---
title: "Category Search"
method: GET
path: "/search/{versionNumber}/categorySearch/{query}.{ext}"
tags: ["Search"]
---

# Category Search

`GET /search/{versionNumber}/categorySearch/{query}.{ext}`

## Path parameters

- `versionNumber` 2, required
- `query` string, required
- `ext` 'json' | 'jsonp' | 'js' | 'xml', required

## Query parameters

- `typeahead` boolean
- `limit` integer
- `ofs` integer
- `countrySet` string
- `lat` number, float
- `lon` number, float
- `radius` integer
- `topLeft` string
- `btmRight` string
- `language` string
- `extendedPostalCodesFor` string
- `view` 'Unified' | 'IN' | 'PK' | 'IL' | 'MA'

## Response `200`

OK: the search successfully returned zero or more results.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request: one or more parameters were incorrectly specified.
- `403` — Forbidden: possible causes include: - Service requires SSL - Not authorized - Rate or volume limit exceeded - Unknown referer
- `405` — Method Not Allowed: the HTTP method (GET, POST, etc) is not supported for this request.
- `596` — Not Found: the HTTP request method (GET, POST, etc) or path is incorrect.
- `5XX` — An error occurred while processing the request. Please try again later.

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/tomtom/apis/search.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/tomtom/apis/search/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/tomtom/search/versions/4397c1461002/schema)