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Curse Categories API

The Categories API from Curse — 1 operation(s) for categories.

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Operations 1

GET /v1/categories #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: CurseForge Core Categories API
  description: All endpoints use the same base URL - [https://api.curseforge.com](https://api.curseforge.com)
  version: v1
servers:
- url: https://api.curseforge.com
security:
- API_KEY: []
tags:
- name: Categories
paths:
  /v1/categories:
    get:
      tags:
      - Categories
      description: 'Get all available classes and categories of the specified game. Specify a game id for a list of all game categories, or a class id for a list of categories under that class.

        specifiy the classes Only flag to just get the classes for a given game.'
      operationId: Get Categories
      parameters:
      - name: gameId
        in: query
        required: true
        description: A game unique id
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        x-position: 1
      - name: classId
        in: query
        description: A class unique id
        schema:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int32
        x-position: 2
      - name: classesOnly
        in: query
        description: A flag used with gameId to return only classes
        schema:
          type: boolean
        x-position: 3
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Get_Categories_Response'
        '500':
          description: ''
        '404':
          description: ''
components:
  schemas:
    Get_Categories_Response:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          description: The response data
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Category'
    Category:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          description: The category id
          format: int32
        gameId:
          type: integer
          description: The game id related to the category
          format: int32
        name:
          type: string
          description: Category name
        slug:
          type: string
          description: The category slug as it appear in the URL
        url:
          type: string
          description: The category URL
        iconUrl:
          type: string
          description: URL for the category icon
        dateModified:
          type: string
          description: Last modified date of the category
          format: date-time
        isClass:
          type:
          - boolean
          - 'null'
          description: A top level category for other categories
        classId:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          description: The class id of the category, meaning - the class of which this category is under
          format: int32
        parentCategoryId:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          description: The parent category for this category
          format: int32
        displayIndex:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          description: The display index for this category
          format: int32
  securitySchemes:
    API_KEY:
      type: apiKey
      description: <br/>The API key can be generated in the CurseForge for Studios [developer console](https://console.curseforge.com/).
      name: x-api-key
      in: header
x-generator: NSwag v13.15.10.0 (NJsonSchema v10.6.10.0 (Newtonsoft.Json v11.0.0.0))