Top Categories#

This service provides a list of top categories to be used with the categories service. Top Categories provide various sorting, grouping and visibility options for categories, part types and products

Service Endpoint#
GET https://api.groupvan.com/v2_1/catalog/top_categories

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Top Category Options#

By default, GroupLink provides two (2) top categories for application parts

  • Main Categories

  • Total Job

Note

Additional application & non-application top categories may be returned depending on your account’s configuration.

Requesting Top Categories#

Start by sending a GET request to the service endpoint.

Example Response#
[
    {
        "id": 300000000,
        "name": "Total Job",
        "taxonomy": "app"
    },
    {
        "id": 300000001,
        "name": "Main Categories",
        "taxonomy": "app"
    },
    {
        "id": 300000002,
        "name": "Custom Categories",
        "taxonomy": "app"
    },
    {
        "id": 57,
        "name": "Commodities",
        "taxonomy": "non"
    }
]

The id and taxonomy of the desired Top Category will be used in the Categories service