Get all categories: API v3

GET https://website-categorization.whoisxmlapi.com/api/v3/categories
Input parameters

order	Optional. Allows you to control the categories output order. ABC - output categories ordered alphabetically by the name field. ID - output categories ordered by the id field. Acceptable values: ABC \| ID Default: ID
outputFormat	Optional. Response output format. Acceptable values: JSON \| XML Default: JSON
Sample output

[
    {
        "id": 0,
        "name": "Uncategorized"
    },
    {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Real Estate"
    },
    {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Computer and Internet Security"
    },
    {
        "id": 3,
        "name": "Financial Services"
    },
    {
        "id": 4,
        "name": "Business and Economy"
    },
    {
        "id": 5,
        "name": "Computer and Internet Info"
    },
    {
        "id": 6,
        "name": "Auctions"
    },
    {
        "id": 7,
        "name": "Shopping"
    },
    {
        "id": 8,
        "name": "Cult and Occult"
    },
    {
        "id": 9,
        "name": "Travel"
    },
    {
        "id": 10,
        "name": "Abused Drugs"
    },
    {
        "id": 11,
        "name": "Adult and Pornography"
    },
    {
        "id": 12,
        "name": "Home and Garden"
    },
    {
        "id": 13,
        "name": "Military"
    },
    {
        "id": 14,
        "name": "Social Networking"
    },
    {
        "id": 15,
        "name": "Dead Sites"
    },
    {
        "id": 16,
        "name": "Individual Stock Advice and Tools"
    },
    {
        "id": 17,
        "name": "Training and Tools"
    },
    {
        "id": 18,
        "name": "Dating"
    },
    {
        "id": 19,
        "name": "Sex Education"
    },
    {
        "id": 20,
        "name": "Religion"
    },
    {
        "id": 21,
        "name": "Entertainment and Arts"
    },
    {
        "id": 22,
        "name": "Personal sites and Blogs"
    },
    {
        "id": 23,
        "name": "Legal"
    },
    {
        "id": 24,
        "name": "Local Information"
    },
    {
        "id": 25,
        "name": "Streaming Media"
    },
    {
        "id": 26,
        "name": "Job Search"
    },
    {
        "id": 27,
        "name": "Gambling"
    },
    {
        "id": 28,
        "name": "Translation"
    },
    {
        "id": 29,
        "name": "Reference and Research"
    },
    {
        "id": 30,
        "name": "Shareware and Freeware"
    },
    {
        "id": 31,
        "name": "Peer to Peer"
    },
    {
        "id": 32,
        "name": "Marijuana"
    },
    {
        "id": 33,
        "name": "Hacking"
    },
    {
        "id": 34,
        "name": "Games"
    },
    {
        "id": 35,
        "name": "Philosophy and Political Advocacy"
    },
    {
        "id": 36,
        "name": "Weapons"
    },
    {
        "id": 37,
        "name": "Pay to Surf"
    },
    {
        "id": 38,
        "name": "Hunting and Fishing"
    },
    {
        "id": 39,
        "name": "Society"
    },
    {
        "id": 40,
        "name": "Educational Institutions"
    },
    {
        "id": 41,
        "name": "Online Greeting Cards"
    },
    {
        "id": 42,
        "name": "Sports"
    },
    {
        "id": 43,
        "name": "Swimsuits and Intimate Apparel"
    },
    {
        "id": 44,
        "name": "Questionable"
    },
    {
        "id": 45,
        "name": "Kids"
    },
    {
        "id": 46,
        "name": "Hate and Racism"
    },
    {
        "id": 47,
        "name": "Personal Storage"
    },
    {
        "id": 48,
        "name": "Violence"
    },
    {
        "id": 49,
        "name": "Keyloggers and Monitoring"
    },
    {
        "id": 50,
        "name": "Search Engines"
    },
    {
        "id": 51,
        "name": "Internet Portals"
    },
    {
        "id": 52,
        "name": "Web Advertisements"
    },
    {
        "id": 53,
        "name": "Cheating"
    },
    {
        "id": 54,
        "name": "Gross"
    },
    {
        "id": 55,
        "name": "Web-based Email"
    },
    {
        "id": 56,
        "name": "Malware Sites"
    },
    {
        "id": 57,
        "name": "Phishing and Other Frauds"
    },
    {
        "id": 58,
        "name": "Proxy Avoidance and Anonymizers"
    },
    {
        "id": 59,
        "name": "Spyware and Adware"
    },
    {
        "id": 60,
        "name": "Music"
    },
    {
        "id": 61,
        "name": "Government"
    },
    {
        "id": 62,
        "name": "Nudity"
    },
    {
        "id": 63,
        "name": "News and Media"
    },
    {
        "id": 64,
        "name": "Illegal"
    },
    {
        "id": 65,
        "name": "Content Delivery Networks"
    },
    {
        "id": 66,
        "name": "Internet Communications"
    },
    {
        "id": 67,
        "name": "Bot Nets"
    },
    {
        "id": 68,
        "name": "Abortion"
    },
    {
        "id": 69,
        "name": "Health and Medicine"
    },
    {
        "id": 70,
        "name": "Confirmed SPAM Sources"
    },
    {
        "id": 71,
        "name": "SPAM URLs"
    },
    {
        "id": 72,
        "name": "Unconfirmed SPAM Sources"
    },
    {
        "id": 73,
        "name": "Open HTTP Proxies"
    },
    {
        "id": 74,
        "name": "Dynamically Generated Content"
    },
    {
        "id": 75,
        "name": "Parked Domains"
    },
    {
        "id": 76,
        "name": "Alcohol and Tobacco"
    },
    {
        "id": 77,
        "name": "Private IP Addresses"
    },
    {
        "id": 78,
        "name": "Image and Video Search"
    },
    {
        "id": 79,
        "name": "Fashion and Beauty"
    },
    {
        "id": 80,
        "name": "Recreation and Hobbies"
    },
    {
        "id": 81,
        "name": "Motor Vehicles"
    },
    {
        "id": 82,
        "name": "Web Hosting"
    },
    {
        "id": 83,
        "name": "Food and Dining"
    }
]
<xml>
    <item>
        <id>0</id>
        <name>Uncategorized</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>1</id>
        <name>Real Estate</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>2</id>
        <name>Computer and Internet Security</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>3</id>
        <name>Financial Services</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>4</id>
        <name>Business and Economy</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>5</id>
        <name>Computer and Internet Info</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>6</id>
        <name>Auctions</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>7</id>
        <name>Shopping</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>8</id>
        <name>Cult and Occult</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>9</id>
        <name>Travel</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>10</id>
        <name>Abused Drugs</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>11</id>
        <name>Adult and Pornography</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>12</id>
        <name>Home and Garden</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>13</id>
        <name>Military</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>14</id>
        <name>Social Networking</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>15</id>
        <name>Dead Sites</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>16</id>
        <name>Individual Stock Advice and Tools</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>17</id>
        <name>Training and Tools</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>18</id>
        <name>Dating</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>19</id>
        <name>Sex Education</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>20</id>
        <name>Religion</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>21</id>
        <name>Entertainment and Arts</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>22</id>
        <name>Personal sites and Blogs</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>23</id>
        <name>Legal</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>24</id>
        <name>Local Information</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>25</id>
        <name>Streaming Media</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>26</id>
        <name>Job Search</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>27</id>
        <name>Gambling</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>28</id>
        <name>Translation</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>29</id>
        <name>Reference and Research</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>30</id>
        <name>Shareware and Freeware</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>31</id>
        <name>Peer to Peer</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>32</id>
        <name>Marijuana</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>33</id>
        <name>Hacking</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>34</id>
        <name>Games</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>35</id>
        <name>Philosophy and Political Advocacy</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>36</id>
        <name>Weapons</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>37</id>
        <name>Pay to Surf</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>38</id>
        <name>Hunting and Fishing</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>39</id>
        <name>Society</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>40</id>
        <name>Educational Institutions</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>41</id>
        <name>Online Greeting Cards</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>42</id>
        <name>Sports</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>43</id>
        <name>Swimsuits and Intimate Apparel</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>44</id>
        <name>Questionable</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>45</id>
        <name>Kids</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>46</id>
        <name>Hate and Racism</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>47</id>
        <name>Personal Storage</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>48</id>
        <name>Violence</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>49</id>
        <name>Keyloggers and Monitoring</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>50</id>
        <name>Search Engines</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>51</id>
        <name>Internet Portals</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>52</id>
        <name>Web Advertisements</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>53</id>
        <name>Cheating</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>54</id>
        <name>Gross</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>55</id>
        <name>Web-based Email</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>56</id>
        <name>Malware Sites</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>57</id>
        <name>Phishing and Other Frauds</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>58</id>
        <name>Proxy Avoidance and Anonymizers</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>59</id>
        <name>Spyware and Adware</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>60</id>
        <name>Music</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>61</id>
        <name>Government</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>62</id>
        <name>Nudity</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>63</id>
        <name>News and Media</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>64</id>
        <name>Illegal</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>65</id>
        <name>Content Delivery Networks</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>66</id>
        <name>Internet Communications</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>67</id>
        <name>Bot Nets</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>68</id>
        <name>Abortion</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>69</id>
        <name>Health and Medicine</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>70</id>
        <name>Confirmed SPAM Sources</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>71</id>
        <name>SPAM URLs</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>72</id>
        <name>Unconfirmed SPAM Sources</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>73</id>
        <name>Open HTTP Proxies</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>74</id>
        <name>Dynamically Generated Content</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>75</id>
        <name>Parked Domains</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>76</id>
        <name>Alcohol and Tobacco</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>77</id>
        <name>Private IP Addresses</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>78</id>
        <name>Image and Video Search</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>79</id>
        <name>Fashion and Beauty</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>80</id>
        <name>Recreation and Hobbies</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>81</id>
        <name>Motor Vehicles</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>82</id>
        <name>Web Hosting</name>
    </item>
    <item>
        <id>83</id>
        <name>Food and Dining</name>
    </item>
</xml>
Output parameters

id	The unique category identifier.
name	The readable name of the category.
WHOIS / WHOIS History

DNS / DNS History

IP Geolocation / IP Netblocks

Domain Research Suite (DRS)

Domain/WHOIS

DNS/IP

Intelligence

Other

Domain/WHOIS

DNS/IP

Intelligence

Other

Domain/WHOIS

DNS/IP

Intelligence

Other

Domain Research Suite (DRS)

Research

Monitoring

White-Label

Enterprise API Packages

Security Intelligence (SI) Suite

Premium API Services

Get all categories: API v3

Input parameters

Sample output

Output parameters

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