# Shopee Category Lookup

> Shopee Category Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from x402-multi-hub.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Retrieves product category data from Shopee for a given category ID and optional country code

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402-multi-hub.vercel.app/api/shopee-category
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/shopee-category-lookup-9ebf7a4e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_9gCRjNVGXN5mbM_r8YjxS

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 shopee-category-lookup-9ebf7a4e -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the Shopee category details for category ID 11042433 in Singapore (SG)?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to look up Shopee marketplace category metadata by a specific category ID, optionally scoped to a country. Prefer this over generic product search endpoints when you specifically need category taxonomy or hierarchy data from Shopee.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent category ID returns empty data array
- Missing required 'category' field returns 400 error
- Invalid country code may return empty or unexpected results
- Payment failure via x402 protocol returns 402 Payment Required
- Service unavailability returns 500 error
- Rate limiting or quota exhaustion returns error response

## How this service works

16 paid endpoints: Jobs, Business, Telegram, YouTube, Shopee. Powered by x402 protocol.

## Output

An array of category objects from Shopee, each containing metadata about the requested category such as subcategories, names, or classification details relevant to the given category ID and country.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "category"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "country": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Country code"
  },
  "category": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Category ID"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "data": {
   "type": "array",
   "items": {
    "type": "object"
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/shopee-category-lookup-9ebf7a4e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402-multi-hub.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402-multi-hub.vercel.app/llms.txt)