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List categories

List categories.

Query parameters

filtersnullable object
JSON object, passed as a query-string value.
namenullable string
Filter by name.
transactionCategoryGroupIdsnullable array of strings
Filter by group.
paginationnullable object
JSON object with pageNumber and pageSize.
pageNumbernullable number
1-based page. Defaults to 1.
pageSizenullable number
Items per page. Defaults to 100.
GET/transaction-categories
curl https://api.finwiseapp.io/transaction-categories \
  -X GET \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer fw_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"
const response = await fetch('https://api.finwiseapp.io/transaction-categories', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer fw_...',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
})
const data = await response.json()
Response
[
  {
    "id": "a00cb43b-ab06-447c-8aeb-527680b20a50",
    "createdAt": "2026-03-14T09:15:16.817Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-03-14T09:15:16.817Z",
    "name": "Groceries",
    "userId": "f472696c-47ac-4873-98cf-2a1069a1cf45",
    "transactionCategoryGroupId": "b11db54c-bc17-558d-9bfc-638791c31b61",
    "color": "#22c55e",
    "emoji": "🥬",
    "markTransactionsAsTransfers": null,
    "excludeTransactionsFromBudget": null,
    "consolidateInBudget": null,
    "enableRollover": null,
    "rolloverFromDate": null,
    "sortIndex": null
  }
]