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Get a canon category

Canon module

GET/canon/categories/{cat_urid}canonCategories.get

A category, the finest URID grain. Returns one canon category with its `ETag`. A canon category the caller may not see returns 404.

  • Requires the capability canon.taxonomy.read.
  • OAuth scopes: canon.
  • Error statuses: 400, 401, 404, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.

Path and query parameters

canonCategories.get: Path and query parameters
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
cat_uridUridYesCategory URID `DDDD.DD.DD` from `xpms.dim_category` (Section 3.3). There is no fourth segment.Constraints: pattern ^[0-9]000\.[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]{2}$
fieldsFieldsNoSparse fieldset: a comma-separated list of top-level fields to return. `id` is always returned.Constraints: pattern ^[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*(,[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)*$

Response 200: CanonCategory

canonCategories.get: CanonCategory
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
cat_uridUridYesCategory URID `DDDD.DD.DD` from `xpms.dim_category` (Section 3.3). There is no fourth segment.Constraints: pattern ^[0-9]000\.[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]{2}$
disc_codeDiscCodeYesDiscipline code `DDDD.DD` from `xpms.dim_discipline`. Canon holds .01 to .49; tenant extensions hold .50 to .99.Constraints: pattern ^[0-9]000\.[0-9]{2}$
categorystringYesCategory name.Constraints: length 1 to 200
sourcestringYesCanon source of the row.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,63}$
xyzXyz | nullYes
{
  "cat_urid": "4000.01.01",
  "disc_code": "4000.01",
  "category": "Production Leadership",
  "source": "canon",
  "xyz": "X"
}

Code samples

curl -X GET "$XOS_BASE_URL/canon/categories/4000.01.01" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY"
const { data, etag } = await xos.canonCategories.get("4000.01.01");
response = xos.canon_categories.get("4000.01.01")
xos canon-categories get 4000.01.01