---
title: "Search taxonomies"
method: GET
path: "/taxonomies/{facet}"
tags: ["Taxonomies"]
---

# Search taxonomies

`GET /taxonomies/{facet}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.lightcast.io/ca-profiles`
- URL: `https://api.lightcast.io/ca-profiles/taxonomies/{facet}`
- Auth: OAuth 2
  - Client credentials
  - Token URL: `https://auth.emsicloud.com/connect/token` scopes: `profiles:ca`

Search taxonomies using either whole keywords (relevance search) or partial keywords (autocomplete).

## Path parameters

- `facet` 'edulevels' | 'cip2' | 'cip4' | 'cip6' | 'city' | 'company' | 'gender' | 'lot_career_area' | 'lot_occupation' | 'lot_occupation_group' | 'lot_specialized_occupation' | 'naics2' | 'naics3' | 'naics4' | 'naics5' | 'naics6' | 'noc1' | 'noc2' | 'noc3' | 'noc4' | 'noc5' | 'schools' | 'schools_ipeds' | 'skill_categories' | 'skill_subcategories' | 'skills' | 'title' | 'cd' | 'cma' | 'csd' | 'province' | 'pr', required

## Query parameters

- `q` string
- `autocomplete` boolean
- `limit` integer
- `title_version` 'emsi'
- `company_version` 'emsi_company'
- `naics_version` 'naics_std_2022'
- `cip_version` 'cip2010' | 'cip2020'
- `cip_standard` '2020.0.0' | '2010.0.1'
- `lot_version` '7' | '6'
- `new_taxonomy_versions` true | false

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `data` object[], required
    - `id` union, required: Taxonomy facet item identifier.
      - integer
      - string
    - `name` string, required: Taxonomy facet item name.
    - `description` string: Taxonomy facet item description.
    - `properties` object
      - `skill_type` string: Skills taxonomy type (Specialized Skill, Common Skill, or Certification).
      - `is_software` boolean: Boolean indicating if the skill is a software skill.
      - `ipeds_id` string, nullable: IPEDS ID for an institution.
      - `singular_name` string: Job title singular name (default is plural form).
      - `location` object, nullable: City lat/lon locaiton.
        - `lat` number, required
        - `lon` number, required
      - `profiles` integer: Company's number of profiles.
      - `naics` union: Normalized 6-digit company naics code.
        - string
        - integer
      - `website` string, nullable: Company website.
      - `state` string, nullable: State a company is located in.
      - `country` string, nullable: Country of origin.
      - `city` string, nullable: City a company is located in.
      - `zip` string, nullable: Company zip code
      - `address` string, nullable: Company address.
      - `schools` string[]: Schools associated with an IPEDS id.
    - `score` number

## Other responses

- `400`: bad request
- `404`: requested resource not found

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/lightcast/apis/profiles-ca.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/lightcast/apis/profiles-ca/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/lightcast/apis/profiles-ca/revisions/2340f50a81bd?raw)