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# Item Categories

> Retrieves a list of item catgories

**Security**

The requesting user must have the following permission to retrieve item categories:

- Food → Item Categories → View Item Categories

## OpenAPI

````json GET /public/v1/inventory/item-categories
{
  "openapi": "3.0.1",
  "info": {
    "title": "R365 Public API",
    "contact": {
      "name": "R365 Services Team",
      "email": "r365@restaurant365.com"
    },
    "version": "1.0"
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "Bearer": []
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/public/v1/inventory/item-categories": {
      "get": {
        "tags": [
          "inventory"
        ],
        "summary": "Item Categories",
        "description": "Retrieves a list of item catgories\n\n**Security**\n\nThe requesting user must have the following permission to retrieve item categories:\n\n- Food → Item Categories → View Item Categories",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/TenantId"
          },
          {
            "name": "modifiedOnStart",
            "in": "query",
            "description": "Starting datetime of the 'modifiedOn' range (inclusive). May be supplied alone, in which case the range is open-ended at the upper bound.",
            "required": false,
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "date-time"
            }
          },
          {
            "name": "modifiedOnEnd",
            "in": "query",
            "description": "Ending datetime of the 'modifiedOn' range (inclusive). May be supplied alone, in which case the range is open-ended at the lower bound.",
            "required": false,
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "date-time"
            }
          },
          {
            "name": "pageSize",
            "in": "query",
            "required": false,
            "schema": {
              "type": "integer",
              "format": "int32",
              "minimum": 1,
              "maximum": 250,
              "default": 250
            },
            "description": "Maximum number of top-level objects to return in one page."
          },
          {
            "name": "continuationToken",
            "in": "query",
            "description": "",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "required": false
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "The list of item category entities",
            "content": {
              "text/plain": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PublicItemCategoriesResponse"
                }
              },
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PublicItemCategoriesResponse"
                }
              },
              "text/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PublicItemCategoriesResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "Bad Request — a parameter value is malformed, of the wrong type, or outside its allowed range."
          },
          "401": {
            "description": "Unauthorized — the bearer token is missing, invalid or expired, or is not valid for the specified tenant."
          },
          "403": {
            "description": "Forbidden — the caller lacks the permission required for this operation."
          },
          "404": {
            "description": "Not Found — the requested resource does not exist, or the supplied continuation token is unknown or has expired."
          },
          "409": {
            "description": "Conflict — the request conflicts with the current state of the resource and cannot be applied."
          },
          "422": {
            "description": "Unprocessable Entity — a required parameter is missing, or a supplied parameter value is invalid."
          },
          "429": {
            "description": "Too Many Requests — the caller has exceeded the rate limit; retry after a short delay."
          },
          "500": {
            "description": "Internal Server Error — an unexpected error occurred while processing the request."
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "parameters": {
      "TenantId": {
        "name": "x-r365-context-tenant-id",
        "in": "header",
        "required": true,
        "description": "Identifies the R365 tenant the request applies to. Required on every request.",
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "schemas": {
      "PublicItemCategoriesResponse": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "items": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ItemCategory"
            },
            "nullable": true,
            "description": "Collection of public item categories records returned in this page."
          },
          "nextLink": {
            "type": "string",
            "nullable": true,
            "description": "URL to retrieve the next page of results, or null when this is the last page."
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "description": "A response containing item categories."
      },
      "ItemCategory": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Item category identifier.",
            "format": "uuid"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Item category name.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "itemPrefix": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Item prefix.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "costVarianceThreshold": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Item category acceptable variance.",
            "format": "double",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "counted": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Indicates whether the include in inventory count flag is set.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "actualAsTheoretical": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Indicates whether the actual as Theoretical flag is set.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "varianceCapType": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Variance cap type.",
            "format": "int32"
          },
          "varianceCapPercent": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Variance cap percent.",
            "format": "double",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "inventoryVarianceThreshold": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Inventory Variance Threshold.",
            "format": "double",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "costAccount": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/GeneralLedgerAccountReference"
          },
          "inventoryAccount": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/GeneralLedgerAccountReference"
          },
          "wasteAccount": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/GeneralLedgerAccountReference"
          },
          "donationAccount": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/GeneralLedgerAccountReference"
          },
          "createdOn": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The time at which the record was created.",
            "format": "date-time"
          },
          "modifiedOn": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The time at which the record was last modified.",
            "format": "date-time"
          },
          "createdBy": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/GlAccountUserReference",
            "description": "User who created the item category."
          },
          "modifiedBy": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/GlAccountUserReference",
            "description": "User who last modified the item category."
          },
          "type": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Item category type.",
            "format": "int32"
          },
          "brand": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/BrandReference"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "description": "An item category, indicating the type of item."
      },
      "GeneralLedgerAccountReference": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uuid",
            "description": "Unique identifier of the general ledger account."
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "nullable": true,
            "description": "Display name of the general ledger account."
          },
          "number": {
            "type": "string",
            "nullable": true,
            "description": "Number assigned to the general ledger account."
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "description": "A reference to a General Ledger Account."
      },
      "GlAccountUserReference": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The unique identifier of the user.",
            "format": "uuid"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The name of the user.",
            "nullable": true
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "description": "A reference to a user."
      },
      "BrandReference": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "integer",
            "format": "int64",
            "description": "Unique identifier of the brand."
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "nullable": true,
            "description": "Display name of the brand."
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "description": "A reference to a Brand."
      }
    },
    "securitySchemes": {
      "Bearer": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "Bearer"
      }
    }
  }
}
````