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Importing Categories

Elevate, May 20-22-2025, Miami Beach, Florida
Create and update Categories in your Project.
The Category data to import is represented by CategoryImport and included in a CategoryImportRequest, which is imported using Import Categories.

Representations

CategoryImportRequest

The request body to import Categories. Contains data for Categories to be created or updated in a Project.
type​
ImportResourceType​
category

The resource types that can be imported.

resources​
Array of CategoryImport​

The category import resources of this request.

MaxItems: 20​
Example: json
{
  "type": "category",
  "resources": [
    {
      "key": "category-to-import",
      "name": {
        "en": "Category to import"
      },
      "slug": {
        "en": "category-to-import-slug"
      },
      "description": {
        "en": "Description of category to import"
      },
      "parent": {
        "typeId": "category",
        "key": "key-of-parent-category"
      }
    }
  ]
}

CategoryImport

The data representation for a Category to be imported that is persisted as a Category in the Project.
key​
String​
User-defined unique identifier. If a Category with this key exists, it will be updated with the imported data.
MinLength: 2​MaxLength: 256​Pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$​
externalId​
String​
Maps to Category.externalId.
name​
LocalizedString​
Maps to Category.name.
slug​
LocalizedString​
Maps to Category.slug. Must match the pattern [-a-zA-Z0-9_]{2,256}.
description​
LocalizedString​
Maps to Category.description.
parent​
CategoryKeyReference​
Maps to Category.parent. The Reference to the parent Category with which the Category is associated. If referenced Category does not exist, the state of the ImportOperation will be set to unresolved until the necessary Category is created.
orderHint​
String​
Maps to Category.orderHint.
metaTitle​
LocalizedString​
Maps to Category.metaTitle.
metaDescription​
LocalizedString​
Maps to Category.metaDescription.
metaKeywords​
LocalizedString​
Maps to Category.metaKeywords.
assets​
Array of Asset​
Maps to Category.assets.
custom​
Custom​

The custom fields for this Category.

Example: json
{
  "key": "category-to-import",
  "name": {
    "en": "Category to import"
  },
  "slug": {
    "en": "category-to-import-slug"
  },
  "description": {
    "en": "Description of category to import"
  },
  "parent": {
    "typeId": "category",
    "key": "key-of-parent-category"
  }
}

Import Categories

POST
https://import.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/categories/import-containers/{importContainerKey}

Creates a request for creating new Categories or updating existing ones.

OAuth 2.0 Scopes:
manage_products:{projectKey}
Path parameters:
region
​
String
​
The Region in which the Project is hosted.
projectKey
​
String
​

The Project key.

importContainerKey
​
String
​

The ImportContainer used to create the new resource

Request Body:CategoryImportRequestasapplication/json
Response:
201

ImportResponse

asapplication/json
Request Example:cURL
curl https://import.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/categories/import-containers/{importContainerKey} -i \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ${BEARER_TOKEN}" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-binary @- << DATA 
{
  "type" : "category",
  "resources" : [ {
    "key" : "category-to-import",
    "name" : {
      "en" : "Category to import"
    },
    "slug" : {
      "en" : "category-to-import-slug"
    },
    "description" : {
      "en" : "Description of category to import"
    },
    "parent" : {
      "typeId" : "category",
      "key" : "key-of-parent-category"
    }
  } ]
}
DATA
201 Response Example: ImportResponsejson
{
  "operationStatus": [
    {
      "state": "processing",
      "operationId": "252c6ed3-c668-4610-afe9-87b9255e62e0"
    }
  ]
}