---
title: "Get The RealReal category browse taxonomy"
method: GET
path: "/therealreal/categories"
tags: ["The RealReal"]
---

# Get The RealReal category browse taxonomy

`GET /therealreal/categories`

## Request

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

Returns The RealReal's full category (taxon) browse taxonomy: every department, category, and subcategory, nested, with each entry's id (usable directly against search's category_id), permalink (usable directly against the category endpoint's path), and live matching item count. This is reference data that changes rarely, so responses are cached.

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- TherealrealCategoriesResponseDoc
  - `code` integer
  - `data` TherealrealCategoriesResponse
    - `categories` TherealrealCategory[]
      - `children` TherealrealCategory[]
      - `count` integer
      - `id` string
      - `name` string
      - `permalink` string
    - `source_url` string
  - `msg` string

## Other responses

- `500`: Internal Server Error
- `503`: Service Unavailable

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