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DocumentationAPI Reference
  • API Reference
      • POSTMerge Variants
      • GETGet Product
      • DELDelete Product Bundle
      • PATCHUpdate Product
      • GETGet Taxonomies
      • GETGet Products
      • POSTCreate Product
      • GETGet Product Variants
      • POSTAdd Product Variants
      • PATCHUpdate Product Variants
      • POSTMove Variants to New Product
      • GETGet Packaging Requirement
      • GETGet Taxonomy by ID
      • GETGet Taxonomy Parent
      • POSTMove Variants Between Products
      • POSTConvert Variant to Bundle
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Get Taxonomy Parent

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GET
https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-01/taxonomy/:id/parent
GET
/2026-01/taxonomy/:id/parent
$curl https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-01/taxonomy/1/parent \
>     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
1{
2  "children": [
3    {
4      "has_children": true,
5      "id": 0,
6      "name": "string",
7      "path": "string"
8    }
9  ],
10  "id": 0,
11  "name": "string",
12  "parent": null,
13  "path": "string"
14}
Retrieves the parent taxonomy node for a given taxonomy ID.
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Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Authentication using Personal Access Token (PAT) token

OR
AuthorizationBearer
OAuth2 authentication using JWT tokens

Path parameters

idintegerRequired

Response

Success
childrenlist of objects
Child taxonomy nodes that belong to this category
idinteger
Unique identifier for the taxonomy node
namestring
Display name of the taxonomy category
parentany
Parent taxonomy node in the category hierarchy
pathstring

Full hierarchical path of the taxonomy (e.g., ‘Electronics > Computers > Laptops’)

Errors

401
Unauthorized Error
403
Forbidden Error
404
Not Found Error
500
Internal Server Error
503
Service Unavailable Error