API reference
- Getting Started with Your API
- SDKs and Toolkits
- Catalog Administration Overview
- GETGet Category Attributes
- POSTAdd Category Attribute
- GETGet Category Attribute
- PUTUpdate Category Attribute
- DELDelete Category Attribute
- GETGet Categories
- POSTAdd Category
- GETSearch Category Attributes
- GETGet Category
- PUTUpdate Category
- DELDelete Category
- GETGet Child Categories
- POSTValidate Dynamic Category Expression
- POSTValidate Realtime Dynamic Category Expression
- POSTRemove Products from Category
- POSTAdd Products to Category
- GET
A valid request URL is required to generate request examplesDelete Category
Deletes the category specified by its category ID. This current version of the Categories API includes localizedContent to support multi-locale catalogs, which was not present in the previous API model. If you were a client prior to May 2024 and have upgraded your implementation to support this feature, you can still access category data that has not yet been rewritten to the new model by providing an x-api-version header set to “1”.
A valid request URL is required to generate request examplesAuthorizations
JWT Authorization header using the Bearer scheme.
Path Parameters
Unique identifier of the category that you want to delete.
Query Parameters
If true, any subcategories of a category are deleted when this category is deleted. Otherwise only the given category is deleted. Default is false.
If true, category (and optionally subcategories) will be deleted even if there are products referecing them. Default is false.
If true, and child categories of the given category will be reassigned to the parent of the given category. Only applies if cascadeDelete is false. Default is false.
Response
Success