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/dairy
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Cookie, Accept

{
  "slug": "dairy",
  "title": "Dairy produce",
  "topicCount": 8,
  "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/6329",
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/topics/389",
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/topics/359",
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/topics/1065",
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/topics/390",
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/topics/5148",
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/topics/7507",
    "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/topics/10311"
  ],
  "apiURL": "https://www.pepysdiary.com/api/v1/categories/dairy",
  "webURL": "https://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/fooddrink/food/dairy/"
}