POST api/Categories/AddCategoryItem

Adds a category item. Only Administrator can do that.

Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
ParentId	(Required) The id of parent. If you set it to null the category item will be placed under the root.	integer	None.
IsFolder	(Required) If true the item is folder.	boolean	None.
Name	(Required) Name. Max length 256. At least one name for one language must be set.	string	None.
Color	(Required) Color in hex format.	string	None.
CategoryId	(Required) Category id.	integer	None.

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "ParentId": null,
  "IsFolder": false,
  "Name": "Category item",
  "Color": "#ffffff",
  "CategoryId": 1
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<AddCategoryItemPost xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/RequestorApiDataStructures.Posts">
  <CategoryId>1</CategoryId>
  <Color>#ffffff</Color>
  <IsFolder>false</IsFolder>
  <Name>Category item</Name>
  <ParentId i:nil="true" />
</AddCategoryItemPost>

Response Information

Resource Description

Returns id

integer

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<int xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/">1</int>