# Category

Fetch category listing pages from category URLs and return normalized listing rows.

- Platform: [Pepperfry](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/pepperfry)
- Capability ID: `pepperfry.catalog.category`
- Cost: 1 credit per request
- Maximum runtime: 45 seconds
- Execute endpoint: `POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute`

## Request

Use the exact public capability ID in the shared execute envelope.

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "Prefer: wait=30" \
  --data '{
  "input": {
    "category_path": "/category/sofas.html",
    "max_pages": 1,
    "page": 1
  },
  "capability": "pepperfry.catalog.category"
}'
```

## Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `category_path` | `string` | Yes |  |
| `max_pages` | `integer` | No |  |
| `page` | `integer` | No |  |

### Example input

```json
{
  "category_path": "/category/sofas.html",
  "max_pages": 1,
  "page": 1
}
```

## Response

Successful output is returned in `results[0].data`. Raw platform output is intentionally open-ended and may evolve with the upstream source.

### Illustrative sample output

This redacted fixture is an example, not a fixed response schema.

```json
{
  "category_path": "/category/sofas.html",
  "end_page": 1,
  "has_more": true,
  "listings": [
    {
      "currency": "INR",
      "page": 1,
      "position": 1,
      "product_id": "2195300",
      "title": "Cresco Fabric 3 Seater Sofa In Camel Brown Colour",
      "url": "https://www.pepperfry.com/product/[redacted:token].html"
    },
    {
      "currency": "INR",
      "page": 1,
      "position": 2,
      "product_id": "2315175",
      "title": "Moss 3 Seater Sofa In White Colour",
      "url": "https://www.pepperfry.com/product/[redacted:token].html"
    },
    {
      "currency": "INR",
      "page": 1,
      "position": 3,
      "product_id": "2191642",
      "title": "Frejol Velvet 3 Seater Sofa In Cream Colour",
      "url": "https://www.pepperfry.com/product/[redacted:token].html"
    }
  ],
  "pages_fetched": 1,
  "start_page": 1
}
```
### Illustrative output fields

Derived from the sample above for orientation only. These fields are not a fixed response schema.

| Path | Observed type | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `category_path` | `string` | /category/sofas.html |
| `end_page` | `integer` | 1 |
| `has_more` | `boolean` | true |
| `listings` | `array` | 3 items |
| `listings` | `array` | 3 items |
| `pages_fetched` | `integer` | 1 |
| `start_page` | `integer` | 1 |

## Execution behavior

A `200` response completed inline. A `202` response was queued; poll `GET /jobs/{id}` until the job reaches `completed` or `failed`. Use an `Idempotency-Key` when retrying must not create a duplicate logical job.

## Related documentation

- [Authentication](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/authentication)
- [Jobs and results](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/jobs)
- [Errors and retries](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/errors)
- [Idempotency](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/idempotency)