Endpoint Playground

Try the SHEIN Categories API

Returns SHEIN's root category tree (11 top-level categories, nested to leaf ids) plus the global attribute filter taxonomy (sizes, colors, materials, …). Use the returned `cat_id` values with `/shein/category/nav`, `/shein/category/filters` and `/shein/category/goods`.

Request: GET /shein/categories
Cost: 2 credits/request
Auth: apiKey

SHEIN Categories API documentation SHEIN platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/shein/categories' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

No request parameters

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "cat_id": "1864",
        "category_name": "Beauty & Health",
        "children": [
          {
            "cat_id": "3638",
            "category_name": "False Eyelashes & Adhesives",
            "children": [
              {
                "cat_id": "2251",
                "category_name": "False Eyelashes"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "cat_id": "2026",
        "category_name": "Men"
      }
    ],
    "filters": [
      {
        "node_id": "87",
        "node_name": "Size",
        "options": [
          {
            "node_id": "87_757",
            "node_name": "XXS"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

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SHEIN brand channel categories SHEIN category filter facets SHEIN category product listing SHEIN category nav tabs SHEIN coupon and deal products SHEIN deal category tabs SHEIN search aggregation filters SHEIN product detail SHEIN product search SHEIN search autocomplete SHEIN trending search keywords SHEIN store profile and categories All 16 SHEIN endpoints

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Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestshein.categoriesResponseDocSHEIN

GET /shein/categories

SHEIN category tree and global filters

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "cat_id": "1864",
        "category_name": "Beauty & Health",
        "children": [
          {
            "cat_id": "3638",
            "category_name": "False Eyelashes & Adhesives",
            "children": [
              {
                "cat_id": "2251",
                "category_name": "False Eyelashes"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "cat_id": "2026",
        "category_name": "Men"
      }
    ],
    "filters": [
      {
        "node_id": "87",
        "node_name": "Size",
        "options": [
          {
            "node_id": "87_757",
            "node_name": "XXS"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the SHEIN Categories API

Request: GET /shein/categories
Cost: 2 credits/request
Auth: apiKey

SHEIN Categories API documentation SHEIN platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/shein/categories' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

No request parameters

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "cat_id": "1864",
        "category_name": "Beauty & Health",
        "children": [
          {
            "cat_id": "3638",
            "category_name": "False Eyelashes & Adhesives",
            "children": [
              {
                "cat_id": "2251",
                "category_name": "False Eyelashes"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "cat_id": "2026",
        "category_name": "Men"
      }
    ],
    "filters": [
      {
        "node_id": "87",
        "node_name": "Size",
        "options": [
          {
            "node_id": "87_757",
            "node_name": "XXS"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

More SHEIN endpoints

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Endpoint

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Method

Auth

Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestshein.categoriesResponseDocSHEIN

GET /shein/categories

SHEIN category tree and global filters

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

Set up API key

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API key

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "cat_id": "1864",
        "category_name": "Beauty & Health",
        "children": [
          {
            "cat_id": "3638",
            "category_name": "False Eyelashes & Adhesives",
            "children": [
              {
                "cat_id": "2251",
                "category_name": "False Eyelashes"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "cat_id": "2026",
        "category_name": "Men"
      }
    ],
    "filters": [
      {
        "node_id": "87",
        "node_name": "Size",
        "options": [
          {
            "node_id": "87_757",
            "node_name": "XXS"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}