# Peddlr Marketplace Intelligence API - Categories

> Peddlr Marketplace Intelligence API - Categories is a paid API for AI agents from 402peddlr.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).

Retrieve available product categories for a specified marketplace (Tokopedia or AliExpress) to support product search and analysis workflows.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://402peddlr.vercel.app/api/categories?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/peddlr-marketplace-intelligence-api-categories-0b80d25b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_W-M0mvgb81eMEosEAJeU_

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability peddlr-marketplace-intelligence-api-categories-0b80d25b -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up all the available product categories on Tokopedia so I can see what sections to browse?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to enumerate or validate the product category taxonomy of Tokopedia or AliExpress before running a product search or price comparison. Prefer this over general web scraping when you need structured, agent-ready category data from Southeast Asian or cross-border e-commerce platforms specifically.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported marketplace name returns an error or empty data
- Network timeout from upstream marketplace API results in failed response
- Missing marketplace field in request body may return a 400 or default behavior
- AliExpress or Tokopedia API changes could cause stale or incomplete category data

## How this service works

Search, compare, and analyze products across Tokopedia and AliExpress. Real-time marketplace data for AI agents.

## Output

Returns a success flag and a data object containing the list of product categories available on the specified marketplace, likely including category names and identifiers that can be used in subsequent product search or comparison calls.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "marketplace": {
   "enum": [
    "tokopedia",
    "aliexpress"
   ],
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "success"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "data": {
   "type": "object"
  },
  "success": {
   "type": "boolean"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/peddlr-marketplace-intelligence-api-categories-0b80d25b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from 402peddlr.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/402peddlr.vercel.app/llms.txt)