Zendesk Help Center Categories API

The Zendesk Help Center Categories API lets you programmatically manage the top-level organizational structure of your knowledge base. You can create, read, update, and delete categories, specify names and locales, and optionally define multiple translations for each category to support multilingual Help Centers.

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aid: zendesk:help-center-categories
name: Zendesk Help Center Categories API
tags:
- Categories
- Help Center
- Knowledge Base
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
baseURL: https://{subdomain}.zendesk.com
humanURL: https://developer.zendesk.com/api-reference/help_center/help-center-api/categories/
properties:
- url: https://developer.zendesk.com/api-reference/help_center/help-center-api/categories/
  type: Documentation
description: The Zendesk Help Center Categories API lets you programmatically manage the top-level organizational
  structure of your knowledge base. You can create, read, update, and delete categories, specify names
  and locales, and optionally define multiple translations for each category to support multilingual Help
  Centers.