categories: List categories

API: openfoodfacts.org:open-food-facts-api
Endpoint: /api/v2/categories
Response format: unknown
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 428ms

Description

Get the list of all product categories (taxonomy). Categories are organized hierarchically and can be used for filtering products.

Parameters (2)

page (integer, query, optional, default: 1)

Page number for pagination

page_size (integer, query, optional, default: 20)

Number of items per page

Constraints: {'maximum': 1000}

Examples (1)

List categories probe-gate
curl 'https://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v2/categories?page=1&page_size=20'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v2/categories",
    params={
        'page': '1',
        'page_size': '20',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("openfoodfacts")
result = api.fetch("api/v2/categories", page=1, page_size=20)

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v2/categories?page=1&page_size=20");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 16:55:16.964148 200 428ms
2026-04-16 01:46:03.040901 200 191ms
2026-04-15 03:31:38.878229 200 242ms
2026-04-14 00:42:30.445870 200 582ms
2026-04-12 13:25:41.798503 200 166ms
2026-04-10 06:50:31.009151 200 103ms
2026-04-08T11:33:21.462301 200 127ms