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Delete a category

Delete a category using Shopently API. Check the identifier, expected_version and required permissions. Examples in cURL, PHP and Python.

DELETE/api/v1/categories/{category_id}

Authentication
Bearer
Available from
STANDARD
Required permissions
catalog.category:delete

Code examples

Request example

cURL

: "${SHOPENTLY_SHOP_URL:?}"

curl --disable --globoff --fail-with-body --silent --show-error \
  --proto '=https' --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 30 \
  --request DELETE \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${SHOPENTLY_ACCESS_TOKEN:?}" \
  --header 'Idempotency-Key: example-delete_category_api_v1_categories__category_id__delete' \
  --url "${SHOPENTLY_SHOP_URL%/}"'/api/v1/categories/example?expected_version=1'

PHP

<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

$baseUrl = rtrim(getenv('SHOPENTLY_SHOP_URL') ?: '', '/');
$origin = parse_url($baseUrl);
if (!$origin || ($origin['scheme'] ?? '') !== 'https' || empty($origin['host']) ||
    isset($origin['user'], $origin['pass']) || isset($origin['user']) || isset($origin['path']) ||
    isset($origin['query']) || isset($origin['fragment'])) {
    throw new RuntimeException('SHOPENTLY_SHOP_URL must be an HTTPS origin');
}
$credential = getenv('SHOPENTLY_ACCESS_TOKEN') ?: '';
if ($credential === '' || strpbrk($credential, "\r\n") !== false) {
    throw new RuntimeException('Invalid credential');
}
$headers = ['Idempotency-Key: example-delete_category_api_v1_categories__category_id__delete'];
$headers[] = 'Authorization: Bearer ' . $credential;
$responseHeaders = [];
$handle = curl_init($baseUrl . '/api/v1/categories/example?expected_version=1');
curl_setopt_array($handle, [
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'DELETE',
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => $headers,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => false,
    CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS => CURLPROTO_HTTPS,
    CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => true,
    CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => 2,
    CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT => 5,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION => static function ($handle, string $line) use (&$responseHeaders): int {
        if (str_contains($line, ':')) {
            [$name, $value] = explode(':', $line, 2);
            $responseHeaders[strtolower(trim($name))] = trim($value);
        }
        return strlen($line);
    },
]);
$raw = curl_exec($handle);
$status = curl_getinfo($handle, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE);
$error = curl_error($handle);
curl_close($handle);
if ($raw === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException('Transport error: ' . $error);
}
if ($status < 200 || $status >= 300) {
    throw new RuntimeException('HTTP ' . $status . '; request_id=' .
        ($responseHeaders['x-request-id'] ?? '') . '; retry_after=' . ($responseHeaders['retry-after'] ?? ''));
}
$result = $raw === '' ? null : json_decode($raw, true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR | JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING);
echo json_encode($result, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR | JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE), PHP_EOL;

Python

from contextlib import ExitStack
import json
import os
from urllib.parse import urlsplit

import requests  # python -m pip install requests

base_url = os.environ["SHOPENTLY_SHOP_URL"].rstrip("/")
origin = urlsplit(base_url)
if origin.scheme != "https" or not origin.hostname or origin.username or origin.password or origin.path or origin.query or origin.fragment:
    raise ValueError("SHOPENTLY_SHOP_URL must be an HTTPS origin")
credential = os.environ['SHOPENTLY_ACCESS_TOKEN']
if not credential or "\r" in credential or "\n" in credential:
    raise ValueError("Invalid credential")
headers = {'Idempotency-Key': 'example-delete_category_api_v1_categories__category_id__delete'}
headers["Authorization"] = 'Bearer' + " " + credential
body = None
if body is not None:
    headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"

with ExitStack() as stack:
    session = stack.enter_context(requests.Session())
    files = None
    if False:
        image = stack.enter_context(open(os.environ["SHOPENTLY_IMAGE_FILE"], "rb"))
        if os.fstat(image.fileno()).st_size > 5242880:
            raise ValueError("Image exceeds 5 MiB")
        files = {"file": ("article.png", image, "image/png")}
    response = session.request(
        'DELETE', base_url + '/api/v1/categories/example?expected_version=1', headers=headers,
        data=body.encode("utf-8") if body is not None else None, files=files,
        timeout=(5, 30), allow_redirects=False,
    )
    if not 200 <= response.status_code < 300:
        raise RuntimeError(f"HTTP {response.status_code}; request_id={response.headers.get('X-Request-ID', '')}; retry_after={response.headers.get('Retry-After', '')}")
    if False:
        if response.headers.get("Content-Type") != "image/webp" or len(response.content) > 5242880:
            raise ValueError("Unexpected image response")
        with open(os.environ["SHOPENTLY_OUTPUT_FILE"], "xb") as output:
            output.write(response.content)
    else:
        result = response.json() if response.content else None
        print(json.dumps(result, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))

Response example 200

JSON
{
  "data": {
    "deleted": true,
    "id": "example",
    "version": null
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "example"
  }
}

How it works

  • Create and update categories using valid parent identifiers and the selected language and market context.
  • Read the current version before editing or deleting a category.
  • Deletion must respect existing relationships.
  • A category that is still in use may be rejected with resource.in_use; resolve its dependencies through supported operations first.

Parameters

Path parameters

category_idStringRequired

Category identifier.

Constraints
pattern
"^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]{0,62}$"
Example: "example"

Query parameters

expected_versionIntegerRequired

Version read before the write; a mismatch rejects the update.

minimum: 1maximum: 9223372036854775807
Example: 1

Request headers

Idempotency-KeyStringRequired

Unique identifier for one logical write operation.

minLength: 1maxLength: 128
Constraints
pattern
"^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._:-]{0,127}$"
Example: "example-delete_category_api_v1_categories__category_id__delete"

This operation does not accept a JSON body.

Responses

Response 200

dataMutationData Required

Successful response payload.

Fields · data
deletedBooleanRequired

Whether the deletion was applied.

idStringRequired

Resource identifier; preserve it as returned.

versionInteger nullRequired

Resource version used for concurrency control.

metaContextPageMeta ContextMeta PageMeta RequestMeta Required

Response metadata.

Fields · meta

ContextPageMeta

localeStringRequired

Language selected for this request.

market_codeStringRequired

Market code returned by the context endpoint.

market_idStringRequired

Market identifier returned by the context endpoint.

paginationPagination Required

Cursor pagination metadata.

request_idStringRequired

Request identifier; in response metadata this identifies the HTTP request.

minLength: 1maxLength: 100

ContextMeta

localeStringRequired

Language selected for this request.

market_codeStringRequired

Market code returned by the context endpoint.

market_idStringRequired

Market identifier returned by the context endpoint.

request_idStringRequired

Request identifier; in response metadata this identifies the HTTP request.

minLength: 1maxLength: 100

PageMeta

paginationPagination Required

Cursor pagination metadata.

request_idStringRequired

Request identifier; in response metadata this identifies the HTTP request.

minLength: 1maxLength: 100

RequestMeta

request_idStringRequired

Request identifier; in response metadata this identifies the HTTP request.

minLength: 1maxLength: 100
Response example

HTTP status

200
Successful response Schema
400
Invalid request
401
Authentication required
403
Permission denied
404
Resource not found
409
Version conflict
422
Validation failed
429
Rate limit exceeded
Other HTTP statuses (7)
405
Method not allowed
413
Request too large
415
Unsupported media type
500
Server error
502
API gateway error
503
Service unavailable
504
Gateway timeout

Error catalog: ErrorResponse

Headers

401

WWW-AuthenticateStringOptional

Authentication scheme required by the server.

405

AllowStringOptional

HTTP methods supported by this resource.

429, 503

Retry-AfterIntegerOptional

Minimum delay before retrying, in seconds.

minimum: 0