Ecwid by Lightspeed

Ecwid by Lightspeed Categories API

The Categories API from Ecwid by Lightspeed — 2 operation(s) for categories.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Ecwid REST Categories API
  description: 'JSON REST API for managing Ecwid by Lightspeed store data including

    products, categories, orders, customers, discount coupons, payment and

    shipping methods, and store profile. Requests are authenticated with

    OAuth 2.0 access tokens (private for write access, public for read-only)

    provided in the Authorization header as a Bearer token. This specification

    is a best-effort, documentation-derived description and may omit fields.

    '
  version: 3.0.0
  contact:
    name: Ecwid by Lightspeed
    url: https://api-docs.ecwid.com/reference/overview
servers:
- url: https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3/{storeId}
  description: Store-scoped REST root
  variables:
    storeId:
      default: '0'
      description: Your Ecwid store identifier.
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Categories
paths:
  /categories:
    get:
      summary: Search categories
      operationId: searchCategories
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: parent
        schema:
          type: integer
      - in: query
        name: limit
        schema:
          type: integer
      - in: query
        name: offset
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Categories page
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CategoriesPage'
      tags:
      - Categories
    post:
      summary: Create a category
      operationId: createCategory
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Category'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Created
      tags:
      - Categories
  /categories/{categoryId}:
    parameters:
    - in: path
      name: categoryId
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    get:
      summary: Get a category
      operationId: getCategory
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Category
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Category'
      tags:
      - Categories
    put:
      summary: Update a category
      operationId: updateCategory
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Category'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Updated
      tags:
      - Categories
    delete:
      summary: Delete a category
      operationId: deleteCategory
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Deleted
      tags:
      - Categories
components:
  schemas:
    Category:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: true
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        parentId:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        enabled:
          type: boolean
        productIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
    CategoriesPage:
      type: object
      properties:
        total:
          type: integer
        count:
          type: integer
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Category'
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: OAuth 2.0 access token (private or public) used as a Bearer token.