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# Get Breakout Topics Metadata

> Get metadata about available verticals and categories for filtering.

Returns the taxonomy of verticals and their associated categories,
with human-readable display names for building filter UIs.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /v1/topics/breakout/metadata
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Upriver API
  description: >-
    A social insights API for ad generation platforms. It provides structured
    signals, like psychographics, behavioral insights, trends, and audience
    language, to help AI models generate relevant, higher-converting ads.
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.upriver.ai
    description: Production API server
security: []
tags:
  - name: Brands
  - name: Products
  - name: Creators
  - name: Audience
  - name: Sponsorships
  - name: Trends
  - name: Breakout Topics
  - name: Taxonomy
paths:
  /v1/topics/breakout/metadata:
    get:
      tags:
        - Breakout Topics
      summary: Get Breakout Topics Metadata
      description: |-
        Get metadata about available verticals and categories for filtering.

        Returns the taxonomy of verticals and their associated categories,
        with human-readable display names for building filter UIs.
      operationId: get_breakout_metadata
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BreakoutMetadataResponse'
      security:
        - APIKeyHeader: []
components:
  schemas:
    BreakoutMetadataResponse:
      properties:
        verticals:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/BreakoutVerticalMetadata'
          type: array
          title: Verticals
          description: Available verticals and any currently supported category filters
      type: object
      required:
        - verticals
      title: BreakoutMetadataResponse
      description: Metadata about available filters for breakout topics.
    BreakoutVerticalMetadata:
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          title: Id
          description: Vertical identifier used for filtering
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
          description: Human-readable display name
        categories:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/BreakoutCategoryMetadata'
          type: array
          title: Categories
          description: >-
            Supported categories for this vertical. Currently populated only for
            sports.
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - name
        - categories
      title: BreakoutVerticalMetadata
      description: Vertical metadata with nested categories.
    BreakoutCategoryMetadata:
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          title: Id
          description: Category identifier used for filtering
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
          description: Human-readable display name
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - name
      title: BreakoutCategoryMetadata
      description: Category metadata for API discovery.
  securitySchemes:
    APIKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key

````