diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index a9e4df6..7b05b31 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {postClearCache} from './routes/postClearCache';
 import { addUnlistedVideo } from './routes/addUnlistedVideo';
 import {postPurgeAllSegments} from './routes/postPurgeAllSegments';
 import {getUserID} from './routes/getUserID';
+import {getLockCategories} from './routes/getLockCategories';
 import ExpressPromiseRouter from 'express-promise-router';
 
 export function createServer(callback: () => void) {
@@ -155,6 +156,9 @@ function setupRoutes(router: Router) {
     // get userID from username
     router.get('/api/userID', getUserID);
 
+    // get lock categores from userID
+    router.get('/api/lockCategories', getLockCategories);
+
     if (config.postgres) {
         router.get('/database', (req, res) => dumpDatabase(req, res, true));
         router.get('/database.json', (req, res) => dumpDatabase(req, res, false));
diff --git a/src/routes/getLockCategories.ts b/src/routes/getLockCategories.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13d1eac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/getLockCategories.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import {db} from '../databases/databases';
+import {getHash} from '../utils/getHash';
+import {Logger} from '../utils/logger';
+import {Request, Response} from 'express';
+import { Category, CategoryActionType, DBSegment, HashedIP, IPAddress, OverlappingSegmentGroup, Segment, SegmentCache, SegmentUUID, Service, VideoData, VideoID, VideoIDHash, Visibility, VotableObject } from "../types/segments.model";
+import { UserID } from '../types/user.model';
+
+export async function getLockCategories(req: Request, res: Response) {
+    const videoID = req.query.videoID as VideoID;
+
+    if (videoID == undefined) {
+        //invalid request
+        return res.sendStatus(400);
+    }
+
+    try {
+        // Get existing lock categories markers
+        let lockCategoryList = await db.prepare('all', 'SELECT "category", "userID" from "lockCategories" where "videoID" = ?', [videoID]) as {category: Category, userID: UserID}[]
+        if (lockCategoryList.length === 0 || !lockCategoryList[0]) {
+            return res.sendStatus(404);
+        } else {
+            return res.send(lockCategoryList)
+        }
+    } catch (err) {
+        Logger.error(err);
+        return res.sendStatus(500);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/cases/getLockCategories.ts b/test/cases/getLockCategories.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27e342f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/getLockCategories.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import fetch from 'node-fetch';
+import {Done, getbaseURL} from '../utils';
+import {getHash} from '../../src/utils/getHash';
+import {db} from '../../src/databases/databases';
+
+
+describe('lockCategoriesRecords', () => {
+    before(async () => {
+        const insertVipUserQuery = 'INSERT INTO "vipUsers" ("userID") VALUES (?)';
+        await db.prepare("run", insertVipUserQuery, [getHash("VIPUser-getLockCategories")]);
+ 
+        const insertLockCategoryQuery = 'INSERT INTO "lockCategories" ("userID", "videoID", "category") VALUES (?, ?, ?)';
+        await db.prepare("run", insertLockCategoryQuery, [getHash("VIPUser-getLockCategories"), 'getLock-1', 'sponsor']);
+        await db.prepare("run", insertLockCategoryQuery, [getHash("VIPUser-getLockCategories"), 'getLock-1', 'intro']);
+ 
+        await db.prepare("run", insertLockCategoryQuery, [getHash("VIPUser-getLockCategories"), 'getLock-2', 'preview']);
+ 
+        await db.prepare("run", insertLockCategoryQuery, [getHash("VIPUser-getLockCategories"), 'getLock-3', 'nonmusic']);
+    });
+
+    it('Should update the database version when starting the application', async () => {
+        let version = (await db.prepare('get', 'SELECT key, value FROM config where key = ?', ['version'])).value;
+        if (version > 1) return;
+        else return 'Version isn\'t greater than 1. Version is ' + version;
+    });
+
+    it('Should be able to get multiple locks', (done: Done) => {
+        fetch(getbaseURL() + '/api/lockCategories?videoID=getLock-1')
+        .then(async res => {
+            if (res.status !== 200) {
+                done("non 200");
+            } else {
+                const data = await res.json();
+                if (data.length !== 2) {
+                    done(`Returned incorrect number of locks "${data.length}"`);
+                } else if (data[0].category !== "sponsor") {
+                    done(`Returned incorrect category "${data[0].category}"`);
+                } else if (data[1].category !== "intro") {
+                    done(`Returned incorrect category "${data[1].category}"`);
+                } else {
+                    done(); // pass
+                }
+            }
+        })
+        .catch(err => ("couldn't call endpoint"));
+    });
+
+    it('Should be able to get single locks', (done: Done) => {
+        fetch(getbaseURL() + '/api/lockCategories?videoID=getLock-2')
+        .then(async res => {
+            if (res.status !== 200) {
+                done("non 200");
+            } else {
+                const data = await res.json();
+                if (data.length !== 1) {
+                    done('Returned incorrect number of locks "' + data.length + '"');
+                } else if (data[0].category !== "preview") {
+                    done(`Returned incorrect category "${data[0].category}"`);
+                } else {
+                    done(); // pass
+                }
+            }
+        })
+        .catch(err => ("couldn't call endpoint"));
+    });
+
+    it('should return 404 if no lock exists', (done: Done) => {
+        fetch(getbaseURL() + '/api/lockCategories?videoID=getLock-0')
+        .then(res => {
+            if (res.status !== 404) done('non 404 (' + res.status + ')');
+            else done(); // pass
+        })
+        .catch(err => ("couldn't call endpoint"));
+    });
+
+    it('should return 400 if no videoID specified', (done: Done) => {
+        fetch(getbaseURL() + '/api/lockCategories')
+        .then(res => {
+            if (res.status !== 400) done('non 400 (' + res.status + ')');
+            else done(); // pass
+        })
+        .catch(err => ("couldn't call endpoint"));
+    });
+});