The Categories API from Cart.com — 2 operation(s) for categories.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Online Store Categories API
version: '1.0'
description: Online Store API
servers:
- url: https://www.yoursite.com/api/v1
description: ''
security:
- X-AC-Auth-Token: []
tags:
- name: Categories
paths:
/categories:
get:
summary: Get Categories
tags:
- Categories
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
total_count:
type: integer
categories:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/categories'
operationId: get-categories
description: Gets an array of categories.
post:
summary: Create a Category
operationId: post-categories
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/categories'
tags:
- Categories
description: Creates a category.
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
description: ''
type: object
x-examples:
example-1:
name: Shoes
short_description: ''
sort_order: 0
is_hidden: false
parent_category_id: 14
max_quantity: 0
category_thumbnail: ''
page_title: ''
lookup_path: ''
keywords: ''
meta_description: ''
category_image: ''
external_content_url: ''
is_category_content_displayed: true
are_subcategory_products_displayed: false
url_rewrite: ''
default_product_picture: ''
alternate_thumbnail: ''
head_tags: ''
cat_image_alt_text: ''
thumb_image_alt_text: ''
is_hide_from_site_maps: false
properties:
name:
type: string
minLength: 1
short_description:
type: string
sort_order:
type: integer
is_hidden:
type: boolean
parent_category_id:
type: integer
max_quantity:
type: integer
category_thumbnail:
type: string
page_title:
type: string
lookup_path:
type: string
keywords:
type: string
meta_description:
type: string
category_image:
type: string
external_content_url:
type: string
is_category_content_displayed:
type: boolean
are_subcategory_products_displayed:
type: boolean
url_rewrite:
type: string
default_product_picture:
type: string
alternate_thumbnail:
type: string
head_tags:
type: string
cat_image_alt_text:
type: string
thumb_image_alt_text:
type: string
is_hide_from_site_maps:
type: boolean
required:
- name
examples:
Example:
value:
name: Shoes
short_description: ''
sort_order: 0
is_hidden: false
parent_category_id: 14
max_quantity: 0
category_thumbnail: ''
page_title: ''
lookup_path: ''
keywords: ''
meta_description: ''
category_image: ''
external_content_url: ''
is_category_content_displayed: true
are_subcategory_products_displayed: false
url_rewrite: ''
default_product_picture: ''
alternate_thumbnail: ''
head_tags: ''
cat_image_alt_text: ''
thumb_image_alt_text: ''
is_hide_from_site_maps: false
/categories/{id}:
parameters:
- schema:
type: integer
name: id
in: path
required: true
description: The ID of the `category`
put:
summary: Update a Category
operationId: put-categories-id
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/categories'
description: Updates a category.
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/categories'
tags:
- Categories
delete:
summary: Delete a Category
operationId: delete-categories-id
tags:
- Categories
description: Deletes a category.
responses:
'200':
description: OK
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/404'
components:
responses:
'404':
description: Resource Not Found
content:
application/json:
schema:
description: Not Found
type: object
x-examples:
example-1:
status_code: 404
message: Not Found
details: No resource found
properties:
status_code:
type: number
message:
type: string
details:
type: string
examples: {}
headers: {}
schemas:
categories:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: integer
name:
type: string
short_description:
type: string
sort_order:
type: integer
is_hidden:
type: boolean
parent_category_id:
type: integer
max_quantity:
type: integer
category_thumbnail:
type: string
page_title:
type: string
lookup_path:
type: string
keywords:
type: string
meta_description:
type: string
category_image:
type: string
external_content_url:
type: string
is_category_content_displayed:
type: boolean
are_subcategory_products_displayed:
type: boolean
url_rewrite:
type: string
updated_at:
type: string
created_at:
type: string
default_product_picture:
type: string
alternate_thumbnail:
type: string
head_tags:
type: string
cat_image_alt_text:
type: string
thumb_image_alt_text:
type: string
is_hide_from_site_maps:
type: boolean
securitySchemes:
X-AC-Auth-Token:
name: X-AC-Auth-Token
type: apiKey
in: header