MapsData API

Check whether a term is a scrapable category

Resolve a term to its canonical category spelling.

Returns the exact string to submit, or close suggestions when the term is not a category. Calling this first is the cheapest way to avoid the most common submission rejection.

get/api/v1/categories/validate

Request

  • Base URL: https://mapsdata.ai (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
  • URL: https://mapsdata.ai/api/v1/categories/validate
  • Auth: MapsData API key (a scheme the document does not define)

Query parameters

namestring required

Response

Successful Response

validboolean required
canonicalstring nullable

The exact spelling to submit. Casing matters.

suggestionsstring[]

Close matches, when the term was not recognised.

Changes

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