Categories API not working

Client wants forum info embedded in their site, /discussions.xml works as expected but /categories.xml returns this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Data>
<Breadcrumbs></Breadcrumbs>
<Category></Category>
<CategoryID></CategoryID>
<CountDiscussions>0</CountDiscussions>
<AnnounceData></AnnounceData>
<Discussions></Discussions>
</Data>

The documentation doesn't say anything about why this wouldn't work - the categories appear on the forum itself. I've tried deleting the cache ini files but am at a loss for why this isn't working.

Using the latest build 2.0.18.1 (upgraded a previous version). Anyone know why this is happening?

x00

do you mean categories.xml/all ??

huw

That works! Thankyou.

The documentation says nothing about /all
http://vanillaforums.org/docs/api-categories

x00

Documentation is wrong, or misleading.

Yep but api mirrors (approximately) what you would expect with the xhtml to be RESTful

So if I go to categories/ I'm getting the root. To get all the categories categories/all

vinayak

Hi,

I have recently downloaded the latest version of vanilla and the api calls dont work.
I have no prior experience with vanilla.
Can anyone guide me how to go about this.I have also installed the json api application by eleith , but that doesnt work either.

I tried /vanilla/api/category
Give 404 error.

vinayak

I also tried /categories.xml/all

still shows 404.
Do i have to do some configure soemthing in order to use this api.

huw

It should work without configuration. It should just be the same path as vanilla's index.php

path_to_vanilla/categories.xml/all