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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.

Medusa Product Categories API is one of 82 APIs that Medusa publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Product Categories. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 8 operations across 5 paths, and defines 28 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.19.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: http://localhost:9000, https://api.medusajs.com.

8 operations 5 paths 28 schemas 1 DELETE4 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.19.0
Base URL
https://{medusa-backend-domain}
Authentication
HTTP Basic, HTTP Bearer, API Key, HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 4

Medusa Product Categories API declares 4 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (api_token). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (jwt_token). An API key is passed in the cookie as connect.sid (cookie_auth). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (reset_password).

Paths & Operations 8

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Product Categories 8

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…

GET
/admin/product-categories
List Product Categories
GetProductCategories 20 params → 200400401404409422500
POST
/admin/product-categories
Create Product Category
PostProductCategories 3 params body → 200400401404409422500
GET
/admin/product-categories/{id}
Get a Product Category
GetProductCategoriesId 21 params → 200400401404409422500
POST
/admin/product-categories/{id}
Update a Product Category
PostProductCategoriesId 4 params body → 200400401404409422500
DELETE
/admin/product-categories/{id}
Delete a Product Category
DeleteProductCategoriesId 1 param → 200400401404409422500
POST
/admin/product-categories/{id}/products
Manage Products in Product Category
PostProductCategoriesIdProducts 4 params body → 200400401404409422500
GET
/store/product-categories
List Product Categories
GetProductCategories 21 params → 200400401404409422500
GET
/store/product-categories/{id}
Get a Product Category
GetProductCategoriesId 7 params → 200400401404409422500

Schemas 28

The contract defines 28 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are BaseProduct (31 properties), StoreProduct (31 properties), StoreProductVariant (28 properties), BaseProductCategory (15 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AdminProductCategory
object
The product category's details.
15 properties 13 required
AdminProductCategoryResponse
object
The product category's details.
1 property 1 required
Error
object
3 properties
AdminCreateProductCategory
object
The product category's details.
9 properties 1 required
AdminProductCategoryDeleteResponse
object
The details of deleting the category.
3 properties 3 required
AdminUpdateProductCategory
object
The properties to update in the product category.
9 properties
AdminBatchLink
object
A batch operation to manage the associations between two entities.
2 properties
AdminProductCategoryListResponse
object
The paginated list of product categories.
5 properties 4 required
StoreProductTag
object
The tag's details.
7 properties 4 required
BaseCollection
object
The product collection's details.
9 properties 7 required
StoreProductType
object
The product type's details.
7 properties 4 required
BaseProductType
object
The product type's details.
7 properties 4 required
StoreProductOptionValue
object
The product option value's details.
9 properties 2 required
BaseProductOption
object
The product option's details.
9 properties 3 required
BaseProductCategory
object
The product category's details.
15 properties 13 required
StoreProductVariant
object
The variant's details.
28 properties 21 required
StoreProduct
object
The product's details.
31 properties 26 required
BaseProductOptionValue
object
The product option value's details.
9 properties 2 required
BaseCalculatedPriceSet
object
The calculated price's details.
14 properties 6 required
StoreProductCategoryResponse
object
The product category's details.
1 property 1 required
StoreProductOption
object
The product option's details.
10 properties 3 required
BaseProductTag
object
The product tag's details.
7 properties 4 required
BaseProductImage
object
The image's details.
7 properties 3 required
StoreProductCategoryListResponse
object
The paginated list of product categories.
5 properties 4 required
StoreProductImage
object
The image's details.
7 properties 3 required
StoreCollection
object
The collection's details.
9 properties 7 required
StoreProductCategory
object
The category's details.
13 properties 11 required
BaseProduct
object
The product's details.
31 properties 26 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

medusa-product-categories-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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