1. Operations
2. cis
3. tagging
4. category

## cis tagging category: list used categories

Enumerates all categories for which the `used_by_entity` is part of the cis.tagging.category_model.used_by subscribers set. To invoke this operation, you need the read privilege on the individual categories.

### Request:

#### HTTP request

POST https://{server}/rest/com/vmware/cis/tagging/category?~action=list-used-categories

#### Request Body Structure:

- JSON
- XML

{
"used_by_entity": "string"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:ListUsedCategories-Input xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/cis/tagging/category" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<used_by_entity>string</used_by_entity>
</ns0:ListUsedCategories-Input>

#### Request Body Parameters:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
bold = required
used_by_entity | string | The field on which the results will be filtered.

### Response:

#### HTTP Status Code: 200

#### Representations:

- JSON
- XML

{
"value": [
"obj-103",
"obj-103"
]
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:ListUsedCategories-Result xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/cis/tagging/category" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<value-array>
<array-item>obj-103</array-item>
<array-item>obj-103</array-item>
</value-array>
</ns0:ListUsedCategories-Result>

#### Response Type:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
bold = required
value | string[] | The array of resource identifiers for the categories in the system that are used by `used_by_entity`.

#### Errors:

None