`get_categories`

Pack: open-food-facts · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/open-food-facts/mcp

List popular food product categories from Open Food Facts. Returns category names and product counts. Useful for discovering what categories are available for filtering searches.

Example call

Arguments

{}

curl

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

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_categories', {});

Response shape

Always returns: count, categories

Field	Type	Description
`count`	number	Number of categories returned
`categories`	array	List of category objects

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of categories returned"
    },
    "categories": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of category objects",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Category ID"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Category name"
          },
          "product_count": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Number of products in category"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "name",
          "product_count"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "count",
    "categories"
  ]
}

Connect

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-food-facts": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/open-food-facts/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_categories