position of the article inside the parent category

slug
string | null

The slug of the article

content_type
integer (int32)

0 - Markdown; 1 - WYSIWYG(HTML); 2 - Advanced WYSIWYG

Valid values[ 0, 1, 2 ]
translation_option
integer (int32)

0 - None, 1 - Needs transation, 2 - Translated, 3 - In progress

Valid values[ 0, 1, 2, 3 ]
is_shared_article
boolean

True indicates that the article is shared

child_categories
Array of object (CategoryDataCustomer) | null

The list of categories attached to this category

object Recursive
icon
string | null

Unicode representation of the icon or image URL

slug
string | null

The slug of the category

language_code
string | null

Language code of the category

category_type
integer (int32)

0 - Folder, 1 - Page, 2 - Index

Valid values[ 0, 1, 2 ]
created_at
string (date-time) | null

Category created date time

modified_at
string (date-time) | null

Category modified date time

status
integer (int32)

The status of the article: 0 - Draft, 3 - Published

Valid values[ 0, 3 ]
content_type
integer (int32)

0 - Markdown; 1 - WYSIWYG(HTML); 2 - Advanced WYSIWYG

Valid values[ 0, 1, 2 ]
extension_data
object (ExtensionDataObject)
success
boolean

Status indication for customer API response

errors
Array of object (BaseError) | null

Errors in the customer API response

object
extension_data
object (ExtensionDataObject)
stack_trace
string | null

Stack trace for error response message

description
string | null

Description for error cause

error_code
string | null

Error code for Api response

custom_data
object | null
warnings
Array of object (BaseWarning) | null

Warnings in the customer API response

object
extension_data
object (ExtensionDataObject)
description
string | null

Warning description

warning_code
string | null

warning code for customer Api base response

information
Array of object (BaseInformation) | null

Information passed by the customer API response

object
extension_data
object (ExtensionDataObject)
description
string | null

status description for customer Api response information

400

Bad Request

Category Not Found

Kindly verify the Categotry Id, and peroform the task again.

{
  "extension_data": null,
  "success": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "extension_data": null,
      "stack_trace": null,
      "description": "Cannot find category with id 5b291e6b-fa40-4ab9-941e-f8fffc23b3761",
      "error_code": null,
      "custom_data": null
    }
  ],
  "warnings": [],
  "information": []
}
Language Not Found

Kindly verify the langCode, and peroform the task again.

{
  "extension_data": null,
  "success": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "extension_data": null,
      "stack_trace": null,
      "description": "Language code not found",
      "error_code": null,
      "custom_data": null
    }
  ],
  "warnings": [],
  "information": []
}
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object
extension_data
object (ExtensionDataObject)
success
boolean

Status indication for customer API response

errors
Array of object (BaseError) | null

Errors in the customer API response

object
extension_data
object (ExtensionDataObject)
stack_trace
string | null

Stack trace for error response message

description
string | null

Description for error cause

error_code
string | null

Error code for Api response

custom_data
object | null
warnings
Array of object (BaseWarning) | null

Warnings in the customer API response

object
extension_data
object (ExtensionDataObject)
description
string | null

Warning description

warning_code
string | null

warning code for customer Api base response

information
Array of object (BaseInformation) | null

Information passed by the customer API response

object
extension_data
object (ExtensionDataObject)
description
string | null

status description for customer Api response information