> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get a blog category

> Retrieves a category by `id` or by `slug`; when both are given, `id` wins. Requires the blog read permission.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json get /api/blogCategories.get
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Notifuse API
  description: API for Notifuse - a transactional email and newsletter management platform
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Notifuse Support
    url: https://www.notifuse.com/support
    email: hello@notifuse.com
  license:
    name: BUSL-1.1
    url: https://github.com/Notifuse/notifuse/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
  - url: https://{notifuseDomain}
    description: Customer-specific Notifuse API server
    variables:
      notifuseDomain:
        description: Your unique Notifuse domain
        default: demo.notifuse.com
security: []
paths:
  /api/blogCategories.get:
    get:
      tags:
        - Blog
      summary: Get a blog category
      description: >-
        Retrieves a category by `id` or by `slug`; when both are given, `id`
        wins. Requires the blog read permission.
      operationId: getBlogCategory
      parameters:
        - name: workspace_id
          in: query
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
          description: The ID of the workspace
          example: ws_1234567890
        - name: id
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
          description: The category ID. Either `id` or `slug` is required.
          example: 7c9e6679-7425-40de-944b-e07fc1f90ae7
        - name: slug
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
          description: The category slug. Either `id` or `slug` is required.
          example: product
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The category
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BlogCategoryResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request - missing query parameters
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error: either id or slug is required
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - invalid or missing authentication token
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden - missing the blog read permission
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PermissionErrorResponse'
              example:
                error: 'Insufficient permissions: read access to blog required'
                resource: blog
                permission: read
        '500':
          description: >-
            Internal server error. Also returned when no category matches the id
            or slug.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                error: Failed to get category
      security:
        - BearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    BlogCategoryResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - category
      properties:
        category:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/BlogCategory'
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error message
      required:
        - error
    PermissionErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Returned with a 403 when the user or API key lacks the permission the
        endpoint requires.
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error message
        resource:
          type: string
          description: The permission resource the endpoint requires.
          example: blog
        permission:
          type: string
          enum:
            - read
            - write
          description: The access level the endpoint requires on that resource.
      required:
        - error
        - resource
        - permission
    BlogCategory:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - slug
        - settings
        - created_at
        - updated_at
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Server-generated UUID.
          example: 7c9e6679-7425-40de-944b-e07fc1f90ae7
        slug:
          type: string
          description: The category's path segment on the blog (`/{category_slug}`).
          example: product
        settings:
          type: object
          required:
            - name
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
              example: Product
            description:
              type: string
              example: Release notes and product announcements.
            seo:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SEOSettings'
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    SEOSettings:
      type: object
      description: Search and social metadata for the page, exposed to the blog theme.
      properties:
        meta_title:
          type: string
          example: Release notes for October
        meta_description:
          type: string
          example: Everything that shipped this month.
        og_title:
          type: string
          description: Open Graph title
        og_description:
          type: string
          description: Open Graph description
        og_image:
          type: string
          description: Open Graph image URL
          example: https://cdn.example.com/og/october.png
        canonical_url:
          type: string
          example: https://blog.example.com/product/october-release
        keywords:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          example:
            - release
            - changelog
        meta_robots:
          type: string
          description: Content of the robots meta tag.
          example: index,follow
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: API token for authentication

````