Taobao is one of the largest online shopping platforms in China. It has a large number of product categories to help consumers find the products they need quickly and conveniently. The following is an introduction to some common product categories on Taobao:
1. Clothing, shoes and bags: covering men's clothing, women's clothing, children's clothing, shoes, bags, accessories and other clothing products.
2. Digital home appliances: including digital and home appliance-related products such as mobile phones, computers, cameras, smart wearables, and home appliances.
3. Household decoration category: including furniture, home textiles, kitchen utensils, lamps, bathrooms, home decoration building materials and other household items and decorations.
4. Beauty and personal care: products related to beauty and personal care, such as cosmetics, skin care products, personal care products, hairdressing and wigs.
5. Maternal and infant toys: including maternity and infant products, children's clothing and shoes, maternity products, maternal and infant appliances, toys and other commodities related to mothers and infants and children.
6. Sports and outdoor categories: including sports shoes and clothing, sports equipment, fitness training, outdoor equipment and other sports and outdoor products.
7. Food and beverage: including snacks, tea wine, imported food, fresh food and other food and beverages.
8. Auto parts: covering car decoration, repair and maintenance, on-board electrical appliances, motorcycle accessories and other auto and motorcycle related products.
9. Pet life category: including pet supplies, pet food, pet toys, pet health care products and other pet life-related commodities.
10. Books and audio-visual products: including books, music, film and television products, e-books and other books and entertainment products.
The above are just some of the product classification categories of Taobao. The platform also has more subdivided categories to meet the different needs of consumers.
To obtain a more accurate product classification, you need to call the Taobao category interface to obtain it. Mainly use the following two interfaces:
Get Taobao category API test key
cat_get Get Taobao classification details
This interface is to obtain the category details of Taobao. By entering the category ID, the subcategory id and category name under the category ID are obtained. You can use cid=0 to get all first-level categories. If you need to obtain the details of all categories of Taobao, you can write your own loop to capture category data.
cat_get request parameters
cat_get response parameters
cat_get response example
"items": {
"item": [
{
"id": "1",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "游戏话费",
"note": "virtual"
},
{
"id": "2",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "服装鞋包",
"note": "virtual"
},
{
"id": "3",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "手机数码",
"note": "virtual"
},
{
"id": "4",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "家用电器",
"note": "virtual"
},
{
"id": "5",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "美妆饰品",
"note": "virtual"
},
{
"id": "6",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "母婴用品",
"note": "virtual"
},
{
"id": "7",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "家居建材",
"note": "virtual"
},
{
"id": "8",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "百货食品",
"note": "virtual"
},
{
"id": "9",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "运动户外",
"note": "virtual"
},
{
"id": "10",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "文化玩乐",
"note": "virtual"
},
{
"id": "13",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "汽配摩托",
"note": "virtual"
},
{
"id": "98",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "包装",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "2128",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "已删除",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50004958",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "移动/联通/电信充值中心",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50007216",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "鲜花速递/花卉仿真/绿植园艺",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50008075",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "餐饮美食卡券",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50008141",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "酒类",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50008907",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "手机号码/套餐/增值业务",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50014811",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "网店/网络服务/软件",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50014927",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "教育培训",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50017652",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "服务市场",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50019095",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "线下消费卡",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50023575",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "房产/租房/新房/二手房/委托服务",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50023717",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "互联网医疗/保健用品",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50023721",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "医疗器械",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50023722",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "隐形眼镜/护理液",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50023724",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "其他",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50023878",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "自用闲置转让",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50024153",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "计生用品",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50024186",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "保险",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50024612",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "阿里健康送药服务",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50025004",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "个性定制/设计服务/DIY",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50025110",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "电影/演出/体育赛事",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50025111",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "本地化生活服务",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50025618",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "理财",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50025968",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "司法拍卖拍品专用",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50026535",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "医疗及健康服务",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50026555",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "购物提货券",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50158001",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "网络店铺代金/优惠券",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50230002",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "服务商品",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50734010",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "资产",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50802001",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "数字阅读",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "120886001",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "公益",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "120894001",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "淘女郎",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "120950002",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "天猫点券",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "121266001",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "众筹",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "121380001",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "机票/小交通/增值服务",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "121536003",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "数字娱乐",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "121536007",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "全球购代购市场",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "121938001",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "淘点点预定点菜",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "121940001",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "淘点点现金券",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "122966004",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "处方药",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "123500005",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "资产（政府类专用）",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "123536002",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "阿里通信专属类目",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "123690003",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "精制中药材",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "124024001",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "农业生产资料（农村淘宝专用）",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "124242008",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "智能设备",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "124466001",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "农用物资",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "124468001",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "农机/农具/农膜",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "124470001",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "畜牧/养殖物资",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "124470006",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "整车(经销商)",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "124568010",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "室内设计师",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "124698018",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "装修服务",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "124750013",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "俪人购(俪人购专用)",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "124844002",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "拍卖会专用",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "124868003",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "盒马",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "124912001",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "合约机",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "125102006",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "到家业务",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "125406001",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "享淘卡",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "126252002",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "门店O2O",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "126488005",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "天猫零售O2O",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "126488008",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "阿里健康B2B平台",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "126602002",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "生活娱乐充值",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "126700003",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "家装灯饰光源",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "126762001",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "美容美体仪器",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "127076003",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "平台充值活动(仅内部店铺)",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "127110013",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "疫苗服务",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "127442006",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "纺织面料/辅料/配套",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "127450004",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "金属材料及制品",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "127452002",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "橡塑材料及制品",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "127458007",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "搬运/仓储/物流设备",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "127484003",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "润滑/胶粘/试剂/实验室耗材",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "127492006",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "标准件/零部件/工业耗材",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "127508003",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "机械设备",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "127588002",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "阿里云云市场",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "127876007",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "清洗/食品/商业设备",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "127878006",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "新制造",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "127882008",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "菜鸟驿站生活店",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "127924022",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "零售通",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "201136401",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "闲鱼优品",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "201149009",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "旅行购物",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "201156706",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "商务/设计服务",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "201160314",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "口碑/饿了么本地生活",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "201162107",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "汽车零部件/养护/美容/维保",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "201173506",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "兑换卡",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "201175701",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "淘小铺",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "201207402",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "婴童尿裤",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "201230407",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "体检/医疗保障卡",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "201236409",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "店铺经营主体变更",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "201273575",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "OTC药品/国际医药",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "201304427",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "民生服务",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "201307427",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "购物金",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "201310232",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "能源出行",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "201402901",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "商业加盟",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "201412401",
"pid": "0",
"root_id": "0",
"name": "钉钉电商",
"note": ""
}
]
},
item_cat_get Get Taobao product category
This interface is to obtain the category information of a product, pass in the product ID, and get the category ID, category name, top-level category ID, and top-level category name of the product.
public parameters
| name | type | must | describe |
|---|---|---|---|
| key | String | yes | Call key (must be spliced in the URL in GET mode) |
| secret | String | yes | call key |
| api_name | String | yes | API interface name (included in the request address) [item_search, item_get, item_search_shop, etc.] |
| cache | String | no | [yes, no] The default is yes, the cached data will be called, and the speed is relatively fast |
| result_type | String | no | [json,jsonu,xml,serialize,var_export] returns the data format, the default is json, and the content output by jsonu can be read directly in Chinese |
| lang | String | no | [cn,en,ru] translation language, default cn Simplified Chinese |
| version | String | no | API version |
item_cat_get request parameters
item_cat_get response parameters
Example item_cat_get response
"item": {
"num_iid": "698291711589",
"item_name": "美洋MEIYANG【现货】大嫂的西装 内有乾坤率性撞色TR垫肩直筒西服",
"item_url": "https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=698291711589",
"cat_id": "50008897",
"root_cat_id": "16",
"cat_name": {
"items": {
"item": [
{
"id": "50008897",
"name": "西装",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"sub": null
}
]
}
},
"root_cat_name": {
"items": {
"item": [
{
"id": "16",
"name": "女装/女士精品",
"pid": "2",
"root_id": "2",
"sub": [
{
"id": "1622",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "裤子",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "1623",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "半身裙",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "1624",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "套装/学生校服/工作制服",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "1629",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "大码女装",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "162103",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "毛衣",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "162104",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "衬衫",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "162116",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "蕾丝衫/雪纺衫",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "162205",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "牛仔裤",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50000671",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "T恤",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50000697",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "毛针织衫",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50000852",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "中老年女装",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50008897",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "西装",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50008898",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "卫衣/绒衫",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50008899",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "羽绒服",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50008900",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "棉衣/棉服",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50008901",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "风衣",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50008904",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "皮衣",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50008905",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "皮草",
"note": ""
},
{
"id": "50008906",
"pid": "16",
"root_id": "16",
"name": "唐装/民族服装/舞台服装",
"note": ""
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