> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.alura.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get a category's properties > The attributes a listing in this Etsy category can have, with the values each takes and its scales, as Etsy lists them. `deprecated: true` marks a property Etsy still lists but refuses in writes. Fetched from Etsy weekly; `fetched_at` says when. A category Alura has not fetched yet answers 503 with `Retry-After`, never an empty list. Cost: free. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi.json get /v1/categories/{id}/properties openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Alura API version: 1.0.0 description: Etsy market research for scripts and AI assistants. servers: - url: https://api.alura.io security: - apiKey: [] paths: /v1/categories/{id}/properties: get: summary: Get a category's properties description: >- The attributes a listing in this Etsy category can have, with the values each takes and its scales, as Etsy lists them. `deprecated: true` marks a property Etsy still lists but refuses in writes. Fetched from Etsy weekly; `fetched_at` says when. A category Alura has not fetched yet answers 503 with `Retry-After`, never an empty list. Cost: free. operationId: reference.categories.properties parameters: - name: id in: path required: true schema: type: string pattern: ^[1-9][0-9]{0,18}$ description: Etsy seller-taxonomy ID. example: '1062' - name: fields in: query required: false description: >- Comma-separated dotted paths to return; `id`, `object` and `as_of` always come back. schema: type: string responses: '200': description: OK headers: Request-Id: $ref: '#/components/headers/Request-Id' Alura-Credits-Cost: $ref: '#/components/headers/Alura-Credits-Cost' Alura-Credits-Remaining: $ref: '#/components/headers/Alura-Credits-Remaining' content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: object: type: string const: category_properties category_id: type: string description: Etsy seller-taxonomy ID, as a string. properties: type: array items: type: object properties: property_id: type: string description: Etsy property ID, as a string. name: type: string display_name: type: string is_required: type: boolean supports_attributes: type: boolean description: Settable as a listing attribute. supports_variations: type: boolean description: Usable as a variation property. is_multivalued: type: boolean max_values_allowed: anyOf: - type: integer - type: 'null' description: >- How many values a listing may set; null when Etsy states no limit. deprecated: type: boolean description: Etsy still lists it but refuses it in writes. scales: type: array items: type: object properties: scale_id: type: string display_name: type: string description: type: - string - 'null' required: - scale_id - display_name - description additionalProperties: false possible_values: type: array items: type: object properties: value_id: description: >- Etsy value ID, as a string; null for a value Etsy has no ID for. type: - string - 'null' name: type: string scale_id: description: The scale this value belongs to, or null. type: - string - 'null' equal_to: type: array items: type: string description: >- Value IDs this value is equal to on other scales. required: - value_id - name - scale_id - equal_to additionalProperties: false selected_values: type: array items: type: object properties: value_id: description: >- Etsy value ID, as a string; null for a value Etsy has no ID for. type: - string - 'null' name: type: string scale_id: description: The scale this value belongs to, or null. type: - string - 'null' equal_to: type: array items: type: string description: >- Value IDs this value is equal to on other scales. required: - value_id - name - scale_id - equal_to additionalProperties: false required: - property_id - name - display_name - is_required - supports_attributes - supports_variations - is_multivalued - max_values_allowed - deprecated - scales - possible_values - selected_values additionalProperties: false description: >- Etsy's properties for this category; empty when Etsy lists none. fetched_at: type: string description: When Alura last fetched this from Etsy (ISO 8601, UTC). required: - object - category_id - properties - fetched_at additionalProperties: false example: object: category_properties category_id: '1062' properties: - property_id: '200' name: Primary color display_name: Primary color is_required: false supports_attributes: true supports_variations: true is_multivalued: false max_values_allowed: null deprecated: false scales: [] possible_values: - value_id: '1' name: Beige scale_id: null equal_to: [] - value_id: '2' name: Black scale_id: null equal_to: [] selected_values: [] - property_id: '100' name: Size display_name: Size is_required: false supports_attributes: false supports_variations: true is_multivalued: false max_values_allowed: null deprecated: true scales: - scale_id: '327' display_name: Fluid ounces description: null possible_values: - value_id: '6339' name: '12' scale_id: '327' equal_to: [] selected_values: [] fetched_at: '2026-10-18T09:12:00.000Z' '400': $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem400' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem401' '402': $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem402' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem403' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem404' '405': $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem405' '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem429' '500': $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem500' '503': $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem503' x-codeSamples: - lang: bash label: cURL source: |- curl "https://api.alura.io/v1/categories/1062/properties" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $ALURA_API_KEY" - lang: typescript label: TypeScript source: >- const res = await fetch('https://api.alura.io/v1/categories/1062/properties', { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.ALURA_API_KEY}`, }, }); console.log(await res.json()); - lang: python label: Python source: |- import json import os import urllib.request request = urllib.request.Request( "https://api.alura.io/v1/categories/1062/properties", headers={ "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['ALURA_API_KEY']}", }, ) with urllib.request.urlopen(request) as response: print(json.load(response)) components: headers: Request-Id: description: '`req_` + ULID; quote it when reporting a problem.' schema: type: string Alura-Credits-Cost: description: API credits this call cost. schema: type: integer Alura-Credits-Remaining: description: >- API credits left in the workspace's monthly allowance, counting calls still in flight. Absent when it cannot be read right now. schema: type: integer responses: Problem400: description: Error content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem' example: type: https://docs.alura.io/errors/invalid_request title: Invalid request status: 400 code: invalid_request detail: Invalid request suggestion: Fix the request as the detail says, then send it again. retryable: false request_id: req_01JQ5W3H8M2N4P6R8T0V2X4Z6B Problem401: description: Error content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem' example: type: https://docs.alura.io/errors/unauthorized title: Unauthorized status: 401 code: unauthorized detail: Unauthorized suggestion: 'Send a valid API key as `Authorization: Bearer alura_sk_...`.' retryable: false request_id: req_01JQ5W3H8M2N4P6R8T0V2X4Z6B Problem402: description: Error content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem' example: type: https://docs.alura.io/errors/credits_exhausted title: API credits exhausted status: 402 code: credits_exhausted detail: API credits exhausted suggestion: Upgrade the plan or wait for the monthly reset. retryable: false request_id: req_01JQ5W3H8M2N4P6R8T0V2X4Z6B Problem403: description: Error content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem' example: type: https://docs.alura.io/errors/plan_required title: Plan required status: 403 code: plan_required detail: Plan required suggestion: Upgrade the workspace plan to use this operation. retryable: false request_id: req_01JQ5W3H8M2N4P6R8T0V2X4Z6B Problem404: description: Error content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem' example: type: https://docs.alura.io/errors/not_found title: Not found status: 404 code: not_found detail: Not found suggestion: Check the ID, or search for it first. retryable: false request_id: req_01JQ5W3H8M2N4P6R8T0V2X4Z6B Problem405: description: Error content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem' example: type: https://docs.alura.io/errors/method_not_allowed title: Method not allowed status: 405 code: method_not_allowed detail: Method not allowed suggestion: Use one of the methods in the Allow header. retryable: false request_id: req_01JQ5W3H8M2N4P6R8T0V2X4Z6B Problem429: description: Error content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem' example: type: https://docs.alura.io/errors/rate_limited title: Rate limited status: 429 code: rate_limited detail: Rate limited suggestion: Wait for Retry-After, then retry. retryable: true request_id: req_01JQ5W3H8M2N4P6R8T0V2X4Z6B Problem500: description: Error content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem' example: type: https://docs.alura.io/errors/internal_error title: Internal error status: 500 code: internal_error detail: Internal error suggestion: Retry; if it keeps failing, report the request_id. retryable: true request_id: req_01JQ5W3H8M2N4P6R8T0V2X4Z6B Problem503: description: Error content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem' example: type: https://docs.alura.io/errors/credits_unavailable title: API credits unavailable status: 503 code: credits_unavailable detail: API credits unavailable suggestion: Retry shortly. retryable: true request_id: req_01JQ5W3H8M2N4P6R8T0V2X4Z6B schemas: Problem: type: object description: RFC 9457 problem details. properties: type: type: string format: uri title: type: string status: type: integer code: type: string description: A code from the error catalog; new codes may be added. x-extensible-enum: - invalid_request - unknown_parameter - invalid_cursor - cursor_window_exceeded - invalid_reference - id_type_mismatch - invalid_keyword - shop_id_required - sales_window_not_covered - unauthorized - credits_exhausted - plan_required - insufficient_scope - workspace_required - workspace_locked - browser_refused - role_required - impersonation_refused - recent_sign_in_required - etsy_scope_required - etsy_partner_required - not_found - not_found_on_etsy - shop_opted_out - method_not_allowed - conflict - key_limit_reached - reconnect_required - listing_busy - shop_create_busy - idempotency_partial_unverifiable - activation_skipped - idempotency_processing - unprocessable - listing_removed_on_etsy - rate_limited - throttled - daily_credit_cap_exceeded - credits_reserved - fetch_limit_reached - shop_write_budget_exhausted - internal_error - write_misconfigured - upstream_unavailable - credits_unavailable - service_unavailable - fetch_unavailable - create_lock_unavailable - etsy_capacity - upstream_timeout detail: type: string suggestion: type: string retryable: type: boolean request_id: type: string upgrade_url: type: string format: uri description: 'credits_exhausted and plan_required: where to upgrade the plan.' credits_needed: type: integer description: 'API credit refusals: what the call needed.' credits_remaining: type: integer description: >- API credit refusals: what is left (of the month, or of the day for daily_credit_cap_exceeded). resets_at: type: string format: date-time description: >- credits_exhausted and daily_credit_cap_exceeded: when the limit resets. required: - type - title - status - code - detail - suggestion - retryable - request_id securitySchemes: apiKey: type: http scheme: bearer description: 'An API key: `Authorization: Bearer alura_sk_...`.' ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.