categories: Get all categories

API: co.uk:bbc-iplayer-business-layer-api
Endpoint: /categories
Response format: unknown
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 205ms

Description

Returns a list of all available programme categories including genres, accessibility categories, and regional content.

Examples (1)

Get all categories probe-gate
curl 'https://ibl.api.bbci.co.uk/ibl/v1/categories'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://ibl.api.bbci.co.uk/ibl/v1/categories")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("bbc-iplayer-business-layer")
result = api.fetch("categories")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://ibl.api.bbci.co.uk/ibl/v1/categories");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 03:51:42.208948 200 205ms
2026-04-15 02:08:27.818544 200 115ms
2026-04-14 02:29:09.554964 200 210ms
2026-04-12 15:46:05.772656 200 141ms
2026-04-10 01:35:20.419240 200 117ms
2026-04-09 00:40:22.271462 200 148ms
2026-04-03T14:18:16.361002 200 124ms