Target Category API
Scrape Target Category data with one API call. Returns products listed in a Target category, 24 per page, each with title, brand, price, regular price, rating, image gallery, highlight bullets, and its TCIN. Unlike the product endpoint this one paginates properly, so it is the way to walk a whole category: pass the returned cursor back until has_more is false. Because Target ships no keyword search worth billing for, this plus GET /v1/target/categories is how you discover TCINs. Ratings are present on roughly half of category rows and are null on the rest, which reflects Target's own data rather than an omission here.
Last updated July 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
Searching 46 platforms in parallel
What can you do with the Category API?
The Category endpoint gives you structured Target 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/target/category?category_id=hz89j"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/target/category",
params={
'category_id': 'hz89j',
},
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/target/category?category_id=hz89j",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| category_id | Yes | Target category node id, for example hz89j for Kitchen & Dining. Ids come from GET /v1/target/categories, and also appear in the category URLs on target.com (/c/<name>/-/N-<id>). |
| page | No | Page number, starting at 1. Prefer the universal cursor parameter. |
How does the Target 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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Computed fields, not just scraped
When an endpoint supports these metrics and the source provides the required inputs, the normalized record includes engagement_rate, estimated_reach, content_category, and language — ready to use.
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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
Find answers to frequently asked questions about SocialCrawl's API, pricing, and capabilities.
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How many products come back per page?
Does this endpoint return real prices?
Can I filter a category by price or brand?
Why use this instead of keyword search?
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