PUT productcategories/{categoryID}

This call allows you to update a product category.

Request Information

URI Parameters

NameDescriptionTypeAdditional information
categoryID integer Required

Body Parameters

CategoryUpdateModel
NameDescriptionTypeAdditional information
ParentCategoryID The parent category id for the category. If null parent cateogry will remain the same. integer None.
RootCategory If true will set category as Root. boolean None.
CategoryName The Categories Name string Required

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample: 
{
  "ParentCategoryID": 12,
  "RootCategory": false,
  "CategoryName": "Clothing"
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample: 
<CategoryUpdateModel xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <ParentCategoryID>12</ParentCategoryID>
  <CategoryName>Clothing</CategoryName>
  <RootCategory>false</RootCategory>
</CategoryUpdateModel>

Response Information

Resource Description

This call allows you to update a product category.

CategoryModel
NameDescriptionTypeAdditional information
ParentCategory The parent category CategoryBaseModel None.
ChildCategories This only goes down a depth of one category Collection of CategoryBaseModel None.
CategoryFullPath The full path of the category. For instance Category 1 > Category 2 > Category 3 string None.
CategoryID The ID of the category. integer None.
CategoryName The Categories Name string None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample: 
{
  "ParentCategory": {
    "CategoryID": 8,
    "CategoryName": "Electronics"
  },
  "ChildCategories": [
    {
      "CategoryID": 10,
      "CategoryName": "Accessories"
    },
    {
      "CategoryID": 11,
      "CategoryName": "Digital Cameras"
    }
  ],
  "CategoryID": 9,
  "CategoryName": "Cameras"
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample: 
<CategoryModel xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <CategoryID>9</CategoryID>
  <CategoryName>Cameras</CategoryName>
  <ParentCategory>
    <CategoryID>8</CategoryID>
    <CategoryName>Electronics</CategoryName>
  </ParentCategory>
  <ChildCategories>
    <CategoryBaseModel>
      <CategoryID>10</CategoryID>
      <CategoryName>Accessories</CategoryName>
    </CategoryBaseModel>
    <CategoryBaseModel>
      <CategoryID>11</CategoryID>
      <CategoryName>Digital Cameras</CategoryName>
    </CategoryBaseModel>
  </ChildCategories>
</CategoryModel>