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# Get Article Category

GET https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/website-content/article-categories/%7BARTICLE_CATEGORY_ID%7D

Returns one article category by id. Needs a key with **Website Content: Read Only** (`website-content:read`) or **Read and Write**.

`articleCategory` is the numeric id (set `ARTICLE_CATEGORY_ID` in the collection variables). Another organisation's record, or one outside this API's scope, returns **404**.

Reference: https://docs.gorilladash.com/gorilla-dash-rest-ful-api/website-content/article-categories/get-article-category

## Request

### Headers

- `GorillaDash-Api-Key` (string, optional) — Gorilla Dash API Key
- `GorillaDash-Api-Secret` (string, optional) — Gorilla Dash API Secret

## Response

### 201

Created

- `success` (boolean, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `data` (ApiV1WebsiteContentArticleCategories7BarticleCategoryId7DGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData, required)

## Errors

### 404 Not Found Error

Not Found

- `message` (string, required)

## Types

### ApiV1WebsiteContentArticleCategories7BarticleCategoryId7DGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData

- `id` (integer, required)
- `slug` (string, required)
- `name` (string, required)
- `heading` (string, required)
- `caption` (string, required)
- `created_at` (datetime, required)
- `updated_at` (datetime, required)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "status": 201,
  "data": {
    "id": 58,
    "slug": "latest-news",
    "name": "Latest News",
    "heading": "Latest News",
    "caption": "Updates from the council.",
    "created_at": "2026-10-07T01:20:00+00:00",
    "updated_at": "2026-10-07T01:20:00+00:00"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Website Content_Article Categories_Get Article Category_example
import requests

url = "https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/website-content/article-categories/%7BARTICLE_CATEGORY_ID%7D"

headers = {
    "GorillaDash-Api-Key": "{{API_KEY}}",
    "GorillaDash-Api-Secret": "{{GD_RESTFUL_SECRET}}"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Website Content_Article Categories_Get Article Category_example
const url = 'https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/website-content/article-categories/%7BARTICLE_CATEGORY_ID%7D';
const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'GorillaDash-Api-Key': '{{API_KEY}}',
    'GorillaDash-Api-Secret': '{{GD_RESTFUL_SECRET}}'
  }
};

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

```go Website Content_Article Categories_Get Article Category_example
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/website-content/article-categories/%7BARTICLE_CATEGORY_ID%7D"

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

	req.Header.Add("GorillaDash-Api-Key", "{{API_KEY}}")
	req.Header.Add("GorillaDash-Api-Secret", "{{GD_RESTFUL_SECRET}}")

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

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

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

}
```

```ruby Website Content_Article Categories_Get Article Category_example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/website-content/article-categories/%7BARTICLE_CATEGORY_ID%7D")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["GorillaDash-Api-Key"] = '{{API_KEY}}'
request["GorillaDash-Api-Secret"] = '{{GD_RESTFUL_SECRET}}'

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

```java Website Content_Article Categories_Get Article Category_example
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/website-content/article-categories/%7BARTICLE_CATEGORY_ID%7D")
  .header("GorillaDash-Api-Key", "{{API_KEY}}")
  .header("GorillaDash-Api-Secret", "{{GD_RESTFUL_SECRET}}")
  .asString();
```

```php Website Content_Article Categories_Get Article Category_example
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/website-content/article-categories/%7BARTICLE_CATEGORY_ID%7D', [
  'headers' => [
    'GorillaDash-Api-Key' => '{{API_KEY}}',
    'GorillaDash-Api-Secret' => '{{GD_RESTFUL_SECRET}}',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp Website Content_Article Categories_Get Article Category_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/website-content/article-categories/%7BARTICLE_CATEGORY_ID%7D");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("GorillaDash-Api-Key", "{{API_KEY}}");
request.AddHeader("GorillaDash-Api-Secret", "{{GD_RESTFUL_SECRET}}");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Website Content_Article Categories_Get Article Category_example
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "GorillaDash-Api-Key": "{{API_KEY}}",
  "GorillaDash-Api-Secret": "{{GD_RESTFUL_SECRET}}"
]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/website-content/article-categories/%7BARTICLE_CATEGORY_ID%7D")! 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()
```