> Portal Navigation:
> 
> - Append `.md` to any URL under `https://dev.wix.com/docs/` to get its markdown version.
> - Pages are either content pages (article or reference text) or menu pages (a list of links to child pages).
> - To get a menu page, truncate any URL to a parent path and append `.md` (e.g. `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk.md`, `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/core-modules.md`).
> - Top-level index of all portals: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms.txt
> - Full concatenated docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms-full.txt

# Method name: getCategories()

# Method package: wixSiteBackend

# Method menu location: wixSiteBackend --> GeneralInfo --> getCategories

# Method Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-site-backend/general-info/get-categories.md

# Method Description:

Gets the site category information.

The `getCategories()` function returns a Promise that resolves to the site's
 category information.

 The retrieved category information is the information that
 has been entered in the **General Info** section of your site's [**Dashboard**](https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-dashboard-overview).



# Method Code Examples:

*** Note: do not assume any prop names or enum values other than the ones in the example.

## Get site category information

```javascript
import { Permissions, webMethod } from 'wix-web-module';
import wixSiteBackend from 'wix-site-backend';

export const getCategories = webMethod(Permissions.Anyone, () => {
  return wixSiteBackend.generalInfo.getCategories();
});

/*
 * {
 *   "primary":   "business",
 *   "secondary": ["technology-apps"]
 * }
 */
```

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