# OwnLocal Categories API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/ownlocal/ownlocal-categories-api/  
**Provider:** OwnLocal — https://apis.io/providers/ownlocal/  
**Base URL:** https://admin.austin.ownlocal.com  
**Documentation:** https://api.docs.ownlocal.com/

OwnLocal Categories API is one of 4 APIs that [OwnLocal](https://apis.io/providers/ownlocal/) 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, an API reference, authentication docs, and rate-limit docs.

The OwnLocal business category and sub-category vocabulary used to classify businesses and filter ads.

## Operations (1)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/api/v1/categories` | Retrieve a list of categories |

## Machine-readable artifacts (10)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ownlocal/refs/heads/main/openapi/ownlocal-categories-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://api.docs.ownlocal.com/
- **APIReference** — https://api.docs.ownlocal.com/
- **Swagger** — https://admin.austin.ownlocal.com/api-docs/v1/swagger.json
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ownlocal/refs/heads/main/authentication/ownlocal-authentication.yml
- **Conventions** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ownlocal/refs/heads/main/conventions/ownlocal-conventions.yml
- **DataModel** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ownlocal/refs/heads/main/data-model/ownlocal-data-model.yml
- **ErrorCatalog** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ownlocal/refs/heads/main/errors/ownlocal-problem-types.yml
- **RateLimits** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ownlocal/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/ownlocal-rate-limits.yml
- **ToolCrosswalk** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ownlocal/refs/heads/main/mcp/ownlocal-tool-crosswalk.yml

## Other OwnLocal APIs (3)

- [OwnLocal Ads API](https://apis.io/apis/ownlocal/ownlocal-ads-api/)
- [OwnLocal Businesses API](https://apis.io/apis/ownlocal/ownlocal-businesses-api/)
- [OwnLocal Reports Data API](https://apis.io/apis/ownlocal/ownlocal-reports-data-api-api/)

## Tags

Categories

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