---
title: "Browse Chewy's category taxonomy tree"
method: GET
path: "/chewy/categories"
tags: ["Chewy"]
---

# Browse Chewy's category taxonomy tree

`GET /chewy/categories`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/chewy/categories`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Returns Chewy's category taxonomy tree: how to discover group_id values for chewy_category, not the products within a category. Omitting group_id returns all top-level departments (Dog, Cat, Horse, Bird, Fish, Reptile, Small Pet, Farm and Livestock Supplies, Wild Bird and Wildlife Supplies, Pharmacy, Pet Parents); a group_id expands that specific group's own subtree instead. depth controls how many levels of subcategories are expanded in one call.

## Query parameters

- `group_id` string
- `depth` integer

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- ChewyCategoriesResponseDoc
  - `code` integer
  - `data` ChewyCategoriesResponse
    - `count` integer
    - `fetched_at` string
    - `group_id` string
    - `groups` ChewyCategoryGroup[]
      - `children` ChewyCategoryGroup[]
      - `group_id` string
      - `name` string
      - `short_description` string
      - `thumbnail_url` string
    - `source_url` string
  - `msg` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `503`: Service Unavailable

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