# How to get a category name with the ID via API

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-a-category-name-with-the-id-via-api/65926
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [7월 10, 2017, 8:48오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-a-category-name-with-the-id-via-api/65926 "2017-07-10T08:48:03Z")
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### Author: ![michaeld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michaeld/32/1594_2.png) [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)
#### Post date: [7월 10, 2017, 9:10오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-a-category-name-with-the-id-via-api/65926/2 "2017-07-10T09:10:38Z")

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I asked the same question a long time ago,  
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-subcategory-names-using-api/29795](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-subcategory-names-using-api/29795)

> [@riking](#):
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> Use /site.json for this.

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