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# List Category Products

GET https://shimi-waas-api-9493532b9281.herokuapp.com/api/v1/vtu/category/{serviceCategoryId}/products

Lists purchasable products under a category (e.g. specific data bundles or cable TV packages) and their `categoryProductId`s, amounts, and validity.

**Path:** `serviceCategoryId` (string, required). Returns active products only. `categoryProductId` is the `productId` for **Purchase Data** / **Purchase Cable TV**. `categoryProductName` falls back to `validity` when the product has no name. `amount` is a Decimal serialized as a string.

**Error format:** body validation failures (Joi) return `{ "status": "error", "message": "Validation error", "details": [ ... ] }`; all other errors return `{ "success": false, "message": "..." }`. Money fields (`amount`, `fee`) are Prisma Decimals and are serialized as **strings** (e.g. `"1000"`).

Reference: https://docs.shimi.cash/api-reference/shimi-api/airtime-data-bills-vtu/list-category-products

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Access token from Generate Access Token (valid 15 minutes).

## Request

### Path parameters

- `serviceCategoryId` (string, required) — A category ID from List Service Categories.

## Response

### 200

Success (MTN data) / Success (DStv packages)

- `success` (boolean, optional)
- `data` (list of VtuCategoryServiceCategoryIdProductsGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItems, optional)

## Errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `message` (string, optional)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Invalid or expired access token / KYB not approved / Account deactivated

- `message` (string, optional)
- `code` (string, optional)
- `kybStatus` (string, optional)

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `success` (boolean, optional)
- `message` (string, optional)

## Types

### VtuCategoryServiceCategoryIdProductsGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItems

- `categoryProductId` (string, optional)
- `categoryProductName` (string, optional)
- `amount` (string, optional)
- `isFixedAmount` (boolean, optional)
- `validity` (string, optional)

## Examples

### 200 Success (MTN data)

**Response**

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "categoryProductId": "cm1v2d4e50101mtd3mn78op9",
      "categoryProductName": "MTN 1.5GB",
      "amount": "1000",
      "isFixedAmount": true,
      "validity": "30 days"
    },
    {
      "categoryProductId": "cm1v2d4e50102mtd8uv12wx3",
      "categoryProductName": "MTN 10GB",
      "amount": "4500",
      "isFixedAmount": true,
      "validity": "30 days"
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python 200 Success (MTN data)
import requests

url = "https://shimi-waas-api-9493532b9281.herokuapp.com/api/v1/vtu/category/serviceCategoryId/products"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript 200 Success (MTN data)
const url = 'https://shimi-waas-api-9493532b9281.herokuapp.com/api/v1/vtu/category/serviceCategoryId/products';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go 200 Success (MTN data)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://shimi-waas-api-9493532b9281.herokuapp.com/api/v1/vtu/category/serviceCategoryId/products"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby 200 Success (MTN data)
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://shimi-waas-api-9493532b9281.herokuapp.com/api/v1/vtu/category/serviceCategoryId/products")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java 200 Success (MTN data)
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://shimi-waas-api-9493532b9281.herokuapp.com/api/v1/vtu/category/serviceCategoryId/products")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php 200 Success (MTN data)
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://shimi-waas-api-9493532b9281.herokuapp.com/api/v1/vtu/category/serviceCategoryId/products', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp 200 Success (MTN data)
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://shimi-waas-api-9493532b9281.herokuapp.com/api/v1/vtu/category/serviceCategoryId/products");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift 200 Success (MTN data)
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://shimi-waas-api-9493532b9281.herokuapp.com/api/v1/vtu/category/serviceCategoryId/products")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

### 200 Success (DStv packages)

**Response**

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "categoryProductId": "cm1v2d4e50201dsc5qr90st1",
      "categoryProductName": "DStv Compact",
      "amount": "19000",
      "isFixedAmount": true,
      "validity": "1 month"
    },
    {
      "categoryProductId": "cm1v2d4e50202dsc7yz34ab5",
      "categoryProductName": "DStv Confam",
      "amount": "11000",
      "isFixedAmount": true,
      "validity": "1 month"
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python 200 Success (DStv packages)
import requests

url = "https://shimi-waas-api-9493532b9281.herokuapp.com/api/v1/vtu/category/serviceCategoryId/products"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript 200 Success (DStv packages)
const url = 'https://shimi-waas-api-9493532b9281.herokuapp.com/api/v1/vtu/category/serviceCategoryId/products';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go 200 Success (DStv packages)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://shimi-waas-api-9493532b9281.herokuapp.com/api/v1/vtu/category/serviceCategoryId/products"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby 200 Success (DStv packages)
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://shimi-waas-api-9493532b9281.herokuapp.com/api/v1/vtu/category/serviceCategoryId/products")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java 200 Success (DStv packages)
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://shimi-waas-api-9493532b9281.herokuapp.com/api/v1/vtu/category/serviceCategoryId/products")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php 200 Success (DStv packages)
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://shimi-waas-api-9493532b9281.herokuapp.com/api/v1/vtu/category/serviceCategoryId/products', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp 200 Success (DStv packages)
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://shimi-waas-api-9493532b9281.herokuapp.com/api/v1/vtu/category/serviceCategoryId/products");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift 200 Success (DStv packages)
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://shimi-waas-api-9493532b9281.herokuapp.com/api/v1/vtu/category/serviceCategoryId/products")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```