Best Buy API endpoint
Returns Best Buy's current top-level Shop departments (name, category id, url). Each id is directly usable as bestbuy_category's category_id input; this is not the full category tree.
/bestbuy/categoriesNo parameters.
Notable response behavior:
id is directly usable as bestbuy_category's category_id input.source_url identifies the source request used for this response.| Field | Filled in, of 21 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| id | 21 | |
| name | 21 | “TV & Home Theater” and 20 other values |
| url | 21 | bestbuy.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/bestbuy/categories" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"count": 21,
"source_url": "https://www.bestbuy.com/gateway/graphql",
"fetched_at": "2026-10-13T00:00:00Z",
"categories": [
{
"id": "abcat0100000",
"name": "TV & Home Theater",
"url": "https://www.bestbuy.com/site/x/x/abcat0100000.c?id=abcat0100000&intl=nosplash"
},
{
"id": "abcat0500000",
"name": "Computers & Tablets",
"url": "https://www.bestbuy.com/site/x/x/abcat0500000.c?id=abcat0500000&intl=nosplash"
},
{
"id": "abcat0900000",
"name": "Appliances",
"url": "https://www.bestbuy.com/site/x/x/abcat0900000.c?id=abcat0900000&intl=nosplash"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/bestbuy.categoriesResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | bestbuy.CategoriesResponse | No | ||||
| data.categories | array | No | ||||
| data.categories[].id | string | No | abcat0100000 | |||
| data.categories[].name | string | No | TV & Home Theater | |||
| data.categories[].url | string | No | ||||
| data.count | integer | No | 21 | |||
| data.fetched_at | string | No | ||||
| data.source_url | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/bestbuy/categories" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"