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title: TaxonomyCategory - Storefront API
description: |
  The taxonomy category for the product.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: storefront
type: object
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/objects/TaxonomyCategory
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/objects/TaxonomyCategory.md
---

# Taxonomy​Category

object

Requires `unauthenticated_read_product_listings` access scope.

The taxonomy category for the product.

## Fields

* ancestors

  [\[Taxonomy​Category!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/objects/TaxonomyCategory)

  non-null

  All parent nodes of the current taxonomy category.

* id

  [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/scalars/ID)

  non-null

  A static identifier for the taxonomy category.

* name

  [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/scalars/String)

  non-null

  The localized name of the taxonomy category.

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## Map

### Fields with this object

* {}[Product.category](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/objects/Product#field-Product.fields.category)
* {}[TaxonomyCategory.ancestors](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/objects/TaxonomyCategory#field-TaxonomyCategory.fields.ancestors)

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## Interfaces

* [Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/interfaces/Node)

  interface

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## ||-TaxonomyCategory Implements

### Implements

* ||-[Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront/latest/interfaces/Node)