# List of account categories

`GET https://twitterscore.io/api/v1/get_categories`

Returns TwitterScore's account categories — the coarse classification of an account (Venture Capitals, Founders, Projects, Exchanges, Auditors, Media, Influencers, Angels) — ordered by id. These ids are the `category_id` values returned by get_twitter_info. The list is small and static; it is paginated with `page`/`size` (default 10, max 25). There are no filter parameters.
**Nested fields**

- `categories[].id` (integer): Category id (matches `category_id` in get_twitter_info).
- `categories[].name` (string): Category name.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `page` | integer | no | `1` | 1-based page number. Non-integer or 0 falls back to 1, negatives are floored to 1; a page past the end returns an empty list with the same total/pages. |
| `size` | integer | no | `10` | Items per page; values above 25 are capped to 25, non-integer values fall back to 10, values below 1 are floored to 1. |

## Example request

```bash
curl -s "https://twitterscore.io/api/v1/get_categories?page=1" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TWITTERSCORE_API_KEY" \
  -H "User-Agent: my-app/1.0 (contact@example.com)"
```

```python
import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://twitterscore.io/api/v1/get_categories",
    params={"page": 1},
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["TWITTERSCORE_API_KEY"],
             "User-Agent": "my-app/1.0 (contact@example.com)"},
    timeout=15,
)
data = r.json()
if not data.get("success", True):      # errors arrive as success=false (see /developers/errors/)
    raise RuntimeError(data["message"])
print(data)
```

```javascript
const r = await fetch("https://twitterscore.io/api/v1/get_categories?page=1", {
  headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.TWITTERSCORE_API_KEY,
             "User-Agent": "my-app/1.0 (contact@example.com)" },
});
const data = await r.json();
if (data.success === false) throw new Error(data.message);
console.log(data);
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "total": 8,
  "page": 1,
  "size": 8,
  "pages": 1,
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Venture Capitals"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "name": "Founders"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "name": "Projects"
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "name": "Exchanges"
    },
    {
      "id": 5,
      "name": "Auditors"
    },
    {
      "id": 7,
      "name": "Media"
    },
    {
      "id": 8,
      "name": "Influencers"
    },
    {
      "id": 9,
      "name": "Angels"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Errors

Error codes this endpoint can return (see [Errors](/developers/errors/) for the body format): `api_key_missing`, `api_key_invalid`, `api_access_deactivated`, `api_key_revoked`, `method_not_allowed`, `rate_limited`, `quota_exceeded`, `server_error`.

---

Authentication: `X-API-Key` header (or `Authorization: Bearer`), see [Authentication](/developers/authentication/). Limits: per-minute rate and monthly quota by plan, see [Rate limits](/developers/rate-limits/). Machine-readable definition: [/openapi.json](/openapi.json).