> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.askparable.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # List Connector categories > Returns the global Provider categories in display order. Requires a signed-in account. ## Access An MCP token or a Parable token can call this operation. See [Authentication](/getting-started/authentication.md) for the kinds of token. ## Errors * `HTTP 401`: The caller is not signed in. Sign in before reading the Provider categories. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /api/connectors/categories openapi: 3.0.3 info: description: >- Use the Workspace API to work with artifacts, connectors, Parables, and account resources. title: Workspace API version: v2026.10.22.1 servers: [] security: [] paths: /api/connectors/categories: get: tags: - Connectors summary: List Connector categories description: >- Returns the global Provider categories in display order. Requires a signed-in account. operationId: ConnectorsConnectorCategoriesHandler parameters: - description: >- Workspace slug. Overrides subdomain-based workspace resolution when provided. in: header name: X-Tenant required: false schema: example: acme type: string - description: Optional request correlation ID echoed back in the response. in: header name: X-Request-ID required: false schema: example: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 format: uuid type: string responses: '200': content: application/json: schema: properties: data: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConnectorCategory' type: array links: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseLinks' meta: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseMeta' required: - data - meta type: object description: Successful response headers: X-Request-ID: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-ID' '400': content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails' description: The request is not valid. `detail` says why. headers: X-Request-ID: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-ID' '401': content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails' description: The token is missing, malformed, revoked, or expired. headers: X-Request-ID: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-ID' '403': content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails' description: >- The token cannot make this request. For example, the roles of its owner do not allow the operation. headers: X-Request-ID: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-ID' '500': content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails' description: The request failed on the server. headers: X-Request-ID: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-ID' security: - bearerAuth: [] x-codeSamples: - label: TypeScript SDK lang: typescript source: |- import { WebApiSDK } from "@parable-platform/web-api-sdk"; const sdk = new WebApiSDK({ baseUrl: process.env.PARABLE_API_URL!, auth: { token: process.env.PARABLE_API_TOKEN! }, requestInterceptor: (config) => ({ ...config, headers: { ...config.headers, "X-Tenant": process.env.PARABLE_WORKSPACE! }, }), }); const result = await sdk.connectors.connectorCategories(); - label: Python SDK lang: python source: |- import os from parable_web_api_sdk import ClientConfig, WebApiSDK sdk = WebApiSDK( ClientConfig( base_url=os.environ["PARABLE_API_URL"], auth_token=os.environ["PARABLE_API_TOKEN"], default_headers={"X-Tenant": os.environ["PARABLE_WORKSPACE"]}, ) ) result = sdk.connectors.connector_categories() - label: Rust SDK lang: rust source: >- use parable_web_api_sdk::{ClientConfig, RequestOptions, WebApiSdk}; let sdk = WebApiSdk::new(ClientConfig::with_base_url( std::env::var("PARABLE_API_URL")?, Some(std::env::var("PARABLE_API_TOKEN")?), None, ))?; let options = RequestOptions::with_header("X-Tenant", std::env::var("PARABLE_WORKSPACE")?, None, None); let result = sdk.connectors.connector_categories( Some(&options) ).await?; - label: Go SDK lang: go source: "sdk, err := webapisdk.New(webapisdk.SDKConfig{\n\tBaseURL: os.Getenv(\"PARABLE_API_URL\"),\n\tAuth: &webapisdk.AuthConfig{Token: os.Getenv(\"PARABLE_API_TOKEN\")},\n\tRequestInterceptor: func(ctx context.Context, req *http.Request) error {\n\t\treq.Header.Set(\"X-Tenant\", os.Getenv(\"PARABLE_WORKSPACE\"))\n\t\treturn nil\n\t},\n})\nif err != nil {\n\treturn err\n}\n\nresult, err := sdk.ConnectorsNamespace.ConnectorCategories(ctx)" components: schemas: ConnectorCategory: description: |- A business function category a connector can belong to. Labels come from the DB -- no client-side label map needed. properties: children: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConnectorCategory' type: array connectorIds: description: >- IDs of connectors that belong to this category via ConnectorCategoryRelationship. items: description: UUID v4 with automatic base62 encoding for client-facing APIs pattern: >- ^([0-9A-Za-z]{1,22}|[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12})$ type: string type: array id: description: UUID v4 with automatic base62 encoding for client-facing APIs pattern: >- ^([0-9A-Za-z]{1,22}|[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12})$ type: string isLegacy: description: Legacy categories remain available for saved onboarding selections. type: boolean label: description: An objects name maxLength: 80 minLength: 2 type: string parent: oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConnectorCategory' - enum: - null nullable: true type: object slug: description: A URL friendly version of a string maxLength: 255 minLength: 1 pattern: ^[a-z0-9]+(?:[-_][a-z0-9]+)*$ type: string sortOrder: description: >- Signed 64-bit integer; range bounded by JavaScript's safe-integer ceiling. format: int64 maximum: 9007199254740991 minimum: -9007199254740991 type: integer required: - id - slug - label - sortOrder - isLegacy - children - connectorIds type: object ResponseLinks: properties: first: nullable: true type: string last: nullable: true type: string next: nullable: true type: string prev: nullable: true type: string type: object ResponseMeta: properties: requestId: description: Unique identifier for the request type: string totalCount: description: Total count of items for paginated responses nullable: true type: integer required: - requestId type: object ProblemDetails: description: An error response in the Problem Details format (RFC 9457). properties: code: description: The stable error code, when the problem has one. example: WA-VL-001 type: string detail: description: What went wrong with this request. type: string details: description: >- Structured facts about the refusal, such as the entity or the path it concerns. Only some refusals have it. errors: description: >- The fields or filters that failed validation. Only a validation or filter error has it. requestId: description: >- The ID of the request, when the problem has one. The `X-Request-ID` response header always has it. type: string status: description: The HTTP status code. example: 400 type: integer title: description: A short summary, usually the text of the HTTP status. example: Bad Request type: string type: description: >- The problem type. It is `about:blank`: the status and `code` identify the problem. example: about:blank type: string required: - type - title - status - detail type: object headers: X-Request-ID: description: >- The ID of the request. It is the `X-Request-ID` value that you sent, or an ID that the server made. Give it when you report a problem. schema: type: string securitySchemes: bearerAuth: description: >- A personal access token, which starts with `pat_`. A Parable token can call each operation that the roles of its owner allow. An MCP token can call only the read operations that are open to agents. A SQL token does not work on this API. scheme: bearer type: http ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.