import { createAdminClient } from '@spree/admin-sdk'

const client = createAdminClient({
  baseUrl: 'https://your-store.com',
  secretKey: 'sk_xxx',
})

const category = await client.categories.get('ctg_UkLWZg9DAJ', {
  expand: ['children', 'ancestors'],
})

spree api get /categories/{id} -d '{"expand":["children","ancestors"]}'

{
  "id": "ctg_UkLWZg9DAJ",
  "name": "Clothing",
  "permalink": "clothing",
  "position": 0,
  "depth": 0,
  "meta_title": null,
  "meta_description": null,
  "meta_keywords": null,
  "children_count": 0,
  "parent_id": null,
  "description": "",
  "description_html": "",
  "image_url": null,
  "square_image_url": null,
  "is_root": true,
  "is_child": false,
  "is_leaf": true,
  "external_references": {},
  "metadata": {},
  "pretty_name": "Clothing",
  "lft": 1,
  "rgt": 2,
  "products_count": 0,
  "created_at": "2026-01-15T12:00:00.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-01-15T12:00:00.000Z"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "record_not_found",
    "message": "Category not found"
  }
}