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# Get Marketplace Provider Type

GET https://api.megaport.com/v2/marketplace/providerType

Returns a list of Megaport Marketplace provider types and their associated service types.

The provider types in the marketplace include:

- Transmission Services
    
- Network Services
    
- Data Centre
    
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
    
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
    
- SaaS/Hosted Enterprise Apps
    
- Cloud Service Provider
    
- Financal Services Exchange (FSX)
    
- AI Exchange (AIx)

Reference: https://en.megaport.ferndocs.com/api-reference/megaport-marketplace/get-marketplace-provider-type

## Servers

- `https://api.megaport.com` (Production environment, default)
- `https://api-staging.megaport.com` (Staging environment (test only, reset every 24 hours))

## Response

### 200

Get Marketplace Provider Type / Get Marketplace Provider Type

- `data` (list of V2MarketplaceProviderTypeGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItems, optional)
- `message` (string, optional)
- `terms` (string, optional)

## Types

### V2MarketplaceProviderTypeGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItems

- `description` (string, optional)
- `id` (double, optional)
- `serviceTypes` (list of V2MarketplaceProviderTypeGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItemsServiceTypesItems, optional)

### V2MarketplaceProviderTypeGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItemsServiceTypesItems

- `description` (string, optional)
- `id` (double, optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "description": "Transmission Services",
      "id": 1,
      "serviceTypes": [
        {
          "description": "Inter-Capital Leased Capacity",
          "id": 1
        },
        {
          "description": "International Leased Capacity",
          "id": 2
        },
        {
          "description": "Metro Ethernet Access (EFM)",
          "id": 3
        },
        {
          "description": "Metro Ethernet Access (fibre)",
          "id": 4
        },
        {
          "description": "Metro Ethernet Access (Wireless)",
          "id": 5
        },
        {
          "description": "SME/Enterprise L2 VPN (Carrier Ethernet)",
          "id": 6
        },
        {
          "description": "Wholesale Fttx services",
          "id": 7
        },
        {
          "description": "Wholesale MPLS/VPLS/VPN",
          "id": 8
        },
        {
          "description": "Wholesale xDSL",
          "id": 9
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "description": "Network Services",
      "id": 2,
      "serviceTypes": [
        {
          "description": "DDOS Protection",
          "id": 10
        },
        {
          "description": "Enterprise L3 VPN (MPLS/VPLS/VPN)",
          "id": 11
        },
        {
          "description": "IP Exchange (IX)/Peering",
          "id": 12
        },
        {
          "description": "IP Transit (blended)",
          "id": 13
        },
        {
          "description": "IP Transit (local)",
          "id": 14
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "description": "Data Centre",
      "id": 3,
      "serviceTypes": []
    },
    {
      "description": "VoIP",
      "id": 4,
      "serviceTypes": [
        {
          "description": "SME/Enterprise SIP Trunk Services",
          "id": 15
        },
        {
          "description": "Wholesale Voice Termination",
          "id": 16
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "description": "IaaS",
      "id": 5,
      "serviceTypes": [
        {
          "description": "Cloud Stack",
          "id": 17
        },
        {
          "description": "Dedicated Servers",
          "id": 18
        },
        {
          "description": "Elastic Compute",
          "id": 19
        },
        {
          "description": "Open Stack",
          "id": 20
        },
        {
          "description": "Storage as a Service",
          "id": 21
        },
        {
          "description": "Disaster Recovery as a Service",
          "id": 36
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "description": "PaaS",
      "id": 6,
      "serviceTypes": [
        {
          "description": "Cloud Foundry ",
          "id": 22
        },
        {
          "description": "Hadoop",
          "id": 23
        },
        {
          "description": "Mobile Back End as a Service",
          "id": 24
        },
        {
          "description": "NoSQL Database",
          "id": 25
        },
        {
          "description": "OpenShift",
          "id": 26
        },
        {
          "description": "Traditional SQL Database",
          "id": 27
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "description": "SaaS/Hosted Enterprise Apps",
      "id": 7,
      "serviceTypes": [
        {
          "description": "Hosted Accounting",
          "id": 28
        },
        {
          "description": "Hosted CRM",
          "id": 30
        },
        {
          "description": "Hosted ERP",
          "id": 31
        },
        {
          "description": "Hosted Virtual Desktop",
          "id": 34
        },
        {
          "description": "Unified Communications (Voice, video)",
          "id": 35
        },
        {
          "description": "Hosted PBX",
          "id": 33
        },
        {
          "description": "Hosted Email",
          "id": 32
        },
        {
          "description": "Hosted Communications Tools (IM&P)",
          "id": 29
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "description": "Cloud Service Provider",
      "id": 8,
      "serviceTypes": []
    },
    {
      "description": "Financal Services Exchange (FSX)",
      "id": 9,
      "serviceTypes": [
        {
          "description": "Market Data",
          "id": 37
        },
        {
          "description": "Brokerage",
          "id": 38
        },
        {
          "description": "Exchange",
          "id": 40
        },
        {
          "description": "Cryptocurrency",
          "id": 44
        },
        {
          "description": "Independent Software Vendor (ISV)",
          "id": 46
        },
        {
          "description": "Payment & Transactions",
          "id": 48
        },
        {
          "description": "Application Provider",
          "id": 39
        },
        {
          "description": "Financial Institution",
          "id": 45
        },
        {
          "description": "Infrastructure Provider",
          "id": 47
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "description": "AI Exchange (AIx)",
      "id": 10,
      "serviceTypes": [
        {
          "description": "AI - Training",
          "id": 42
        },
        {
          "description": "GPU as a Service",
          "id": 49
        },
        {
          "description": "Machine Learning",
          "id": 41
        },
        {
          "description": "AI - Inference",
          "id": 43
        },
        {
          "description": "AI - Platform",
          "id": 50
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "message": "Marketplace provider types",
  "terms": "This data is subject to the Acceptable Use Policy https://www.megaport.com/legal/acceptable-use-policy"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.megaport.com/v2/marketplace/providerType"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.megaport.com/v2/marketplace/providerType';
const options = {method: 'GET'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.megaport.com/v2/marketplace/providerType"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.megaport.com/v2/marketplace/providerType")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.megaport.com/v2/marketplace/providerType")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.megaport.com/v2/marketplace/providerType');

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.megaport.com/v2/marketplace/providerType");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.megaport.com/v2/marketplace/providerType")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```