---
title: "Fetch form categories by optional parent category(ies), or all categories if omitted"
method: GET
path: "/category-templates"
tags: ["category", "query"]
---

# Fetch form categories by optional parent category(ies), or all categories if omitted

`GET /category-templates`

## Request

- Base URL: `/efs-submissions-api` (relative, and the document was published on a file host, not at the API’s origin)
- URL: `/efs-submissions-api/category-templates`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/companies-house/apis/emergency-filing-service-api/docs/category-templates/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Response `200`

FormCategories

- FormCategory[]: Collection of form categories
  - `id` string, required: form category id (unique)
  - `name` string: descriptive name
  - `form_categories` FormCategories (recursive)

## Other responses

- `400`: Incomplete or malformed request
- `401`: Invalid or missing credentials
- `404`: Requested resource was not found

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