Etsy Category Search API

REST API and MCP service documentation generated from server-side API definitions. Responses shown here are the direct payload returned by each API execution.

API selector

Etsy Marketplace

API overview

Search Etsy category data by name, ID, or parent IDs to find category identifiers for product/store filtering.

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Endpoint

https://claw-callback.nexscope.ai/api/skill-api/v1/skills/etsy-category-search/run

MCP method

nexscope_etsy_category_search

Authentication

All run endpoints require a user API key. Send it as a bearer token in the Authorization header.

Authorization: Bearer nk_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Missing or invalid API keys return an authentication error. Manage keys from .

POSThttps://claw-callback.nexscope.ai/api/skill-api/v1/skills/etsy-category-search/run

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Request parameters documented by ecommerce.etsy-category-search.

Slug	`etsy-category-search`
Headers	`Authorization: Bearer nk_...` `Content-Type: application/json`
Request body	API-specific JSON object.
Response body	Direct API response payload. No data/result wrapper is added.

Status codes

Code	Description
200	API executed successfully. Body is the direct response payload.
400	Request JSON or required API parameters are invalid.
401	API key is missing, invalid, or cannot be matched to a user.
5xx	API execution or upstream service failed.

Example request

curl -X POST https://api.nexscope.ai/api/skill-api/v1/skills/etsy-category-search/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer nk_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{   "keyword": "phone case",   "pageSize": 1,   "page": 1 }'

All categories/ Etsy Marketplace

POSThttps://claw-callback.nexscope.ai/api/skill-api/v1/skills/etsy-category-search/run

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Send a JSON request to execute this API and receive the direct response payload.

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Endpoint

Method	`POST`
Path	`https://claw-callback.nexscope.ai/api/skill-api/v1/skills/etsy-category-search/run`
Auth	`Bearer API key`
Content-Type	`application/json`

Request body

Name	Type	Required	Description
`keyword`	`string`	required	Keyword: matches category name, category id, or parentIds fields (substring) Example: phone case
`page`	`integer`	optional	Page number (starting from 1) Example: 1
`pageSize`	`integer`	optional	Items per page, max 200 Example: 1

Request example

{
  "keyword": "phone case",
  "pageSize": 1,
  "page": 1
}

Response body

Returns the documented upstream API response directly without an additional wrapper.

Name	Type	Required	Description
`total`	`integer`	optional	Number of records returned on this page Example: 1
`costToken`	`integer`	optional	Token consumption (local retrieval is free) Example: 1
`categories`	`array`	optional	List of matching categories Example: []
`title`	`string`	optional	Title
`categories[].categoryLevel`	`integer`	optional	Category level Example: 1
`categories[].id`	`string`	optional	Category ID Example: example-id
`categories[].name`	`string`	optional	Category name
`categories[].parentId`	`string`	optional	Canonical primary parent category ID Example: example-id
`categories[].parentIds`	`string`	optional	All non-empty parent category IDs (comma-separated)
`errcode`	`integer`	optional	Upstream status code returned by the provider.
`errmsg`	`string`	optional	Upstream status message returned by the provider.
`code`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific status code.
`msg`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific status message.
`message`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific message.
`type`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific render or payload type.
`sourceType`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific source platform type.
`sourceTool`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific source tool name.
`costTime`	`integer`	optional	Execution time reported by the upstream provider.
`page`	`integer`	optional	Current page returned by the upstream provider.
`pageSize`	`integer`	optional	Page size returned by the upstream provider.
`pageItemCount`	`integer`	optional	Item count on the current page returned by the upstream provider.
`totalPage`	`integer`	optional	Total page count returned by the upstream provider.
`dataSnapshotMonth`	`string`	optional	Data snapshot month returned by the upstream provider.

Response example

Direct response payload. No extra wrapper is added.

{
  "total": 1,
  "costToken": 1,
  "categories": [
    {
      "categoryLevel": 1,
      "id": "example-id",
      "parentId": "example-id"
    }
  ]
}

Responses

Code	Description
200	API executed successfully. Body is the direct response payload.
400	Request JSON or required API parameters are invalid.
401	API key is missing, invalid, or cannot be matched to a user.
5xx	API execution or upstream service failed.

Data source, freshness, and limitations

Source, freshness, coverage, rate limits, and estimation notes are not specified in this API definition unless they appear in the request or response field documentation above. Do not assume official marketplace data or real-time freshness when it is not explicitly documented.

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MCP

Use the MCP endpoint when an agent needs to discover and call API tools with JSON-RPC.

GET /api/skill-api/v1/mcp

POST /api/skill-api/v1/mcp
Authorization: Bearer nk_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Content-Type: application/json

Call a tool

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "tool-call-1",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "nexscope_etsy_category_search",
    "arguments": {
      "keyword": "phone case",
      "pageSize": 1,
      "page": 1
    }
  }
}

Online test

Execute the current API with your API key and JSON payload.

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Endpoint

https://claw-callback.nexscope.ai/api/skill-api/v1/skills/etsy-category-search/run

MCP method

nexscope_etsy_category_search

API key*JSON payload*

cURL

curl -X POST \
  https://claw-callback.nexscope.ai/api/skill-api/v1/skills/etsy-category-search/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer nk-..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "keyword": "phone case", "pageSize": 1, "page": 1 }'

Response

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