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title: Using the GetCategoryTemplates Web Method
slug: neurons-for-itsm/admin-user-help/enu/latest/using-the-getcategorytemplates-web-method
createdAt: 2026-07-14T19:16:29.785Z
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Returns the list of request offerings in the Service Catalog for the specified category.

## Request Syntax

public FRSHEATGetTemplatesResponse GetCategoryTemplates(string sessionKey, string tenantId, string categoryid, string searchString)

## Parameters

- **sessionKey**: The session key from the **Connect** web method.
- **tenantId**: The tenant for which the session key is authenticated.
- **categoryId**: The RecID of the category in the Service Catalog from the **GetCategories** web method.
- **searchString**: A substring for determining the matching request offerings.

## Return Value

**FRSHEATGetTemplatesResponse** object, defined as follows:

public class FRSHEATGetTemplatesResponse

    \{

public string status \{ get; set; }

public string exceptionReason \{ get; set; }

public List\<FRSHEATServiceReqTemplateListItem> srtList \{ get; set; }

    }

The **FRSHEATGetTemplatesResponse** class has the following fields:

- **status**: Provides a status about the state of the connection. The table below contains a full description of the available status values.
- **exceptionReason**: Contains exception information, if the application throws an exception when running this web method.
- **srtList**: Contains a list of **FRSHEATServiceReqTemplateListItem** objects, each of which represents the request offering matching the search criteria.

The **FRSHEATServiceReqTemplateListItem** class is defined as follows:

public classFRSHEATServiceReqTemplateListItem

    \{

public string strRecId;

public string strName;

public string strDescription;

public string strSubscriptionId;

    }

The **FRSHEATServiceReqTemplateListItem** class has the following fields:

- **strRecId**: The RecID corresponding to the request offering.
- **strName**: The name of the request offering.
- **strDescription**: The description for the request offering.
- **strSubscriptionId**: The subscription ID.

The following table lists the available status values and describes how to interpret them.

| <font color="#FFFFFF">Status</font> | <font color="#FFFFFF">Explanation</font>                                                                                                                           |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Success**                         | Successfully retrieved the list of request offerings in the Service Catalog. This list is available in the **srtList** field.                                      |
| **Error**                           | An error was encountered during the execution of this web method.  Inspect the corresponding **exceptionReason** field to determine why the web method has failed. |

## Example

FRSHEATGetTemplatesResponse getTemplatesResponse = frSvc.GetCategoryTemplates(authSessionKey, tenantId, categoryid, searchString);

if (getTemplatesResponse.status == "Success")

            \{

foreach (FRSHEATServiceReqTemplateListItem srTemplateListItem in getTemplatesResponse.srtList)

                \{

Console.WriteLine("Request Offering:  ", srTemplateListItem.strSubscriptionId, srTemplateListItem.strName);

                }

            }