> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.anysite.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# /yell/categories

> List Yell's popular business categories (e.g. Plumbers, Electricians, Builders), optionally filtered by a name prefix. Each category has a display name, alias and landing page URL.

**Price:** 1 credit

**💡 AI Hint:** List Yell (UK directory) popular business categories, optionally filtered by a case-insensitive name prefix (keyword). Each category has name, alias and url. Use the names as keywords for yell/businesses/search.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi-filtered.json post /api/yell/categories
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/yell/categories:
    post:
      tags:
        - /yell
      summary: /yell/categories
      description: >-
        List Yell's popular business categories (e.g. Plumbers, Electricians,
        Builders), optionally filtered by a name prefix. Each category has a
        display name, alias and landing page URL.


        **Price:** 1 credit


        **💡 AI Hint:** List Yell (UK directory) popular business categories,
        optionally filtered by a case-insensitive name prefix (keyword). Each
        category has name, alias and url. Use the names as keywords for
        yell/businesses/search.
      operationId: __api_yell_categories_post
      parameters:
        - name: access-token
          in: header
          required: true
          schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/YellCategoriesPayload'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/YellCategory'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
components:
  schemas:
    YellCategoriesPayload:
      properties:
        timeout:
          type: integer
          maximum: 1500
          minimum: 20
          description: Max scrapping execution timeout (in seconds)
          default: 300
        keyword:
          type: string
          description: Optional case-insensitive name prefix to filter categories
          default: ''
          examples:
            - plumb
      type: object
    YellCategory:
      properties:
        '@type':
          type: string
          default: YellCategory
        name:
          type: string
        alias:
          type: string
        url:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
      type: object
      required:
        - name
        - alias
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
      type: object
    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

````