# Categories in catalog/list api

**URL:** <https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/categories-in-catalog-list-api/2329>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** catalog-api\
**Created:** [April 16, 2021, 9:35am UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/categories-in-catalog-list-api/2329 "2021-04-16T09:35:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![allongm3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@allongm3](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/allongm3)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 9:35am UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/categories-in-catalog-list-api/2329/1 "2021-04-16T09:35:33Z")

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Hi,

in catalog/list api  
when I use auth token from a sandbox store I can see category\_id field in objects of “type”: “ITEM”  
also we see objects of type CATEGORY in the response  
and when we add param types:‘CATEGORY’ it gives list of categories

BUT when I use auth token of and online ecommerce store the category\_id field is missing in the response  
also objects of type CATEGORY is missing in the response  
and with param types:‘CATEGORY’ the list is empty

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**Author:** ![wiggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/53a042/32.png) [@wiggins](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/wiggins)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/categories-in-catalog-list-api/2329/2 "2021-04-16T14:32:45Z")

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Hey there, welcome to Square’s developer forums!

Could you provide a little more info on the auth token you’re using that doesn’t give the response? Is that a token from an app you’ve created?

Also I noticed in your Slack message that you may be looking for the categories used in an _ **Online Store** _. It’s worth noting that these categories differ from the core item categories used in a seller’s Catalog, and are not available in API responses. If the account you’re querying has Online Store categories, but no categories in their Square Dashboard ([https://squareup.com/dashboard/items/categories](https://squareup.com/dashboard/items/categories)) then the response will be empty.

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**Author:** ![Steve10201](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Steve10201](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/Steve10201)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/categories-in-catalog-list-api/2329/3 "2023-06-22T16:24:20Z")

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If there’s No Response how do we get the Category value?

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**Author:** ![Bryan-Square](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/square/forums/user_avatar/developer.squareup.com/bryan-square/32/38_2.png) [@Bryan-Square](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/Bryan-Square)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/categories-in-catalog-list-api/2329/4 "2023-06-22T16:54:26Z")

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At this time the categories for the Online Store items aren’t currently available since they differ from the categories that are created by the Catalog in your Square account. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Steve10201](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Steve10201](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/Steve10201)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/categories-in-catalog-list-api/2329/5 "2023-07-10T15:41:18Z")

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Thank you - I assume with the consolidation of POS and Online Item Categories this would be included in the future.