Create category

Creates a new category record in the public catalog. Accepts a request with necessary details to create the category.

post

Body

application/jsontext/jsonapplication/*+json

Represents a request to create a new category in the public catalog. Contains the necessary properties for specifying category details.

namestringOptional

descriptionstring · nullableOptional

Responses

201

Created

application/json

idstringOptional

namestringOptional

revisioninteger · int32Optional

descriptionstring · nullableOptional

statusstring · enumOptionalPossible values:

400

Bad Request

application/json

post/public/v1/public-catalog/categories

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /public/v1/public-catalog/categories HTTP/1.1
Host: api.platform.softwareone.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 134

{
  "name": "text",
  "description": "text",
  "parentCategory": {
    "id": "text"
  },
  "vendorProfiles": [
    {
      "id": "text"
    }
  ],
  "productProfiles": [
    {
      "id": "text"
    }
  ]
}

application/jsontext/jsonapplication/*+json

{
  "id": "text",
  "audit": {
    "created": {
      "at": "2026-07-20T23:13:55.317Z",
      "by": {
        "id": "text",
        "name": "text",
        "icon": "text",
        "revision": 1
      }
    },
    "updated": {
      "at": "2026-07-20T23:13:55.317Z",
      "by": {
        "id": "text",
        "name": "text",
        "icon": "text",
        "revision": 1
      }
    },
    "published": {
      "at": "2026-07-20T23:13:55.317Z",
      "by": {
        "id": "text",
        "name": "text",
        "icon": "text",
        "revision": 1
      }
    },
    "unpublished": {
      "at": "2026-07-20T23:13:55.317Z",
      "by": {
        "id": "text",
        "name": "text",
        "icon": "text",
        "revision": 1
      }
    }
  },
  "$meta": {
    "omitted": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "name": "text",
  "revision": 1,
  "description": "text",
  "parentCategory": {
    "id": "text",
    "name": "text",
    "revision": 1,
    "status": "Draft"
  },
  "status": "Draft"
}