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Public APIs Categories API

Endpoints for category metadata.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Public Categories API
  description: 'A RESTful API for programmatically accessing the public-apis directory data. The API supports CORS and requires no authentication. All responses are served over HTTPS. Original source: davemachado/public-api.'
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Dave Machado
    url: https://github.com/davemachado/public-api
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/davemachado/public-api/blob/master/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://api.publicapis.org
  description: Production
tags:
- name: Categories
  description: Endpoints for category metadata.
paths:
  /categories:
    get:
      summary: List categories
      description: List all categories used to organize entries.
      operationId: listCategories
      tags:
      - Categories
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of categories
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string