---
title: "List image categories"
method: GET
path: "/v2/images/categories"
tags: ["images"]
---

# List image categories

`GET /v2/images/categories`

This endpoint lists the categories (Shutterstock-assigned genres) that images can belong to.

## Query parameters

- `language` 'ar' | 'bg' | 'bn' | 'cs' | 'da' | 'de' | 'el' | 'en' | 'es' | 'fi' | 'fr' | 'gu' | 'he' | 'hi' | 'hr' | 'hu' | 'id' | 'it' | 'ja' | 'kn' | 'ko' | 'ml' | 'mr' | 'nb' | 'nl' | 'or' | 'pl' | 'pt' | 'ro' | 'ru' | 'sk' | 'sl' | 'sv' | 'ta' | 'te' | 'th' | 'tr' | 'uk' | 'ur' | 'vi' | 'zh' | 'zh-Hant' — Language code

## Response `200`

OK

- object — List of categories that images can belong to
  - `data` object[] — Categories
    - `id` string — Category ID
    - `name` string — Category name
  - `errors` object[] — Error list; appears only if there was an error
    - `code` string — The error code of this error
    - `data` string — Debugging information about the error
    - `items` object[] — A list of items that produced the error
    - `message` string, required — Specific details about this error
    - `path` string — Internal code reference to the source of the error
  - `message` string — Server-generated message, if any
  - `page` integer — The current page of results
  - `per_page` integer — The number of results per page
  - `total_count` integer — The total number of results across all pages

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden

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