Hivebuy External API (v2)

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Get a category

Header Parameters

Authorizationstring

Query Parameters

fieldsstring

Comma-separated allow-list of top-level fields to return, e.g. ?fields=id,name. Narrows the response only; it cannot widen it, and ?expand= does nothing on this API.

omitstring

Comma-separated list of top-level fields to leave out, e.g. ?omit=children.

Path Parameters

companyIdstring Required

Company ID. Must be one of the IDs returned by GET /api/v2/companies/.

idstring Required

Row id. A row belonging to another company is 404 on every verb, never 403.

Response

200
Object

The row. Soft-deleted rows are returned here too, with deleted set.

Response Attributes

idstring
namesobject Required

Locale-keyed names, e.g. {"en": "Provisions", "de": "Verpflegung"}. The en value is what ?ordering=name sorts on, whatever language the key's user has.

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parentstring | null

Parent category. Must belong to the same company, or 400.

emojistring

Emoji shown next to the category in the UI.

glAccountstring | null

Main general-ledger account (Sachkontennummer).

additionalGlAccountsarray

Further GL accounts. The main one stays in glAccount.

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eclassesobject | null

eClass codes keyed by eClass version, e.g. {"5.1.4": ["39140100", "39140102"]}. Free-form JSON: Hivebuy does not validate its shape.

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notesstring
defaultBudgetLevelstring

Which budget a request in this category draws on: C company, D department, DO department only, P project, U user, NB no budget, CS supplier.

Enum values:
CDDOPUNBCS
hasBudgetboolean

Whether the category is budgeted at all.

deliveryRequiredboolean

Whether a delivery has to be recorded before an invoice can be matched.

deliveryNotesTypestring

frame for framework agreements, material for goods.

Enum values:
framematerial
childrenarray

Child categories, nested in full. Built from one flat per-company query, so the whole subtree is present, not just one level.

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createdAtstring

When the row was created.

readOnly
deletedstring | null

null on a live row; the timestamp of the soft delete otherwise. Read-only everywhere.

readOnly
401
Object

Missing, invalid, or expired API key, or a session credential was used instead of an API key.

Response Attributes

typestring
Enum values:
validationErrorclientErrorserverError
errorsarray

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403
Object

Authenticated but not entitled: the key's user is not an active member of this company, the External API feature (or the resource's own feature) is not enabled for it, the key lacks the scope this verb needs, or a browser session was used.

Response Attributes

typestring
Enum values:
validationErrorclientErrorserverError
errorsarray

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404
Object

No such row for this company, including a row that belongs to another company, and a soft-deleted row you tried to write to. The API does not confirm whether the id exists elsewhere.

Response Attributes

typestring
Enum values:
validationErrorclientErrorserverError
errorsarray

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429
Object

Rate limit exceeded (60 requests per minute per API key). Retry after the number of seconds given in the message.

Response Attributes

typestring
Enum values:
validationErrorclientErrorserverError
errorsarray

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