Suggest Categories

The /v1/suggest/categories endpoint provides autocomplete functionality for searching categories by name prefix. It is useful for building filter interfaces: the returned id can be passed directly to the category.id parameter of the news endpoints.

To use the API, you'll require an API key. You can obtain an API key by signing up for an account on the APITube website.

Endpoint

GET /v1/suggest/categories

This endpoint returns a list of categories matching the provided name prefix.

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
prefix	string	Yes	The name prefix to search for. Minimum 1 character.
api_key	string	Yes*	Your API key. Can also be provided via headers.

* Required if not provided in headers

Response Format

The endpoint returns an array of category objects with the following structure:

[
  {
    "id": "medtop:15000000",
    "name": "string",
    "taxonomy": "string",
    "links": {
      "self": "string"
    }
  }
]

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Category identifier — an IPTC Media Topic code such as medtop:15000000. Pass it verbatim to the category.id filter.
name	string	Category name
taxonomy	string	Category taxonomy (e.g. iptc_mediatopics)
links.self	string	URL to get news articles in this category (/v1/news/category/{taxonomy}/{id})

Request Examples

Using query parameter

cURL

curl "https://api.apitube.io/v1/suggest/categories?prefix=sport&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.apitube.io/v1/suggest/categories",
    params={"prefix": "sport", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
print(resp.json())

Node.js

const params = new URLSearchParams({ prefix: "sport", api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY" });
const resp = await fetch(`https://api.apitube.io/v1/suggest/categories?${params}`);
console.log(await resp.json());

PHP

$query = http_build_query(["prefix" => "sport", "api_key" => "YOUR_API_KEY"]);
$data = json_decode(file_get_contents("https://api.apitube.io/v1/suggest/categories?$query"), true);
print_r($data);

Go

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	u, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apitube.io/v1/suggest/categories")
	q := u.Query()
	q.Set("prefix", "sport")
	q.Set("api_key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	u.RawQuery = q.Encode()

	resp, _ := http.Get(u.String())
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	var data map[string]any
	json.Unmarshal(body, &data)
	fmt.Println(data)
}

Java

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Example {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://api.apitube.io/v1/suggest/categories?prefix=sport&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"))
            .GET()
            .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }
}

AI Prompt

Write a script in your preferred language that calls the APITube News API:

GET https://api.apitube.io/v1/suggest/categories?prefix=sport

Read the API key from an environment variable (do not hardcode it), handle request
errors, and print the key fields of each result.
Docs: https://docs.apitube.io/platform/news-api/everything

Using header authentication

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.apitube.io/v1/suggest/categories?prefix=politic"

Using Bearer token

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.apitube.io/v1/suggest/categories?prefix=econom"

Response Example

[
  {
    "id": "medtop:04000000",
    "name": "economy, business and finance",
    "taxonomy": "iptc_mediatopics",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://api.apitube.io/v1/news/category/iptc_mediatopics/medtop:04000000"
    }
  }
]

Error Responses

Missing or Invalid API Key

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "ER0201",
      "message": "API key is required. Provide it via X-API-Key header or api_key query parameter."
    }
  ]
}

Status Code: 401

Missing Prefix Parameter

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "ER0346",
      "message": "`Prefix` in query required."
    }
  ]
}

Status Code: 400