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Harvard Business Review API endpoint
HBR Topic Taxonomy API
Returns Harvard Business Review's full public topic taxonomy, grouped into Subject, Industry, and Geography. Use a topic's slug directly as the topic parameter on hbr-topic.
GETapiKey1 credit/requestHarvard Business Reviewhbr.categoriesResponseDoc
Harvard Business Review/hbr/categoriesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /hbr/categories
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 1 credit/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Harvard Business Review
- Response schema
- #/definitions/hbr.categoriesResponseDoc
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /hbr/categories
- Items in groups
- 3
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 2
| Field | Filled in, of 3 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| name | 3 | “Subject” and 2 other values |
| categories | 3 | median 39 entries |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/hbr/categories" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"groups": [
{
"name": "Subject",
"categories": [
{
"slug": "subject/strategy",
"name": "Strategy"
},
{
"slug": "subject/leadership",
"name": "Leadership"
}
]
},
{
"name": "Industry",
"categories": [
{
"slug": "industry/healthcare-sector",
"name": "Healthcare Sector"
}
]
},
{
"name": "Geography",
"categories": [
{
"slug": "geography/europe",
"name": "Europe"
}
]
}
]
},
"msg": "OK"
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/hbr.categoriesResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | hbr.CategoriesResponse | No | ||||
| data.groups | array | No | ||||
| data.groups[].categories | array | No | ||||
| data.groups[].categories[].name | string | No | ||||
| data.groups[].categories[].slug | string | No | ||||
| data.groups[].name | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Code examples
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/hbr/categories" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"