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GET
/
products
/
categories
/
{category}
Get category
curl --request GET \
  --url https://store.salesive.com/api/v1/products/categories/{category} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'x-shop-id: <api-key>'
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "slug": "<string>",
  "description": "<string>",
  "image": "<string>"
}

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Request

GET /products/categories/69fb494ddf63302ed89ba11d
x-shop-id: {{shopId}}
You can pass the category ID or slug in the category path segment.

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Headers

HeaderTypeDescription
x-shop-idstringIdentify the shop context.

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Path parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
categorystringCategory ID or slug.

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Successful response

{
    "status": 200,
    "success": true,
    "message": "Category found",
    "data": {
        "_id": "69fb494ddf63302ed89ba11d",
        "name": "Accessories",
        "description": null,
        "image": null,
        "shop": "68b8f52575da81b332af29f1",
        "createdAt": "2026-05-06T13:59:41.078Z",
        "updatedAt": "2026-05-06T13:59:41.078Z",
        "slug": "accessories-1",
        "__v": 0,
        "id": "69fb494ddf63302ed89ba11d"
    }
}

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Error response

{
    "status": 404,
    "success": false,
    "message": "Category not found",
    "data": {}
}

Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

JWT issued by the Salesive Store API for authenticated shoppers.

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x-shop-id
string
header
required

Optional storefront identifier sent as a header to scope responses to a specific shop. Try It requests remember this value once provided.

Headers

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x-shop-id
string

Optional identifier that scopes responses to a specific storefront when the referer cannot be inferred.

Path Parameters

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category
string
required

Category ID, slug, or name.

Response

Category detail response.

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id
string
required

Unique category identifier.

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name
string
required

Display name of the category.

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slug
string
required

URL-friendly identifier for the category.

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description
string

Optional description of the category.

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image
string<uri>

Optional image URL for the category.