GET_categories

GET categories

This method returns the category tree as nested JSON objects with the first node category being the tree root. Every node has a children attribute containing an array of nodes and/or groups.

The following JSON code snippet shows a category tree with two categories at the first level both containing two groups:

{
  "id": "",
  "label": null,
  "children": [
    {
      "id": "http://www.carbondb.org/ontology#c/category_1",
      "label": "Category 1 name",
      "children": [
        {
          "id": "gc/coefficient_group_1",
          "label": "Coefficient group 1 name",
          "type": "COEFFICIENT"
        },
        {
          "id": "gp/process_group_1",
          "label": "Process group 1",
          "type": "PROCESS"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "http://www.carbondb.org/ontology#c/category_2",
      "label": "Electricity",
      "children": [
        {
          "id": "gp/process_group_2",
          "label": "Process group 2 name",
          "type": "PROCESS"
        },
        {
          "id": "gp/process_group_3",
          "label": "Process group 3",
          "type": "PROCESS"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}