Medusa

Medusa Product Categories API

Products can be categorized into categories. Categories are nested and their heirarchy can be managed, giving admin users flexibility in how they categorize their products. These API routes allow admin users to manage categories and the products in them.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 8

GET /admin/product-categories List Product Categories #
POST /admin/product-categories Create Product Category #
GET /admin/product-categories/{id} Get a Product Category #
POST /admin/product-categories/{id} Update a Product Category #
DELETE /admin/product-categories/{id} Delete a Product Category #
POST /admin/product-categories/{id}/products Manage Products in Product Category #
GET /store/product-categories List Product Categories #
GET /store/product-categories/{id} Get a Product Category #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.medusajs.com/api/store
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APIReference
https://docs.medusajs.com/api/store
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Authentication
https://docs.medusajs.com/api/store#authentication
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Documentation
https://docs.medusajs.com/api/admin
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APIReference
https://docs.medusajs.com/api/admin
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Authentication
https://docs.medusajs.com/api/admin#authentication

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/medusa/refs/heads/main/openapi/medusa-product-categories-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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OpenAPI Source
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/medusajs/medusa/develop/www/apps/api-reference/specs/store/openapi.full.yaml
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OpenAPI Source
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/medusajs/medusa/develop/www/apps/api-reference/specs/admin/openapi.full.yaml

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OpenAPI Specification

medusa-product-categories-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Medusa Product Categories API
  version: 2.19.0
  description: 'Operations tagged Product Categories across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: medusa-admin-openapi.yaml, medusa-store-openapi.yaml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: http://localhost:9000
- url: https://api.medusajs.com
tags:


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