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List OpenSea's browse categories API

Returns OpenSea's category taxonomy as top-level groups and their child categories, with display names. The child slugs are the canonical category identifiers used across the marketplace.

GETapiKey1 credit/requestOpenSeaopensea.categoriesResponseDoc/opensea/categories

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /opensea/categories
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: OpenSea
Response schema: #/definitions/opensea.categoriesResponseDoc

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How this endpoint behaves

No parameters.

Returns OpenSea's category taxonomy as top-level groups and their child categories, each with a slug and display name. The child slugs are the canonical category identifiers the marketplace uses, and they line up with the category field returned by /opensea/collection/{slug}.

Live monitoring

Monitored request: GET /opensea/categories
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%
Median response time: 1.72 s

Current status of every endpoint

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /opensea/categories
Items in categories: 4
Fields filled in every checked item: 2

Field	Filled in, of 4 checked	Values in the sample
slug	4
children	4	median 7 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/opensea/categories" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "slug": "collections",
        "children": [
          {
            "slug": "gaming",
            "display_name": "Gaming"
          },
          {
            "slug": "art",
            "display_name": "Art"
          },
          {
            "slug": "pfps",
            "display_name": "PFPs"
          },
          {
            "slug": "memberships",
            "display_name": "Memberships"
          },
          {
            "slug": "music",
            "display_name": "Music"
          },
          {
            "slug": "photography",
            "display_name": "Photography"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "slug": "physical-collectibles",
        "children": [
          {
            "slug": "trading-cards",
            "display_name": "Trading Cards"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/opensea.categoriesResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Example
code	integer	No	200
data	opensea.CategoriesResponse	No
data.categories	array	No
data.categories[].children	array	No
data.categories[].children[].display_name	string	No	PFPs
data.categories[].children[].slug	string	No	pfps
data.categories[].slug	string	No	collections
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/opensea/categories" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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OpenSea API endpoint

List OpenSea's browse categories API

Returns OpenSea's category taxonomy as top-level groups and their child categories, with display names. The child slugs are the canonical category identifiers used across the marketplace.

GETapiKey1 credit/requestOpenSeaopensea.categoriesResponseDoc/opensea/categories

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /opensea/categories
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: OpenSea
Response schema: #/definitions/opensea.categoriesResponseDoc

OpenSea API Try List OpenSea's browse categories API in Playground OpenSea API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

No parameters.

Live monitoring

Monitored request: GET /opensea/categories
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%
Median response time: 1.72 s

Current status of every endpoint

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /opensea/categories
Items in categories: 4
Fields filled in every checked item: 2

Field	Filled in, of 4 checked	Values in the sample
slug	4
children	4	median 7 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/opensea/categories" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "slug": "collections",
        "children": [
          {
            "slug": "gaming",
            "display_name": "Gaming"
          },
          {
            "slug": "art",
            "display_name": "Art"
          },
          {
            "slug": "pfps",
            "display_name": "PFPs"
          },
          {
            "slug": "memberships",
            "display_name": "Memberships"
          },
          {
            "slug": "music",
            "display_name": "Music"
          },
          {
            "slug": "photography",
            "display_name": "Photography"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "slug": "physical-collectibles",
        "children": [
          {
            "slug": "trading-cards",
            "display_name": "Trading Cards"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/opensea.categoriesResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Example
code	integer	No	200
data	opensea.CategoriesResponse	No
data.categories	array	No
data.categories[].children	array	No
data.categories[].children[].display_name	string	No	PFPs
data.categories[].children[].slug	string	No	pfps
data.categories[].slug	string	No	collections
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/opensea/categories" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

Open in Playground Back to group

List OpenSea's browse categories API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Live monitoring

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

Related

List OpenSea's browse categories API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Live monitoring

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

Related