Plaid Categories API

openapi: 3.0.0
servers:
  - description: Production
    url: https://production.plaid.com
  - description: Development
    url: https://development.plaid.com
  - description: Sandbox
    url: https://sandbox.plaid.com
info:
  title: 'Plaid categories/'
  version: 2020-09-14_1.517.0
  description: Needs description.
  contact:
    name: Plaid Developer Team
    url: https://plaid.com
  termsOfService: https://plaid.com/legal/
tags:
  - name: Plaid
security:
  - clientId: []
    secret: []
    plaidVersion: []
paths:
  /categories/get:
    x-plaid-business-unit-context: BUSINESS_UNIT_PLAID
    post:
      security: []
      tags:
        - Plaid
      summary: Plaid Get categories
      externalDocs:
        url: /api/products/transactions/#categoriesget
      operationId: categoriesGet
      description: >-
        Send a request to the `/categories/get` endpoint to get detailed
        information on categories returned by Plaid. This endpoint does not
        require authentication.


        All implementations are recommended to use the newer
        `personal_finance_category` taxonomy instead of the older `category`
        taxonomy supported by this endpoint. The [`personal_finance_category
        taxonomy` CSV
        file](https://plaid.com/documents/transactions-personal-finance-category-taxonomy.csv)
        is available for download and is not accessible via API.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CategoriesGetResponse'
              examples:
                example-1:
                  value:
                    categories:
                      - category_id: '10000000'
                        group: special
                        hierarchy:
                          - Bank Fees
                      - category_id: '10001000'
                        group: special
                        hierarchy:
                          - Bank Fees
                          - Overdraft
                      - category_id: '12001000'
                        group: place
                        hierarchy:
                          - Community
                          - Animal Shelter
                    request_id: ixTBLZGvhD4NnmB
        default:
          description: Error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlaidError'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CategoriesGetRequest'
components:
  schemas:
    CategoriesGetResponse:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: true
      description: CategoriesGetResponse defines the response schema for `/categories/get`
      properties:
        categories:
          type: array
          description: An array of all of the transaction categories used by Plaid.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Category'
        request_id:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RequestID'
      required:
        - categories
        - request_id
    PlaidError:
      description: >-
        Errors are identified by `error_code` and categorized by `error_type`.
        Use these in preference to HTTP status codes to identify and handle
        specific errors. HTTP status codes are set and provide the broadest
        categorization of errors: 4xx codes are for developer- or user-related
        errors, and 5xx codes are for Plaid-related errors, and the status will
        be 2xx in non-error cases. An Item with a non-`null` error object will
        only be part of an API response when calling `/item/get` to view Item
        status. Otherwise, error fields will be `null` if no error has occurred;
        if an error has occurred, an error code will be returned instead.
      type: object
      additionalProperties: true
      title: Error
      nullable: true
      properties:
        error_type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlaidErrorType'
        error_code:
          description: The particular error code. Safe for programmatic use.
          type: string
        error_message:
          description: >-
            A developer-friendly representation of the error code. This may
            change over time and is not safe for programmatic use.
          type: string
        display_message:
          description: >-
            A user-friendly representation of the error code. `null` if the
            error is not related to user action.


            This may change over time and is not safe for programmatic use.
          type: string
          nullable: true
        request_id:
          type: string
          description: >-
            A unique ID identifying the request, to be used for troubleshooting
            purposes. This field will be omitted in errors provided by webhooks.
        causes:
          type: array
          description: >-
            In the Assets product, a request can pertain to more than one Item.
            If an error is returned for such a request, `causes` will return an
            array of errors containing a breakdown of these errors on the
            individual Item level, if any can be identified.


            `causes` will only be provided for the `error_type`
            `ASSET_REPORT_ERROR`. `causes` will also not be populated inside an
            error nested within a `warning` object.
          items: {}
        status:
          type: integer
          description: >-
            The HTTP status code associated with the error. This will only be
            returned in the response body when the error information is provided
            via a webhook.
          nullable: true
        documentation_url:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The URL of a Plaid documentation page with more information about
            the error
        suggested_action:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Suggested steps for resolving the error
      required:
        - error_type
        - error_code
        - error_message
        - display_message