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# /arstechnica/categories/search

> List Ars Technica sections, topic tags, long-form feature series or editorial article series with their slug, human-readable name, description, article count and archive URL. Order the catalogue by article count to reach the topics the newsroom actually writes about, or by name, slug or id. The slugs returned here are the values accepted by the categories, tags, feature_series and series filters of arstechnica/articles/search.

**Price:** 1 credit



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/news-publishing.json post /api/arstechnica/categories/search
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Any Site API
  description: >+
    Any Site API provides programmatic access to data from LinkedIn, Instagram,
    Twitter, and other platforms.


    ## Authentication


    All API endpoints require an `access-token` header with a valid API token.
    Tokens can be created in the [dashboard](https://app.anysite.io/).


    ## Pricing


    Each endpoint has a credit cost listed in its description. Credits are
    deducted from your token balance per request.

  version: 0.0.1
servers: []
security:
  - AccessToken: []
paths:
  /api/arstechnica/categories/search:
    post:
      tags:
        - /arstechnica
      summary: /arstechnica/categories/search
      description: >-
        List Ars Technica sections, topic tags, long-form feature series or
        editorial article series with their slug, human-readable name,
        description, article count and archive URL. Order the catalogue by
        article count to reach the topics the newsroom actually writes about, or
        by name, slug or id. The slugs returned here are the values accepted by
        the categories, tags, feature_series and series filters of
        arstechnica/articles/search.


        **Price:** 1 credit
      operationId: __api_arstechnica_categories_search_post
      parameters:
        - name: access-token
          in: header
          required: true
          schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArstechnicaCategoriesSearchPayload'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArstechnicaTerm'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
components:
  schemas:
    ArstechnicaCategoriesSearchPayload:
      properties:
        timeout:
          type: integer
          maximum: 1500
          minimum: 20
          default: 300
        taxonomy:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArstechnicaTaxonomy'
          default: categories
        keyword:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        hide_empty:
          anyOf:
            - type: boolean
            - type: 'null'
        sort:
          anyOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArstechnicaTermSort'
            - type: 'null'
        order:
          anyOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArstechnicaOrder'
            - type: 'null'
        count:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
      type: object
      required:
        - count
    ArstechnicaTerm:
      properties:
        '@type':
          type: string
          default: ArstechnicaTerm
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        alias:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        taxonomy:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        web_url:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        article_count:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - name
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
      type: object
    ArstechnicaTaxonomy:
      type: string
      enum:
        - categories
        - tags
        - feature-series
        - ars_series
    ArstechnicaTermSort:
      type: string
      enum:
        - name
        - alias
        - id
        - article_count
        - description
    ArstechnicaOrder:
      type: string
      enum:
        - asc
        - desc
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          type: array
        msg:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        input: {}
        ctx:
          type: object
      type: object
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
  securitySchemes:
    AccessToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: access-token
      description: API token from the dashboard

````