---
title: "List request categories and their assignment metadata"
method: GET
path: "/categories"
tags: ["Lookups"]
---

# List request categories and their assignment metadata

`GET /categories`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://helpspot.example.com/api/v2`
- URL: `https://helpspot.example.com/api/v2/categories`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP basic

## Response `200`

Unpaginated lookup collection. See this resource group for field definitions.

- object
  - `data` CategoryResource[], required
    - `id` integer
    - `name` string, nullable
    - `group` string, nullable
    - `inactive` boolean
    - `allows_public_submit` boolean
    - `default_staff_id` integer, nullable
    - `assignment_mode` integer
    - `custom_field_ids` integer[]
    - `staff` object[]
      - `id` integer
      - `name` string, nullable
      - `assigned_request_count` integer
    - `reporting_tags` object[]
      - `id` integer
      - `name` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `405`: Method Not Allowed
- `406`: Not Acceptable
- `413`: Content Too Large
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `500`: Internal Server Error
- `503`: Service Unavailable

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/helpspot/apis/helpspot-api-v2.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/helpspot/apis/helpspot-api-v2/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/helpspot/apis/helpspot-api-v2/revisions/794dac0002c0?raw)