G2 Category API
Scrape G2 Category data with one API call. Returns one page of G2 products in a software category, 15 per page: name, slug, rating, review count, seller, and logo. Sort by G2 score, popularity, or satisfaction. Get a category slug from GET /v1/g2/categories.
Last updated October 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
Returns products listed in a G2 software category, 15 per page, each with name, rating, review count, seller, and logo.
Use it to walk a G2 category and discover product slugs. Get the category slug from the categories endpoint first.
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The Category endpoint gives you structured G2 data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/g2/category?category=marketing-automation"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/g2/category",
params={
'category': 'marketing-automation',
},
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/g2/category?category=marketing-automation",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| category | Yes | G2 category slug or full category URL, for example marketing-automation or https://www.g2.com/categories/marketing-automation. |
| page | No | Page number, starting at 1. Prefer the universal cursor parameter. |
| sort | No | Product order in the category. Default g2-score. (g2-score | popularity | satisfaction) |
What does the G2 Category API return?
Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "g2",
"endpoint": "/v1/g2/category",
"data": {
"items": [],
"next_cursor": "2",
"total": 0,
"dropped": 15,
"_warnings": [
"validation_gate: dropped 15 item(s) that failed canonical schema"
]
},
"credits_used": 0,
"request_id": "req_example000000",
"cached": false,
"pagination": {
"next_cursor": null,
"has_more": false,
"page_size": 0
},
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"redacted": true
}Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.
How does the G2 Category API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
}Have a question? We got answers
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