plaid v0.3.0 Plaid.Categories

Functions for working with Plaid Categories.

  • Return all categories
  • Fetch a category by id

This endpoint requires no authentication.

Plaid API Reference: https://plaid.com/docs/api/#categories

Summary

Functions

Returns all Plaid categories

Fetches a Plaid category based on the id

Functions

all()

Specs

all :: {atom, list}

Returns all Plaid categories.

Returns the universe of Plaid categories in it’s current state. Category taxnomy is updated periodically, so refreshing data cached locally is useful.

Returns a list of Plaid.Categories or Plaid.Error struct.

Example

{:ok, [%Plaid.Categories{...}]} = Plaid.Categories.all()
{:error, %Plaid.Error{...}} = Plaid.Categories.all()

Plaid API Reference: https://plaid.com/docs/api/#all-categories

id(id)

Specs

id(integer | binary) :: {atom, map}

Fetches a Plaid category based on the id.

Returns a specific Plaid category by category id provided. This function accepts the id as an integer or string. Useful for returning data about the category based on the id returned in the transactions from the Connect endpoint.

Returns a Plaid.Categories struct.

Example

{:ok, %Plaid.Categories{...}} = Plaid.Categories.id("12015002")
{:error, %Plaid.Error{...}} = Plaid.Categories.id("12015002")

Plaid API Reference: https://plaid.com/docs/api/#categories-by-id