Include category in "order/items" download

I am using the API to generate some compacter packing lists to include in the orders I ship. Pretty much all the info for order items is in the "order/items" data (and then some), except the category in which the item resides. That makes sensible sorting of the items pretty difficult. Right now, I strip "LEGO" and the color from the front of the "name" attribute, but many item descriptions don't contain the category in the name (it looks like many part names are lacking standardization).

So in short, can the "order/items" API call be extended to have a field "category" matching the category of the item? Or any suggestion to determine the category of an item? Would I need to get permission to access the "catalog" API?

Thanks, Niek.
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