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Resources for Categories

Category

Name Format Required Writable Max size Not filterable Description
id_parent isUnsignedInt ❌ ✔️ Parent ID
level_depth isUnsignedInt ❌ ❌
nb_products_recursive ❌ ❌ true
active isBool ✔️ ✔️
id_shop_default isUnsignedId ❌ ✔️ Default shop ID
is_root_category isBool ❌ ✔️
position ❌ ✔️
date_add isDate ❌ ✔️
date_upd isDate ❌ ✔️
name isCatalogName ✔️ ✔️ 128
link_rewrite isLinkRewrite ✔️ ✔️ 128
description isCleanHtml ❌ ✔️
meta_title isGenericName ❌ ✔️ 255
meta_description isGenericName ❌ ✔️ 512
meta_keywords isGenericName ❌ ✔️ 255
associations ❌ ✔️

Blank schema

<prestashop xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <category>
    <id><![CDATA[]]></id>
    <id_parent><![CDATA[]]></id_parent>
    <active><![CDATA[]]></active>
    <id_shop_default><![CDATA[]]></id_shop_default>
    <is_root_category><![CDATA[]]></is_root_category>
    <position><![CDATA[]]></position>
    <date_add><![CDATA[]]></date_add>
    <date_upd><![CDATA[]]></date_upd>
    <name>
      <language id="1"><![CDATA[]]></language>
      <language id="2"><![CDATA[]]></language>
    </name>
    <link_rewrite>
      <language id="1"><![CDATA[]]></language>
      <language id="2"><![CDATA[]]></language>
    </link_rewrite>
    <description>
      <language id="1"><![CDATA[]]></language>
      <language id="2"><![CDATA[]]></language>
    </description>
    <meta_title>
      <language id="1"><![CDATA[]]></language>
      <language id="2"><![CDATA[]]></language>
    </meta_title>
    <meta_description>
      <language id="1"><![CDATA[]]></language>
      <language id="2"><![CDATA[]]></language>
    </meta_description>
    <meta_keywords>
      <language id="1"><![CDATA[]]></language>
      <language id="2"><![CDATA[]]></language>
    </meta_keywords>
    <associations>
      <categories>
        <category>
          <id><![CDATA[]]></id>
        </category>
      </categories>
      <products>
        <product>
          <id><![CDATA[]]></id>
        </product>
      </products>
    </associations>
  </category>
</prestashop>