---
title: "List category groups"
method: GET
path: "/api/external/v2/category_groups"
tags: ["Categories"]
---

# List category groups

`GET /api/external/v2/category_groups`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://app.pennylane.com`
- URL: `https://app.pennylane.com/api/external/v2/category_groups`
- Auth: OAuth 2
  - Authorization code: `https://app.pennylane.com/oauth/authorize`
  - Token URL: `https://app.pennylane.com/oauth/oauth/token` scopes: `categories:all`, `categories:readonly`

This endpoint returns a list of category groups

> ℹ️
> This endpoint requires one of the following scopes: `categories:all`, `categories:readonly`

## Query parameters

- `cursor` string
- `limit` integer

## Headers

- `X-Company-Id` string

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `has_more` boolean, required: Indicates whether additional results are available beyond this set. Use this flag to determine if another request is needed.
  - `next_cursor` string, nullable, required: Cursor to retrieve the next set of results. Include this value in the cursor parameter of your next request to fetch subsequent items. A `null` `next_cursor` in the response indicates no further results.
  - `items` object[], required
    - `id` integer, required
    - `label` string, required
    - `categories` object, required
      - `url` string, required: URL to get the categories of the group.
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Access token is missing or invalid
- `403`: Access to this resource forbidden
- `404`: The resource was not found

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `871f863307e5`: 1 info
  - added the new optional `header` request parameter `X-Company-Id`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/pennylane/apis/company-v2/changes/api/external/v2/category_groups/get.md)

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