Etsy Marketplace

Etsy Category Search MCP Tool

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

MCP tool name

nexscope_etsy_category_search

Legacy MCP endpoint

/api/skill-api/v1/mcp

JSON-RPC method

tools/call

Authentication

Send the user API key as a bearer token on every MCP JSON-RPC request.

Authorization: Bearer nk-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

If authentication is missing or invalid, ask the user to open API Access and copy a valid key before calling this tool.

Call this MCP tool

Use tools/call with the MCP tool name below. The arguments object should match the table on this page.

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

Legacy endpoint

POST /api/skill-api/v1/mcp

Canonical detail URL

https://www.nexscope.ai/mcp-map/etsy-category-search

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Meaning
`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

Response fields

Treat structuredContent as the programmatic API response payload.

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data`	`any`	required	Data value used by this API operation.
`code`	`integer`	required	0 means accepted or successful; nonzero is a platform error.
`msg`	`string \| null`	required	Msg value used by this API operation.
`ts`	`string`	required	Epoch milliseconds.
`time`	`string`	required	Server local time: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.
`cost`	`string`	required	Elapsed milliseconds, never credits; -1 outside web requests.
`traceId`	`string \| null`	required	Trace id value used by this API operation.

Any of option 1

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

Any of option 2

Name	Type	Required	Description
`data`	`null`	required	Data value used by this API operation.

Examples

Example arguments

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

Example structuredContent

{
  "data": {
    "total": 1,
    "costToken": 1,
    "categories": [
      {
        "categoryLevel": 1,
        "id": "example-id",
        "parentId": "example-id"
      }
    ]
  },
  "code": 0,
  "msg": null,
  "ts": "0",
  "time": "2026-01-01 00:00:00",
  "cost": "-1",
  "traceId": null
}