Sainsbury's Groceries API Capability

List categories

Browse the public Sainsbury's grocery category taxonomy to discover categories for shelf product listings.

Capability ID sainsburys.categories.list

Cost From $6.24 per 1,000 requests · 5 credits

Maximum runtime 30 seconds

# List categories

Browse the public Sainsbury's grocery category taxonomy to discover categories for shelf product listings.

- Platform: [Sainsbury's Groceries](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/sainsburys)
- Capability ID: `sainsburys.categories.list`
- Cost: 5 credits per request
- Maximum runtime: 30 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 $UPSCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "Prefer: wait=30" \
  --data '{
  "input": {},
  "capability": "sainsburys.categories.list"
}'
```

## Input

This capability accepts an empty input object.

### Example input

```json
{}
```

## 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
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": "1018771",
      "level": 0,
      "name": "Baby & toddler",
      "parent_id": null,
      "type": "Top Level Category"
    }
  ],
  "count": 1
}
```
### Illustrative output fields

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

| Path | Observed type | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `categories` | `array` | 1 items |
| `categories` | `array` | 1 items |
| `count` | `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)

POST /execute Shared execution endpoint

Input parameters

This capability accepts an empty input object.

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 The full redacted fixture is shown in the response panel.

Illustrative output fields

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

Path	Observed type	Example
`categories`	`array`	1 items
`categories`	`array`	1 items
`count`	`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.

Overview, pricing and sample data for every endpoint: Sainsbury's Groceries API

curl --request POST \ --url https://data.upscrape.com/execute \ --header "Authorization: Bearer $UPSCRAPE_API_KEY" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --header "Prefer: wait=30" \ --data '{ "input": {}, "capability": "sainsburys.categories.list" }'

import json import os import requests payload = json.loads(r'''{ "input": {}, "capability": "sainsburys.categories.list" }''') response = requests.post( "https://data.upscrape.com/execute", headers={ "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['UPSCRAPE_API_KEY']}", "Content-Type": "application/json", "Prefer": "wait=30", }, json=payload, ) response.raise_for_status() print(json.dumps(response.json(), indent=2))