---
title: "GET /document_categories"
method: GET
path: "/document_categories"
tags: ["document_categories"]
---

# GET /document_categories

`GET /document_categories`

Returns document categories

## Response `200`

Success

- DocumentCategoryList
  - `total_count` integer, required
  - `items` DocumentCategory[], required
    - `id` integer, required
    - `group` string — Name of document category
    - `name` string, required — Name of document sub-category

## Other responses

- `default` — Error

## Changes

- **2017-03-16** `19df5ef02561` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2016-05-31** `7a0eb1704719` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/opentrials/apis/opentrials-api/changes/document_categories/get.md)

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