> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.qonto.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # List cash flow categories > OAuth scope: `cash_flow_category.read` Retrieves the full catalog of cash flow categories for the authenticated organization, with their subcategories nested under each parent category. Use the category and subcategory `id`s to resolve the `cashflow_category.id` and `cashflow_subcategory.id` fields returned on transactions, and to assign categories to transactions via [Assign a cash flow category to transactions](/api-reference/business-api/transactions-statements/cash-flow-categories/assign). ## OpenAPI ````yaml get /v2/cash_flow_categories openapi: 3.1.1 info: version: v2 title: Qonto servers: - url: https://thirdparty.qonto.com description: Production URL - url: https://thirdparty-sandbox.staging.qonto.co description: Sandbox URL security: - OAuth: - organization.read - membership.read - membership.write - attachment.write - internal_transfer.write - payment.write - supplier_invoice.write - supplier_invoice.read - client_invoices.read - client_invoice.write - client.read - client.write - product.read - product.write - request_review.write - request_review.read - team.read - team.write - request_transfers.write - insurance_contract.read - insurance_contract.write - card.read - card.write - bank_account.write - beneficiary.trust - webhook - payment_link.write - payment_link.read - sepa_direct_debit.read - sepa_direct_debit.write - terminal.read - terminal.write - SecretKey: [] paths: /v2/cash_flow_categories: parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Qonto-Staging-Token' get: tags: - Cash Flow Categories summary: List cash flow categories description: > OAuth scope: `cash_flow_category.read` Retrieves the full catalog of cash flow categories for the authenticated organization, with their subcategories nested under each parent category. Use the category and subcategory `id`s to resolve the `cashflow_category.id` and `cashflow_subcategory.id` fields returned on transactions, and to assign categories to transactions via [Assign a cash flow category to transactions](/api-reference/business-api/transactions-statements/cash-flow-categories/assign). operationId: listCashFlowCategories responses: '200': description: >- Returns the full catalog of cash flow categories for the authenticated organization. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: cash_flow_categories: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Category' required: - cash_flow_categories examples: default: value: cash_flow_categories: - id: 3786f44c-a2e1-472e-870d-4cdb152b33fa name: Suppliers type: CATEGORY_TYPE_OUTFLOW vat_rate: '20' subcategories: - id: 9f3b2c1d-7e8a-4b6c-9d0e-1f2a3b4c5d6e name: Cloud hosting vat_rate: '20' - id: 5c1e9a72-4d3b-4f8e-8a1c-2b6d7e9f0a3b name: Sales type: CATEGORY_TYPE_INFLOW subcategories: [] '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/401-Unauthorized' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/403-Forbidden' '500': $ref: '#/components/responses/500-Internal-Server-Error' security: - OAuth: - cash_flow_category.read components: parameters: X-Qonto-Staging-Token: name: X-Qonto-Staging-Token in: header description: >- Required only for Sandbox API requests; to get one, please sign up to the [Developer Portal](https://developers.qonto.com/). schema: type: string schemas: Category: type: object description: |- A cash flow category. Categories carry a stable `id` that the `cashflow_category.id` field on transactions refers to, letting you reconcile categories against an external chart of accounts. properties: id: type: string description: >- Stable identifier of the category. Matches the `cashflow_category.id` field returned on transactions. example: 3786f44c-a2e1-472e-870d-4cdb152b33fa name: type: string description: Display name of the category. example: Suppliers type: type: string description: |- Direction of the category: - `CATEGORY_TYPE_INFLOW`: money coming in - `CATEGORY_TYPE_OUTFLOW`: money going out enum: - CATEGORY_TYPE_INFLOW - CATEGORY_TYPE_OUTFLOW example: CATEGORY_TYPE_OUTFLOW vat_rate: type: string description: >- VAT rate associated with the category, as a decimal string. Omitted when the category has no associated VAT rate. example: '20' subcategories: type: array description: >- Subcategories nested under this category. Always present; may be empty. items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Subcategory' required: - id - name - type - subcategories Subcategory: type: object description: |- A cash flow subcategory nested under a parent category. Its `id` matches the `cashflow_subcategory.id` field returned on transactions. properties: id: type: string description: >- Stable identifier of the subcategory. Matches the `cashflow_subcategory.id` field returned on transactions. example: 9f3b2c1d-7e8a-4b6c-9d0e-1f2a3b4c5d6e name: type: string description: Display name of the subcategory. example: Cloud hosting vat_rate: type: string description: >- VAT rate associated with the subcategory, as a decimal string. Omitted when the subcategory has no associated VAT rate. example: '20' required: - id - name UnauthorizedResponseBody: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError' required: - errors ForbiddenResponseBody: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenError' required: - errors UnauthorizedError: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Error code. detail: type: string description: Human readable error that explains error `code`. required: - code - detail x-examples: Invalid credentials: code: unauthorized detail: Invalid credentials ForbiddenError: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Error code. detail: type: string description: Human readable error that explains error `code`. required: - code - detail x-examples: Insufficient permissions: code: forbidden detail: User does not have sufficient permissions for this action. responses: 401-Unauthorized: description: Returns an unauthorized error. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedResponseBody' examples: authorization_header_missing: value: errors: - code: authorization_header_missing detail: authorization header missing authorization_token_invalid: value: errors: - code: authorization_token_invalid detail: authorization token invalid 403-Forbidden: description: Returns a forbidden error. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenResponseBody' examples: Insufficient permissions: value: errors: - code: forbidden detail: User does not have sufficient permissions for this action. 500-Internal-Server-Error: description: Returns an internal server error. securitySchemes: OAuth: type: oauth2 description: > Bearer authorization header: `Bearer `, where `` is the access token received from the authorization server at the end of the [OAuth 2.0 flow](/get-started/business-api/authentication/oauth/oauth-flow). flows: authorizationCode: refreshUrl: https://oauth.qonto.com/oauth2/token authorizationUrl: https://oauth.qonto.com/oauth2/auth scopes: attachment.read: Retrieve attachments attachment.write: Upload attachments and remove attachments from transactions bank_account.write: Create, update and close bank accounts beneficiary.trust: Trust SEPA beneficiaries card.read: Retrieve cards card.write: Create or update cards cash_flow_category.read: Retrieve cash flow categories cash_flow_category.write: Create cash flow categories and assign them to transactions client.read: Retrieve clients client.write: Create clients client_invoice.write: Create client invoices client_invoices.read: Retrieve client invoices and credit notes einvoicing.read: Retrieve e-invoicing settings embed_auth_link.write: Create Embed auth links insurance_contract.read: Retrieve insurance contracts insurance_contract.write: Create and update insurance contracts internal_transfer.write: >- Create internal transfers (between 2 Qonto accounts of the same organization) international_transfer.write: Create international transfers membership.read: Retrieve the authentified membership membership.write: Invite team members offline_access: Retrieve a refresh token organization.read: >- Retrieve organization, bank accounts, transactions, transfers, beneficiaries, labels, memberships, requests & statements payment.write: Create external transfers and untrust beneficiaries payment_link.read: >- Retrieve payment links, their payments, and the available payment methods payment_link.write: >- Connect to the payment links provider, create and deactivate payment links product.read: Retrieve products product.write: Create products request_cards.write: Create card requests request_review.write: Approve or decline requests request_transfers.write: Create transfer requests sepa_direct_debit.read: View SEPA Direct Debit payments sepa_direct_debit.write: Manage SEPA Direct Debit payments subscription.read: Retrieve the organization's current subscription plan supplier_invoice.read: Retrieve supplier invoices supplier_invoice.write: Create supplier invoices team.read: Retrieve teams team.write: Create teams terminal.read: View your payment terminals terminal.write: Configure your terminals and initiate payments user_organization.read: View the organizations the user has granted access to webhook: >- Receive a notification each time a particular event occurs in Qonto tokenUrl: https://oauth.qonto.com/oauth2/token SecretKey: type: apiKey description: cf. [API key](/get-started/business-api/authentication/api-key) name: Authorization in: header ````