Trustpilot Category Details

Get a Trustpilot category’s display name, business count, parent, and subcategories. Works at any level of the taxonomy.

Endpoint

GET /v1/trustpilot/category

Price: $0.005 per request Free tier: 50 requests/month

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
`category_id`	Yes	Category slug, e.g. electronics_technology. See Category IDs. A trustpilot.com/categories/… URL also works

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`category`	object	The category
`category.category_id`	string	Category ID (slug)
`category.name`	string \| null	Display name
`category.business_count`	integer \| null	Number of businesses in the category
`category.parent_id`	string \| null	Parent category ID, `null` for a top-level category
`category.url`	string	Category page URL on Trustpilot
`category.subcategories`	array	Direct subcategories: `category_id`, `name`, `business_count`

Example Request

cURL

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/trustpilot/category?category_id=electronics_technology" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/trustpilot/category",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={"category_id": "electronics_technology"}
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "category": {
    "category_id": "electronics_technology",
    "name": "Electronics & Technology",
    "business_count": 59806,
    "parent_id": null,
    "url": "https://www.trustpilot.com/categories/electronics_technology",
    "subcategories": [
      {
        "category_id": "appliances_electronics",
        "name": "Appliances & Electronics",
        "business_count": 5569
      },
      {
        "category_id": "audio_visual",
        "name": "Audio & Visual",
        "business_count": 1807
      },
      {
        "category_id": "computers_phones",
        "name": "Computers & Phones",
        "business_count": 8342
      },
      {
        "category_id": "internet_software",
        "name": "Internet & Software",
        "business_count": 45334
      },
      {
        "category_id": "repair_services",
        "name": "Repair & Services",
        "business_count": 2857
      }
    ]
  }
}

Notes

Third-level categories (e.g. cell_phone_store) have an empty subcategories array.