> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://developers.oxylabs.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://developers.oxylabs.io/products/web-scraper-api/targets/e-commerce/target/category.md).

# Category

Scrape Target category pages by taxonomy node ID, with support for store, fulfillment type and delivery ZIP localization.

The `target_category` source retrieves Target category pages by Target's taxonomy node ID. The response returns the page HTML in `content`, in the standard response structure described in [Realtime](/products/web-scraper-api/integration-methods/realtime.md) and [Push-Pull](/products/web-scraper-api/integration-methods/push-pull.md).

{% hint style="info" %}
Besides the parameters listed below, you can include additional parameters such as `user_agent_type`, `geo_location`, `render`, and more to customize your scraping request. Read more [here](/products/web-scraper-api/features.md).
{% endhint %}

## Request samples

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```bash
curl 'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries' \
--user 'USERNAME:PASSWORD' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
        "source": "target_category",
        "category_id": "owq2q"
    }'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests
from pprint import pprint

# Structure payload.
payload = {
    'source': 'target_category',
    'category_id': 'owq2q'
}

# Get response.
response = requests.request(
    'POST',
    'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries',
    auth=('USERNAME', 'PASSWORD'),
    json=payload
)

# Instead of response with job status and results url, this will return the
# JSON response with the result.
pprint(response.json())
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Node.js" %}

```javascript
const https = require("https");

const username = "USERNAME";
const password = "PASSWORD";
const body = {
    source: "target_category",
    category_id: "owq2q"
};

const options = {
    hostname: "realtime.oxylabs.io",
    path: "/v1/queries",
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        Authorization:
            "Basic " + Buffer.from(`${username}:${password}`).toString("base64"),
    },
};

const request = https.request(options, (response) => {
    let data = "";

    response.on("data", (chunk) => {
        data += chunk;
    });

    response.on("end", () => {
        const responseData = JSON.parse(data);
        console.log(JSON.stringify(responseData, null, 2));
    });
});

request.on("error", (error) => {
    console.error("Error:", error);
});

request.write(JSON.stringify(body));
request.end();
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="HTTP" %}

```http
# The whole string you submit has to be URL-encoded.

https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries?source=target_category&category_id=owq2q&access_token=12345abcde
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
<?php

$params = array(
    'source' => 'target_category',
    'category_id' => 'owq2q'
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "USERNAME" . ":" . "PASSWORD");

$headers = array();
$headers[] = "Content-Type: application/json";
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close($ch);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Golang" %}

```go
package main

import (
    "bytes"
    "encoding/json"
    "fmt"
    "io/ioutil"
    "net/http"
)

func main() {
    const Username = "USERNAME"
    const Password = "PASSWORD"

    payload := map[string]interface{}{
        "source": "target_category",
        "category_id": "owq2q",
    }

    jsonValue, _ := json.Marshal(payload)

    client := &http.Client{}
    request, _ := http.NewRequest("POST",
        "https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries",
        bytes.NewBuffer(jsonValue),
    )

    request.SetBasicAuth(Username, Password)
    response, _ := client.Do(request)

    responseText, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(responseText))
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="C#" %}

```csharp
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace OxyApi
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main()
        {
            const string Username = "USERNAME";
            const string Password = "PASSWORD";

            var parameters = new {
                source = "target_category",
                category_id = "owq2q"
            };

            var client = new HttpClient();

            Uri baseUri = new Uri("https://realtime.oxylabs.io");
            client.BaseAddress = baseUri;

            var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "/v1/queries");
            requestMessage.Content = JsonContent.Create(parameters);

            var authenticationString = $"{Username}:{Password}";
            var base64EncodedAuthenticationString = Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(authenticationString));
            requestMessage.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + base64EncodedAuthenticationString);

            var response = await client.SendAsync(requestMessage);
            var contents = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

            Console.WriteLine(contents);
        }
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}

```java
package org.example;

import okhttp3.*;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class Main implements Runnable {
    private static final String AUTHORIZATION_HEADER = "Authorization";
    public static final String USERNAME = "USERNAME";
    public static final String PASSWORD = "PASSWORD";

    public void run() {
        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
        jsonObject.put("source", "target_category");
        jsonObject.put("category_id", "owq2q");

        Authenticator authenticator = (route, response) -> {
            String credential = Credentials.basic(USERNAME, PASSWORD);
            return response
                    .request()
                    .newBuilder()
                    .header(AUTHORIZATION_HEADER, credential)
                    .build();
        };

        var client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                .authenticator(authenticator)
                .readTimeout(180, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                .build();

        var mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json; charset=utf-8");
        var body = RequestBody.create(jsonObject.toString(), mediaType);
        var request = new Request.Builder()
                .url("https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries")
                .post(body)
                .build();

        try (var response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.body() != null) {
                try (var responseBody = response.body()) {
                    System.out.println(responseBody.string());
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception exception) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + exception.getMessage());
        }

        System.exit(0);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Thread(new Main()).start();
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JSON" %}

```json
{
    "source": "target_category",
    "category_id": "owq2q"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Request parameter values

<table><thead><tr><th width="180">Parameter</th><th>Description</th><th width="160">Default Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="background-color:green;"><strong><code>source</code></strong></mark></td><td>Sets the scraper.</td><td><code>target_category</code></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="background-color:green;"><strong><code>category_id</code></strong></mark></td><td>Target's taxonomy node ID of the category, the part after <code>N-</code> at the end of the category page URL, e.g. <code>target.com/c/playstation-5-controllers-video-games/-/N-</code><strong><code>owq2q</code></strong>. Pass it without the <code>N-</code> prefix.</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td><code>fulfillment_type</code>, <code>store_id</code>, <code>delivery_zip</code></td><td>Optional localization and availability filters, see Localization and Filtering.</td><td>-</td></tr></tbody></table>

&#x20;   \- mandatory parameter

## Localization and Filtering <a href="#localization-and-filtering" id="localization-and-filtering"></a>

<table><thead><tr><th width="150">Parameter</th><th>Description</th><th width="120">Default</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>fulfillment_type</code></td><td>Filters the category listing by how the products can be obtained. Available values: <code>pickup</code> and <code>shop_in_store</code> (require <code>store_id</code>), <code>shipping</code> and <code>same_day_delivery</code> (require <code>delivery_zip</code>).</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td><code>store_id</code></td><td>Target store number as an integer, e.g. <code>1771</code>. Only existing store numbers are accepted.</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td><code>delivery_zip</code></td><td>Delivery ZIP code as a string, e.g. <code>"10001"</code>.</td><td>-</td></tr></tbody></table>

`fulfillment_type` without the parameter it requires is rejected with HTTP 400.

```json
{
    "source": "target_category",
    "category_id": "owq2q",
    "fulfillment_type": "shipping",
    "delivery_zip": "10001"
}
```


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