Categories Discovery API

curl -X GET "https://api.validationcore.dev/v2/categories" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

curl -X GET "https://api.validationcore.dev/v2/categories?format=summary" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

curl -X GET "https://api.validationcore.dev/v2/categories?category=electronics" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

const axios = require("text-blue-400">'axios"text-blue-400">');

// Get complete categories overview
async function getCategories() {
  try {
    const response = await axios.get("text-blue-400">'https://api.validationcore.dev/v2/categories"text-blue-400">');
    
    const { summary, categories, tiers } = response.data.data;
    console.log("text-blue-400">'Total Categories:"text-blue-400">', summary.totalCategories);
    console.log("text-blue-400">'Total Fields:"text-blue-400">', summary.totalSystemFields);
    console.log("text-blue-400">'Average GMC Compliance:"text-blue-400">', summary.averageGmcCompliance);
    
    // Process category information
    Object.keys(categories).forEach(categoryKey => {
      const category = categories[categoryKey];
      console.log(`${category.name}: ${category.totalFields} fields, ${category.gmcCompliance} GMC compliant`);
    });
    
    return response.data;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("text-blue-400">'Categories API Error:"text-blue-400">', error.response?.data || error.message);
    throw error;
  }
}

import requests
import json

def get_categories_info():
    """Get ValidationCore categories for integration planning."""
    
    url = "https://api.validationcore.dev/v2/categories"
    
    try:
        response = requests.get(url)
        response.raise_for_status()
        
        data = response.json()["text-blue-400">'data"text-blue-400">']
        summary = data["text-blue-400">'summary"text-blue-400">']
        
        print(f"ValidationCore System Overview:")
        print(f"Categories: {summary["text-blue-400">'totalCategories"text-blue-400">']}")
        print(f"Total Fields: {summary["text-blue-400">'totalSystemFields"text-blue-400">']}")
        print(f"Average GMC Compliance: {summary["text-blue-400">'averageGmcCompliance"text-blue-400">']}")
        print(f"System Version: {summary["text-blue-400">'systemVersion"text-blue-400">']}")
        
        # Analyze categories for business planning
        for category_key, category in data["text-blue-400">'categories"text-blue-400">'].items():
            print(f"\n{category["text-blue-400">'name"text-blue-400">']}:")
            print(f"  Fields: {category["text-blue-400">'totalFields"text-blue-400">']}")
            print(f"  GMC Compliance: {category["text-blue-400">'gmcCompliance"text-blue-400">']}")
            print(f"  Business Value: {category["text-blue-400">'businessValue"text-blue-400">']}")
        
        return data
        
    except requests.RequestException as e:
        print(f"Categories API error: {e}")
        raise

# Get categories for integration planning
categories_data = get_categories_info()

"text-blue-400">'https://api.validationcore.dev/v2/categories"text-blue-400">';
    
    $curl = curl_init();
    curl_setopt_array($curl, [
        CURLOPT_URL => $url,
        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
        CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
            "text-blue-400">'Accept: application/json"text-blue-400">',
            "text-blue-400">'User-Agent: E-commerce-Platform/1.0"text-blue-400">'
        ]
    ]);
    
    $response = curl_exec($curl);
    $httpCode = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    curl_close($curl);
    
    if ($httpCode !== 200) {
        throw new Exception("Categories API error: HTTP $httpCode");
    }
    
    $data = json_decode($response, true);
    
    if (!$data["text-blue-400">'success"text-blue-400">']) {
        throw new Exception("text-blue-400">'Categories API returned error response"text-blue-400">');
    }
    
    $categories = $data["text-blue-400">'data"text-blue-400">']["text-blue-400">'categories"text-blue-400">'];
    $summary = $data["text-blue-400">'data"text-blue-400">']["text-blue-400">'summary"text-blue-400">'];
    
    echo "ValidationCore Categories Available:\n";
    echo "Total System Fields: " . $summary["text-blue-400">'totalSystemFields"text-blue-400">'] . "\n";
    echo "Average GMC Compliance: " . $summary["text-blue-400">'averageGmcCompliance"text-blue-400">'] . "\n";
    
    // Process categories for integration decision
    foreach ($categories as $key => $category) {
        echo "\n{$category["text-blue-400">'name"text-blue-400">']}:\n";
        echo "  Total Fields: {$category["text-blue-400">'totalFields"text-blue-400">']}\n";
        echo "  GMC Compliance: {$category["text-blue-400">'gmcCompliance"text-blue-400">']}\n";
        echo "  Tier Required: {$category["text-blue-400">'tierRequired"text-blue-400">']}\n";
    }
    
    return $data;
}

try {
    $categoriesData = getValidationCoreCategories();
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n";
}
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