Vendasta Business Categories API

The Business Categories API from Vendasta — 1 operation(s) for business categories.

Operations 2

GET /businessCategories List Business Categories #
OPTIONS /businessCategories List valid HTTP verbs for /businessCategories #

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OpenAPI Specification

vendasta-business-categories-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Platform REST Business Categories API
  version: Evergreen
servers:
- url: https://prod.apigateway.co/platform
  description: Production
- description: Demo
  url: https://demo.apigateway.co/platform
- description: Local
  url: '{local}/platform'
- url: http://localhost:11001/platform
  description: Localhost
tags:
- name: Business Categories
paths:
  /businessCategories:
    get:
      summary: List Business Categories
      operationId: get-businessCategories
      tags:
      - Business Categories
      security:
      - OAuth2Demo:
        - business
      - OAuth2Prod:
        - business
      x-lifecycle:
        status: trustedTester
      description: '[Status](https://developers.vendasta.com/platform/ZG9jOjEwMTU2NTYy-versioning): `Trusted Tester`


        Produces a list of business categories'
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          example: Bearer <Access Token>
          pattern: ^Bearer\s\S+
        in: header
        name: Authorization
        description: A Bearer access token to identify the user the app is acting on behalf of. See the Authorization guide for details.
        required: true
      - schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 1000
          default: 10
        in: query
        name: page[limit]
        description: The maximum number of tasks you would like returned in a single batch. Use the links.next member in the response to get the remainder. [Pagination Docs](https://developers.vendasta.com/platform/ZG9jOjEwMTkzMDg0-overview#paging).
      - schema:
          type: string
        in: query
        name: page[cursor]
        description: The cursor stores all your filters and current location in the list to allow paging over the results in smaller batches. The value will be provided in the response links. [Pagination Docs](https://developers.vendasta.com/platform/ZG9jOjEwMTkzMDg0-overview#paging).
      - schema:
          type: string
        in: header
        name: Accept-Language
      - schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          example: '["id1","id2"]'
        in: query
        name: filter[ids]
        description: Returns Business Categories that match the provided IDs.
      - schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          example: '["yextId"]'
        in: query
        name: filter[yextIds]
        description: Returns Business Categories that match the provided yextIds.
      - schema:
          type: string
        in: query
        name: filter[searchTerm]
        description: Returns a list of Business Categories based on a given search term.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/businessCategories'
                  links:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      self:
                        type: string
                        format: uri
                      first:
                        type: string
                        description: Provides a link back to the first page of results
                        format: uri
                      next:
                        type: string
                        description: The URI at which the next batch of business categories can be gotten from
                        format: uri
              examples: {}
    options:
      operationId: options-businessCategories
      summary: List valid HTTP verbs for /businessCategories
      description: 'Used solely for [CORS](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS) the OPTIONS request returns the list of possible HTTP methods and other headers that browsers use to protect user''s security. You should not call this operation directly. '
      responses:
        '204':
          description: No Content
      tags:
      - Business Categories
components:
  schemas:
    businessCategories:
      title: Business Category
      type: object
      x-lifecycle:
        status: trustedTester
      description: '[Status](https://developers.vendasta.com/platform/ZG9jOjEwMTU2NTYy-versioning): `Trusted Tester`


        The taxonomy to be applied to business locations indicating the type of services that they provide.'
      x-tags:
      - Business Categories
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          example: AG-1234567
          readOnly: true
        type:
          type: string
          default: businessCategories
          enum:
          - businessCategories
          readOnly: true
        attributes:
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
              description: A user friendly description for the category. It will have been translated based on the Accept-Language header.
              readOnly: true
            isActive:
              type: boolean
              description: Whether the category is active. Inactive categories may still be returned when looking up by ID but should not be used for new assignments.
              readOnly: true
  securitySchemes:
    JWT:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
    OAuth2Demo:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://sso-api-demo.apigateway.co/oauth2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://sso-api-demo.apigateway.co/oauth2/token
          scopes:
            sales.contact: Read-write access to sales contact details
            business:read: Read only access to business details
            business: Read-write access to business details
            partner:read: Read-write access to details about your partner
            financial: Read-write access to financial details
            order: Read-write access to order details
            order:read: Read only access to order details
            user.profile:read: Read access to the profile fields of all categories of users
            user.contact:read: Read access to the contact info (email, phone, address) of all categories of users
            user.permission:read: Read access to the permission info (accessible locations, features and roles) of all categories of users
            user.permission: Read-write access to the permission info (accessible locations, features and roles) of all categories of users
            user.admin: Read-write access to manage all users
            user.list: '''Allows searching for users based on a set of filters. (ex: email, name, category, organization). Without this scope an exact user id is required.'
            self.user.admin: Allows editing the profile, contact info and profile image for the current user.
            self.user.contact:read: Read access to the contact info (email, phone, address) of the current user.
            openid: Allows getting the user id of the current user
            profile: Readonly access to the user profile, including name, locale, and language preferences.
            email: Allows readonly access to the email of the current user.
            phone: Allows readonly access to the phone numbers of the current user.
            address: Allows readonly access to the address of the current user.
            sales.account: Allows read-write access to account records
            sales.proposals: Allows read-write access to proposals
            product: Read access to the product details
            automation:read: Read only access to automations
          refreshUrl: ''
    OAuth2Prod:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://sso-api-prod.apigateway.co/oauth2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://sso-api-prod.apigateway.co/oauth2/token
          scopes:
            sales.contact: Read-write access to sales contact details
            business:read: Read only access to business details
            business: Read-write access to business details
            partner:read: Read-write access to details about your partner
            financial: Read-write access to financial details
            order:read: Read only access to order details
            order: Read-write access to order details
            user.profile:read: Read access to the profile fields of all categories of users
            user.contact:read: Read access to the contact info (email, phone, address) of all categories of users
            user.permission:read: Read access to the permission info (accessible locations, features and roles) of all categories of users
            user.permission: Read-write access to the permission info (accessible locations, features and roles) of all categories of users
            user.admin: Read-write access to manage all users
            user.list: '''Allows searching for users based on a set of filters. (ex: email, name, category, organization). Without this scope an exact user id is required.'
            self.user.admin: Allows editing the profile, contact info and profile image for the current user.
            self.user.contact:read: Read access to the contact info (email, phone, address) of the current user.
            openid: Allows getting the user id of the current user
            profile: Readonly access to the user profile, including name, locale, and language preferences.
            email: Allows readonly access to the email of the current user.
            phone: Allows readonly access to the phone numbers of the current user.
            address: Allows readonly access to the address of the current user.
            sales.account: Allows read-write access to account records
            sales.proposals: Allows read-write access to proposals
            product: Read access to the product details
            automation:read: Read only access to automations
          refreshUrl: ''