GET

Category Instance

Fetch one or more Encyclopedia Categories.

Categories are in a tree structure and so each one has zero or more parents and children.

Each Category contains zero or more Topics.

Add the page to get further pages of results, e.g.:

  • categories?page=2

Fetch more data about a single Category using its slug, e.g.:

  • categories/london
GET /api/v1/categories/baked
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Cookie, Accept

{
  "slug": "baked",
  "title": "Baked goods",
  "topicCount": 10,
  "depth": 3,
  "parents": [
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/categories/fooddrink",
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/categories/food"
  ],
  "children": [],
  "topics": [
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/topics/6544",
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/topics/396",
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/topics/394",
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/topics/395",
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/topics/4140",
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/topics/3371",
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/topics/5149",
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/topics/7444",
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/topics/11846",
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/topics/4007"
  ],
  "apiURL": "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/categories/baked",
  "webURL": "https://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/fooddrink/food/baked/"
}