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# Get Taxonomies

GET https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/taxonomy

Retrieves all available product taxonomies for categorizing products.

Reference: https://developer-stage.shipbob.dev/api/products/get-taxonomies

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Authentication using Personal Access Token (PAT) token
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — OAuth2 authentication using JWT tokens

## Request

### Query parameters

- `search` (string, optional)

## Response

### 200

Success

- `list of Products.TaxonomyViewModel`

## Errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `Products.Get.Api.V5.Taxonomy.Unauthorized.OneOf.ProblemDetails.HttpValidationProblemDetails`

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `Products.Get.Api.V5.Taxonomy.Forbidden.OneOf.ProblemDetails.HttpValidationProblemDetails`

### 500 Internal Server Error

Server Error

- `any`

### 503 Service Unavailable Error

Server Error

- `any`

## Types

### Products.TaxonomyViewModel

- `children` (list of Products.ChildTaxonomyViewModel, optional, nullable) — Child taxonomy nodes that belong to this category
- `id` (integer, optional) — Unique identifier for the taxonomy node
- `name` (string, optional, nullable) — Display name of the taxonomy category
- `parent` (ProductsTaxonomyViewModelParent, optional, nullable) — Parent taxonomy node in the category hierarchy
- `path` (string, optional, nullable) — Full hierarchical path of the taxonomy (e.g., 'Electronics > Computers > Laptops')

### Products.ProblemDetails

- `detail` (string, optional, nullable)
- `instance` (string, optional, nullable)
- `status` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `title` (string, optional, nullable)
- `type` (string, optional, nullable)

### Products.HttpValidationProblemDetails

- `detail` (string, optional, nullable)
- `errors` (map from string to list of string, optional, nullable)
- `instance` (string, optional, nullable)
- `status` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `title` (string, optional, nullable)
- `type` (string, optional, nullable)

### Products.ChildTaxonomyViewModel

- `has_children` (boolean, optional)
- `id` (integer, optional) — Unique identifier for the taxonomy node
- `name` (string, optional, nullable) — Display name of the taxonomy category
- `path` (string, optional, nullable) — Full hierarchical path of the taxonomy (e.g., 'Electronics > Computers > Laptops')

### ProductsTaxonomyViewModelParent

Parent taxonomy node in the category hierarchy

### Products.BaseTaxonomyViewModel

- `id` (integer, optional) — Unique identifier for the taxonomy node
- `name` (string, optional, nullable) — Display name of the taxonomy category
- `path` (string, optional, nullable) — Full hierarchical path of the taxonomy (e.g., 'Electronics > Computers > Laptops')

## Examples

**Response**

```json
[
  {
    "children": [
      {
        "has_children": true,
        "id": 0,
        "name": "string",
        "path": "string"
      }
    ],
    "id": 0,
    "name": "string",
    "parent": {
      "id": 0,
      "name": "string",
      "path": "string"
    },
    "path": "string"
  }
]
```

**SDK Code**

```python default
import requests

url = "https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/taxonomy"

querystring = {"search":"string"}

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript default
const url = 'https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/taxonomy?search=string';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go default
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/taxonomy?search=string"

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

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

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

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby default
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/taxonomy?search=string")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

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

```java default
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/taxonomy?search=string")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php default
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/taxonomy?search=string', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp default
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/taxonomy?search=string");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift default
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/taxonomy?search=string")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```