`ebid_categories`

Pack: ebid · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ebid/mcp

Browse the eBid.net marketplace category tree (eBid Trading API GetCategoryList): category IDs, names, full paths and per-category item counts for an eBid country site. Pass a parent category_id to list its subcategories, or omit it for the root categories. Use the returned CategoryID to filter ebid_search.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`category_id`	number	no	Parent CategoryID to list children of. Omit for root categories.
`_apiKey`	string	no

Example call

Arguments

{
  "site": "uk"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ebid/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"ebid_categories","arguments":{"site":"uk"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('ebid_categories', {
  "site": "uk"
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ebid": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ebid/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

ebid_categories