---
title: "Return the complete list of site categories for use in the search API"
method: GET
path: "/rest/disease/site_categories"
tags: ["disease"]
---

# Return the complete list of site categories for use in the search API

`GET /rest/disease/site_categories`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.seer.cancer.gov`
- URL: `https://api.seer.cancer.gov/rest/disease/site_categories`
- Auth: API key in header `X-SEERAPI-Key`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/cancer/apis/seer-api/docs/rest/disease/site_categories/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Note that site categories are only relevant for solid tumor diseases.

## Response `200`

Success

- SiteCategory[]
  - `id` string
  - `label` string
  - `sites` SiteRange[]
    - `low` string
    - `high` string

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/cancer/apis/seer-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/cancer/apis/seer-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/cancer/apis/seer-api/revisions/f6634f7497ad?raw)