List default categories

curl --request GET \
  --url https://int-api.mx.com/categories/default \
  --header 'Accept-Version: <accept-version>' \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>'

import requests

url = "https://int-api.mx.com/categories/default"

headers = {
    "Accept-Version": "<accept-version>",
    "Authorization": "Basic <encoded-value>"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {'Accept-Version': '<accept-version>', Authorization: 'Basic <encoded-value>'}
};

fetch('https://int-api.mx.com/categories/default', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://int-api.mx.com/categories/default",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Accept-Version: <accept-version>",
    "Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://int-api.mx.com/categories/default"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Accept-Version", "<accept-version>")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://int-api.mx.com/categories/default")
  .header("Accept-Version", "<accept-version>")
  .header("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://int-api.mx.com/categories/default")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Accept-Version"] = '<accept-version>'
request["Authorization"] = 'Basic <encoded-value>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "created_at": "2025-02-13T18:08:00+00:00",
      "guid": "CAT-7829f71c-2e8c-afa5-2f55-fa3634b89874",
      "is_default": true,
      "is_income": false,
      "metadata": "some metadata",
      "name": "Auto Insurance",
      "parent_guid": "CAT-7829f71c-2e8c-afa5-2f55-fa3634b89874",
      "updated_at": "2025-02-13T18:09:00+00:00"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "current_page": 1,
    "per_page": 25,
    "total_entries": 1,
    "total_pages": 1
  }
}

GET

categories

default

List default categories

curl --request GET \
  --url https://int-api.mx.com/categories/default \
  --header 'Accept-Version: <accept-version>' \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>'

import requests

url = "https://int-api.mx.com/categories/default"

headers = {
    "Accept-Version": "<accept-version>",
    "Authorization": "Basic <encoded-value>"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {'Accept-Version': '<accept-version>', Authorization: 'Basic <encoded-value>'}
};

fetch('https://int-api.mx.com/categories/default', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://int-api.mx.com/categories/default",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Accept-Version: <accept-version>",
    "Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://int-api.mx.com/categories/default"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Accept-Version", "<accept-version>")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://int-api.mx.com/categories/default")
  .header("Accept-Version", "<accept-version>")
  .header("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://int-api.mx.com/categories/default")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Accept-Version"] = '<accept-version>'
request["Authorization"] = 'Basic <encoded-value>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "created_at": "2025-02-13T18:08:00+00:00",
      "guid": "CAT-7829f71c-2e8c-afa5-2f55-fa3634b89874",
      "is_default": true,
      "is_income": false,
      "metadata": "some metadata",
      "name": "Auto Insurance",
      "parent_guid": "CAT-7829f71c-2e8c-afa5-2f55-fa3634b89874",
      "updated_at": "2025-02-13T18:09:00+00:00"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "current_page": 1,
    "per_page": 25,
    "total_entries": 1,
    "total_pages": 1
  }
}

Use this endpoint to retrieve a list of all the default categories and subcategories offered within the MX Platform API. In other words, each item in the returned list will have its is_default field set to true. There are currently 119 default categories and subcategories. Both the list default categories and list default categories by user endpoints return the same results. The different routes are provided for convenience.

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

The MX Platform API requires basic access authentication using your client_id and api_key. These credentials must be Base64 encoded and included in the Authorization header of each API request to ensure secure access.

Here's an example using curl to access v20250224. Replace https://int-api.mx.com/endpoint with the actual API endpoint you wish to access and your Base64 encoded client_id and api_key.

curl -L -X POST `https://int-api.mx.com/endpoint' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H 'Accept-Version: v20250224'
-H 'Authorization: Basic BASE_64_ENCODING_OF{client_id:api_key}'

Headers

Accept-Version

string

default:v20250224

required

MX Platform API version.

Example:

"v20250224"

Query Parameters

page

integer

Results are paginated. Specify current page.

records_per_page

integer

This specifies the number of records to be returned on each page. Defaults to 25. The valid range is from 10 to 100. If the value exceeds 100, the default value of 25 will be used instead.

Response

200 - application/json