# Eventbrite Categories API Documentation

<p><strong>Eventbrite Categories API Documentation</strong> Return the 21 event categories with id, name and short name. Use the id as category in the search.</p>

- **Documentation:** [https://scrappa.co/docs/eventbrite-api/eventbrite_categories](https://scrappa.co/docs/eventbrite-api/eventbrite_categories)
- **API group:** Eventbrite API
- **Endpoint:** `GET https://scrappa.co/api/eventbrite/categories`

## Authentication

Send your Scrappa API key in the `X-API-KEY` request header. Paid endpoints also support accountless x402 payments when called without an API key.

## Example response

```json
{
    "data": {
        "categories": [
            {
                "id": "103",
                "name": "Music",
                "short_name": "Music",
                "name_localized": "Music",
                "short_name_localized": "Music"
            },
            {
                "id": "101",
                "name": "Business & Professional",
                "short_name": "Business",
                "name_localized": "Business & Professional",
                "short_name_localized": "Business"
            }
        ],
        "pagination": {
            "page": 1,
            "has_more": false,
            "page_size": 50,
            "page_count": 1,
            "total_results": 21
        }
    },
    "meta": {
        "billable": true,
        "endpoint_family": "categories"
    },
    "success": true
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Error | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 422 | Validation Error | A query parameter is missing, invalid or not supported by this endpoint. This response is not billable. |
| 502 | Unexpected Upstream Format | Eventbrite answered in a format this API does not understand. This response is not billable. |
| 503 | Upstream Unavailable | Eventbrite did not answer after several attempts. This response is not billable. |

## More Scrappa resources

- [API documentation](https://scrappa.co/docs)
- [Full LLM-readable API reference](https://scrappa.co/llms-full.txt)
- [OpenAPI specification](https://scrappa.co/docs/api.json)
- [Pricing](https://scrappa.co/pricing)