# stableninja.dev Google Play Store App Categories

> stableninja.dev Google Play Store App Categories is a paid API for AI agents from stableninja.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns a list of all available app categories in the Google Play Store.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://stableninja.dev/api/play-store-apps/categories
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/stableninja-dev-43deaf52
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_wnuqjHmomg5ltPZMJ1Qeg

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 stableninja-dev-43deaf52
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up all the app categories available on the Google Play Store so I can see how apps are organized?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to discover or enumerate the full taxonomy of Google Play Store categories, for example before filtering or searching apps by category. Ideal as a prerequisite step before using a Play Store app search endpoint that accepts a category parameter.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure: x402 payment not accepted, returns 402 with payment requirements
- Upstream data unavailable: Google Play data cannot be fetched, returns 5xx error
- Rate limiting: too many requests, returns 429
- Empty response: categories list temporarily unavailable

## How this service works

List Google Play Store app categories.

## Output

A list of Google Play Store app categories, including category names and/or IDs that represent the taxonomy used to organize apps on the Play Store.

## Example request

```json
{
 "input": {
  "type": "http",
  "method": "GET",
  "queryParams": {}
 }
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/stableninja-dev-43deaf52/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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