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RetailMeNot API endpoint
RetailMeNot blog categories API
Returns every category of RetailMeNot's shopping and savings blog with its slug, post count, description, and URL. Use a slug as the category filter of /retailmenot/blog-posts.
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RetailMeNot/retailmenot/blog-categoriesEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /retailmenot/blog-categories
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- RetailMeNot
- Response schema
- #/definitions/retailmenot.blogCategoriesResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
No query parameters.
Returns every category of RetailMeNot's shopping and savings blog as categories, each with its id, slug, name, post count, url, description when set, and parent_id for subcategories. Use a slug as the category filter of /api/v1/retailmenot/blog-posts.
Live monitoring
- Monitored request
- GET /retailmenot/blog-categories
- Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026
- 99.7%
- Median response time
- 5.83 s
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /retailmenot/blog-categories
- Items in categories
- 21
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 5
- Fields empty in some or all items
- 1
| Field | Filled in, of 21 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| id | 21 | |
| slug | 21 | |
| name | 21 | “Beauty” and 20 other values |
| count | 21 | 1 to 643, median 41 |
| url | 21 | retailmenot.com |
| description | 17 | median 69 characters |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/retailmenot/blog-categories" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 0,
"message": "success",
"data": {
"categories": [
{
"id": 13,
"slug": "food",
"name": "Food",
"count": 99,
"url": "https://www.retailmenot.com/blog/food"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/retailmenot.blogCategoriesResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | retailmenot.BlogCategoriesResponse | No | ||||
| data.categories | array | No | ||||
| data.categories[].count | integer | No | ||||
| data.categories[].description | string | No | ||||
| data.categories[].id | integer | No | ||||
| data.categories[].name | string | No | ||||
| data.categories[].parent_id | integer | No | ||||
| data.categories[].slug | string | No | ||||
| data.categories[].url | string | No |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Code examples
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/retailmenot/blog-categories" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"