# Catalogue vocabularies (GET /v1/catalog/terms)

> GET /v1/catalog/terms: Catalogue vocabularies. border.bot API reference (Catalogue).

Source: https://border.bot/docs/api/list-catalog-terms

> Documentation index: https://border.bot/llms.txt. Every page is Markdown at its URL + `.md`.

`GET https://api.border.bot/v1/catalog/terms`

Requires an API key (`Authorization: Bearer bb_live_…`).

The harmonised codes catalogue fields take: materials, material origins (by stage), attributes (dangerous goods, restricted), categories, origin bases and quantity units. Free.

API key scope: `catalog`.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `vocabulary` | "material" \| "material_origin" \| "attribute" \| "category" \| "origin_basis" \| "quantity_unit" | no |  |

## Responses

- `200`: The codes. (`CatalogTermsResponse`)
- `400`: Invalid input (`invalid_input`). (`Error`)
- `401`: Missing, invalid, revoked or expired API key (`unauthorized`). (`Error`)
- `403`: The API key doesn’t have the `catalog` scope (`forbidden`, `details.reason: "missing_scope"`). (`Error`)
- `429`: Rate limited (`rate_limited`). Retry after `Retry-After` seconds; `RateLimit` says which limit was hit (`r=0`, `t` seconds until its window ends) and `RateLimit-Policy` its quota. (`Error`)
- `500`: Unexpected error (`internal`). (`Error`)

## Example

```bash
curl -X GET 'https://api.border.bot/v1/catalog/terms' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer bb_live_...'
```