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Data Management:ListMetaCategory

Last Updated:Jan 13, 2026

Queries a list of categories

Debugging

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Authorization information

The following table shows the authorization information corresponding to the API. The authorization information can be used in the Action policy element to grant a RAM user or RAM role the permissions to call this API operation. Description:

  • Operation: the value that you can use in the Action element to specify the operation on a resource.
  • Access level: the access level of each operation. The levels are read, write, and list.
  • Resource type: the type of the resource on which you can authorize the RAM user or the RAM role to perform the operation. Take note of the following items:
    • For mandatory resource types, indicate with a prefix of * .
    • If the permissions cannot be granted at the resource level, All Resources is used in the Resource type column of the operation.
  • Condition Key: the condition key that is defined by the cloud service.
  • Associated operation: other operations that the RAM user or the RAM role must have permissions to perform to complete the operation. To complete the operation, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform the associated operations.
OperationAccess levelResource typeCondition keyAssociated operation
dms:ListMetaCategoryget
*All Resources
*
    none
none

Request parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescriptionExample
TidlongNo

The tenant ID. You can call the GetUserActiveTenant or ListUserTenants operation to query the tenant ID.

3***
ParentCategoryIdlongNo

The parent category ID.

30000322682
PageNumberintegerYes

The number of the page to return. Pages start from page 1.

1
PageSizeintegerYes

The number of entries to return on each page.

50

Response parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionExample
object
RequestIdstring

The ID of the request.

0C1CB646-1DE4-4AD0-B4A4-7D47DD52E931
ErrorCodestring

The error code returned if the request fails.

UnknownError
ErrorMessagestring

The error message returned if the request fails.

UnknownError
Successboolean

Indicates whether the call was successful. Valid values:

  • true: The request was successful.
  • false: The request failed.
true
TotalCountlong

The total number of entries returned.

1
CategoryListarray

The list of categories.

MetaCategoryMetaCategory

The information about the category.

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "RequestId": "0C1CB646-1DE4-4AD0-B4A4-7D47DD52E931",
  "ErrorCode": "UnknownError",
  "ErrorMessage": "UnknownError",
  "Success": true,
  "TotalCount": 1,
  "CategoryList": {
    "MetaCategory": [
      {
        "CategoryId": 30000181325,
        "CreateTime": "2024-08-13 10:02:02",
        "Depth": 1,
        "ParentCategoryId": 30000322682,
        "Name": "default"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Error codes

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.