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GET Get Category Rules

Get Category Rules Shop Required scope: seller.product.basic Retrieve the additional requirements (beyond mandatory product attributes) for listing a product in a particular category based on your shop's location. Requirements may include product certifications, size charts, dimensions and more. Use this API to determine the supporting information that you must prepare before listing a product. Note: It must be a leaf category

that corresponds to the category tree type specified in the category_version property. Version 202309

GET/product/202309/categories/{category_id}/rules

Request

Path

PropertiesTypeDescription
category_id RequiredstringThe ID of the category. It must be a leaf category.

Header

PropertiesTypeDescription
content-type RequiredstringAllowed type: application/json
x-tts-access-token RequiredstringThe seller access_token value from Get Access Token, when user_type = 0. Follow this guide to get seller access_token.

Query

PropertiesTypeDescription
app_key RequiredstringEvery single app will have a unique key. Please use the specific key assigned to your app.
sign RequiredstringSignature generated by gen algorithm. When you send API requests to TTS, you must sign them so that TTS can identify the senders.
timestamp RequiredintUnix timestamp GMT (UTC+00:00). This timestamp is used across all API requests. Developers can use this convert to local time.
category_versionstringFilter categories by the category tree version.Possible values based on region:- US, EU and SEA: v2, represents the 7-level category tree. Important: For US, EU and SEA shops, you must pass v2 when using this API.- Other regions: v1, represents the 3-level category tree.Default: v1
localestringThe BCP-47 locale codes for displaying category information.Default: The default locale of your shop.Possible values:- cs-CZ- de-AT- de-BE- de-DE- el-GR- en-GB- en-IE- en-US- es-ES- es-MX- fr-FR- fr-BE- hu-HU- id-ID- it-IT- ja-JP- ms-MY- nl-NL- nl-BE- pl-PL- pt-BR- pt-PT- th-TH- vi-VN- zh-CN
shop_cipher RequiredstringUse this property to pass shop information in requesting the API. Failure in passing the correct value when requesting the API for cross-border shops will return incorrect response. Get by API Get Authorization Shop

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Response Parameters

PropertiesTypeDescription
codeintThe success or failure status code returned in API response.
messagestringThe success or failure messages returned in API response. Reasons of failure will be described in the message.
request_idstringRequest log
dataobjectSpecific return information

Example

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Error Code

View common error codes

| Code | Message | | --- | --- | | 12052023 | Category does not exist | | 12052024 | Category is not final category | | 12052217 | All region shops must use V2 categories. Check the documentation for further details. | | 12052220 | This category is prohibited or unsupported on TikTok Shop. Select another category. | | 12052223 | This category is restricted. To sell in this category, apply through the Qualification Center in Seller Center. | | 12052226 | This category is restricted. To sell in this category, apply through the Qualification Center in Seller Center. | | 12052230 | Category version and categoryID are not matched. | | 12052446 | Category is not open in this market | | 36009003 | Internal error. Please try again. If the issue persists after multiple attempts, please contact platform support. |

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