Audible API endpoint
Returns Audible's full genre/category tree (root genres with their subgenres), including the category ids accepted by GET /audible/search's category_id filter.
/audible/categoriesReturns Audible's full genre/category tree — root genres with their subgenres. The category ids in this tree are what GET /audible/search's category_id filter accepts.
No parameters.
Response includes categories[], each with id, name, and children[] of the same shape (observed depth is two levels: root genre → subgenre).
| Field | Filled in, of 24 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| id | 24 | |
| name | 24 | “Arts & Entertainment” and 23 other values |
| children | 24 | median 7 entries |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/audible/categories" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"categories": [
{
"id": "18580606011",
"name": "Science Fiction & Fantasy",
"children": [
{
"id": "18580607011",
"name": "Fantasy"
},
{
"id": "18580628011",
"name": "Science Fiction"
}
]
}
],
"source_url": "https://api.audible.com/1.0/catalog/categories?response_groups=category_metadata"
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/audible.categoriesResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | audible.CategoriesResponse | No | ||||
| data.categories | array | No | ||||
| data.categories[].children | array | No | ||||
| data.categories[].id | string | No | ||||
| data.categories[].name | string | No | ||||
| data.source_url | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 500 | Internal Server Error | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/audible/categories" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"