# Embat Categories API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/embat/embat-categories-api/  
**Provider:** Embat — https://apis.io/providers/embat/  
**Base URL:** https://api.embat.io  
**Documentation:** https://api.embat.io/docs

Embat Categories API is one of 22 APIs that [Embat](https://apis.io/providers/embat/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Categories. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

`Category` represents a treasury or cashflow classification in Embat, used to group transactions, forecasts and operations for reporting (e.g. "Providers", "Payroll", "Subscriptions"). Categories are created and managed in the Embat application; this API only lists and retrieves them. `parentId` is the Embat ID of the parent category, letting you build a category tree such as: - Payments - Providers - Europe - Latam - Payroll - Collections - Subscriptions A category has no `parentId` when it is a top-level category. Categories are referenced by `categoryId` on `Transactions`, `Forecasts` and `Operations` to classify each movement. In the Embat application you can also map an ERP ledger account to a category, so operations posted against that account are categorized automatically. **Typical flow:** look up the categories configured for a company with `GET /categories/{companyId}` (or a single one with `GET /categories/{companyId}/{id}`) and use their `id` as the `categoryId` when creating or reading transactions, forecasts or operations through the corresponding endpoints.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/embat/refs/heads/main/openapi/embat-categories-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://api.embat.io/docs
- **APIReference** — https://api.embat.io/docs

## Other Embat APIs (12)

- [Embat AccountingAccounts API](https://apis.io/apis/embat/embat-accountingaccounts-api/)
- [Embat AccountingEntries API](https://apis.io/apis/embat/embat-accountingentries-api/)
- [Embat Attributes API](https://apis.io/apis/embat/embat-attributes-api/)
- [Embat Authentication API](https://apis.io/apis/embat/embat-authentication-api/)
- [Embat Balances API](https://apis.io/apis/embat/embat-balances-api/)
- [Embat Banks API](https://apis.io/apis/embat/embat-banks-api/)
- [Embat Companies API](https://apis.io/apis/embat/embat-companies-api/)
- [Embat Contacts API](https://apis.io/apis/embat/embat-contacts-api/)
- [Embat DebtScheduleConfigs API](https://apis.io/apis/embat/embat-debtscheduleconfigs-api/)
- [Embat Files API](https://apis.io/apis/embat/embat-files-api/)
- [Embat Forecasts API](https://apis.io/apis/embat/embat-forecasts-api/)
- [Embat ForeignExchangeRates API](https://apis.io/apis/embat/embat-foreignexchangerates-api/)

## Tags

Categories

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