KB User's Guide - API - Categories

Get Categories

Calls externally-published categories (aka topics) for the specified site domain.

https://[KB site domain]/[subsite (optional)]/api/v1/categories

{
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://kb.wisc.edu/uw-kb-demo/api/v1/categories"
        }
    },
    "_embedded": {
        "category": [
            {
                "id": 9579,
                "catName": "Lorem Ipsum",
                "children": [
                    {
                        "id": 9581,
                        "catName": "Edible Ipsum",
                        "children": [
                            {
                                "id": 9583,
                                "catName": "Animal",
                                "children": []
                            },
                            {
                                "id": 9584,
                                "catName": "Mineral",
                                "children": []
                            },
                            {
                                "id": 9585,
                                "catName": "Vegetable",
                                "children": []
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "id": 9582,
                        "catName": "Miscellaneous Ipsum",
                        "children": [
                            {
                                "id": 9586,
                                "catName": "Fiction",
                                "children": []
                            },
                            {
                                "id": 9587,
                                "catName": "Non-Fiction",
                                "children": []
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                ],
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://kb.wisc.edu/uw-kb-demo/api/v1/categories/9579"
                    }
                }
            },
            {
                "id": 9580,
                "catName": "Sample Docs",
                "children": [],
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://kb.wisc.edu/uw-kb-demo/api/v1/categories/9580"
                    }
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "total_items": 2
}

/api/v1/categories/[category_id]

Example: /api/v1/categories/2134

{
  "id": "44",
  "parent_id": "3260",
  "level": "2",
  "cat_name": "Mac OS X",
  "cat_desc": "",
  "select_name": "Mac OS X",
  "int": "1",
  "ext": "1",
  "hot": "1",
  "active": "1",
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "https://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/api/v1/categories/44"
    }
  }
}

Code: 200 OK
Content: Content-type: application/hal+json

Code: 403 Forbidden
Content: {"type":"http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html","title":"Forbidden","status":403,"detail":"Forbidden"}

OR

Code: 404 Page Not Found
Content: Page not found.

OR

Code: 405 Method Not Allowed
Content: None

OR

Code: 500 Unexpected error
Content: { error : "Error producing an iterator" }